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Class of 2025: Sarah Heise thrives in leadership roles in School of Dentistry

Now with her D.D.S. in hand, ‘the plant sale girl’ will follow in her father’s footsteps and serve an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at VCU.

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Class of 2025: With dual master’s degrees, Kelci Straka-Mai promotes public health and social work

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At VCU’s commencement, Kickstarter CEO challenges graduates to pursue their wildest dreams

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VCU’s May 2025 commencement by the numbers

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In New York City, billboard rat-vertising from VCU Brandcenter students captures the spotlight

The Ads for Rats team put its best foot forward – actually, 13 inches – to creatively find a big audience at a not-so-big height.

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Class of 2025: Nathalie Santis seeks to build on experiences and connections made at New York Fashion Week

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Class of 2025: Father and daughter Jason and Laila Hendricks relish their family ties – and family time – on campus

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America’s smallest falcon captures the interest and insight of undergraduate researcher Kaylynn Breland

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Class of 2025: Esha Sharma finds harmony through humanities and hard science

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Inspired in his youth, undergraduate Jeremy Lopez goes with the flow in engineering

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Class of 2025: Sunny Makwana emerges from his shell in the School of Pharmacy