RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The dean of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of the Arts will step down at the end of the 2026-27 academic year, university officials said.
VCUarts program dean Carmenita Higginbotham announced she will step down, concluding a tenure that began in 2020 during which the school ranked as a top arts school in the U.S.
Higginbotham also secured funding for one of the most ambitious capital projects in VCU’s history, the school said…