Phase II, opened in 1993. Phase 3, or the second expansion, is now in the planning process. Staff in the Commons will often refer to the location of a room or building element as being in part of the building by which Phase it belongs too. The following article appeared in the Commonwealth Times on Thursday, September 14, 2000. The article provides a good overview of the Commons Expansion Project, also known as Phase 3.
Corrections appear in orange.
In about 4 years, students currently at VCU may not recognize the University Student Commons. I think the campus needs this. We ve grown tremendously and more students need more space. We re trying to meet the needs of the students. We re figuring out tentative ideas and identifying proper needs.