Va. Code § 23.1-2300 : INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION — VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY —2300 - Corporate name; name of the University TEXT PDF A. The board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of "Virginia Commonwealth University" and has, in addition to its other powers, all the corporate powers given to corporations by the provisions of Title 13.1 except those powers that are confined to corporations created pursuant to Title 13.1. The board shall at all times be under the control of the General Assembly. B. The institution shall be known as Virginia Commonwealth University (the University). Va. Code § 23.1-2300 1968, c. 93, §§ 23-50.4, 23-50.8; 2016, c. 588. Added by Acts 2016 c. 588, § 1, eff. 10/1/2016.