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A.<\/span> The board shall (i) appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents and fix their salaries and (ii) generally direct the affairs of the University. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The board may confer degrees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The board may take, hold, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest made to the University for any use or purpose designated by the donor or for the general purposes of the board when no use or purpose is designated, whether such gift, grant, devise, or bequest is made directly to the corporation or to trustees for its benefit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-2003)\n\nA. The board shall (i) appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents and fix\ntheir salaries and (ii) generally direct the affairs of the University.\n\nB. The board may confer degrees.\n\nC. The board may take, hold, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest made\nto the University for any use or purpose designated by the donor or for the\ngeneral purposes of the board when no use or purpose is designated, whether such\ngift, grant, devise, or bequest is made directly to the corporation or to\ntrustees for its benefit.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 69, \u00a7\u00a7 23-49.13, 23-49.17, 23-49.19; 1966, c. 18; 1974, c.\n317; 1980, c. 100; 2002, c. 368; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}