Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org6060823.1-2700Corporate name; name of the University2025Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural InstitutionsPublic Institutions of Higher EducationVirginia State University

A. The board of visitors of Virginia State University (the board) is a corporation under the name and style of “The Visitors of Virginia State 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 State University (the University).

C. All laws relating to Virginia State College or the board of visitors of Virginia State College shall be construed as relating to the University or the board, respectively.

Code 1919, §§ 948, 969, §§ 23-165.1, 23-165.2, 23-166, 23-174; 1930, pp. 768, 769; 1946, p. 74; 1964, c. 70; 1979, c. 147; 2016, c. 588.