Less than a month after opening for the new school year, two Virginia HBCUs — Virginia State and Hampton Universities — closed on Thursday after receiving threats to their campuses. According to statement from the school, access to campus is now limited to students, faculty, and staff with a valid VSU ID. In the past few years, Virginia’s institutions including Virginia State (VSU) and Hampton Universities have navigated multiple threats, some of which ended in no activity or followed after gun violence while others were found to be unsubstantiated. Virginia State advised the school’s community to continue checking VSU emails for updates. Historically Black educational institutions in other states were also forced to close Thursday due to threats, including Southern University in Louisiana and Alabama State University.