Assess Virginia in the Spanish university, worried (8)
I believe the answer is:
evaluate
'assess' is the definition.
('evaluate' can be a synonym of 'assess')
'virginia in the spanish university worried' is the wordplay.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the spanish' becomes 'el'.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'worried' becomes 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'va' going within 'el' is 'eval'.
'eval'+'u'+'ate'='EVALUATE'
(Other definitions for evaluate that I've seen before include "'Assess, appraise (8)'" , "Make an assessment of, determine worth" , "Judge the worth of something" , "Reckon worth of" , "Make an assessment of, measure" .)