Dept: Alumni News

Admission FAQs0

Spring 2012

What services does the Alumni Association offer to alumni and their children applying to the University? The University of Virginia Office of Admission defines a legacy student as the child of a degree holder. As such, the Alumni Association’s Admission Liaison Program (ALP) provides a point of contact and a source of information for alumni families who have children applying as first-year or transfer applicants to one of U.Va.’s five undergraduate programs or schools. Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the ALP hosts a legacy information session, which covers the role of the program in...

Sharing Connections0

Spring 2012

Kenneth Liu and Rodney Davis had similar interests—both wanted to strengthen their connection to the University after graduating. They found similar solutions among the Alumni Interest Groups offered through the U.Va. Alumni Association. “Becoming involved with an AIG of the University has greatly enhanced my postgraduation experience,” says Davis (Col ’83). “I learned about the Serpentine Society at the LGBT Pride Festival in Washington, D.C., and attended a few local Serpentine Society events.” Now he is on the group’s board and has been instrumental in helping create scholarships and...

Admission FAQs0

Winter 2011

As high school juniors and seniors prepare for standardized testing, many ponder the pros and cons of taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test or the American College Testing Assessment. Either test is accepted by the U.Va. Office of Admission, but each has unique characteristics. What is the difference between the ACT and the SAT?  As the school year begins, high school juniors and seniors begin to prepare and register for standardized testing.  Both the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the American College Testing Assessment are used in the college admission process.  Either test is accepted by the U...

Painting Away the Blues

Painting Away the Blues0

Winter 2011

Gloomy weather spurred Rebecca Lewis to undertake a project that is now a bright spot among her artistic endeavors. An acrylic painting of a path winding through the pavilion gardens earned Lewis (Arch ’12) first prize, worth $500, in the annual art contest sponsored by the U.Va. Alumni Association. “The week I found out about the contest it had been very rainy and gray on Grounds, so I began looking through my photo albums to find something not so dreary,” recalls Lewis, of Culpeper, Va. The garden paths appealed to her. “I remember first year, discovering those...

Interaction is the Bee’s Knees

Interaction is the Bee’s Knees0

Winter 2011

Photo by Christian Gromoll When math professor Christian Gromoll takes students to visit his beehives this spring, learning about colony behavior will be only part of the equation. Discovering more about each other—part of Thomas Jefferson’s vision of faculty-student interaction both inside and outside the classroom—will be a primary motivator. Ernest “Boots” Mead Gromoll is one of numerous U.Va. faculty awarded grants through the Mead Endowment, a U.Va. Alumni Association program created a decade ago in honor of Ernest “Boots” Mead (Col ‘40). A longtime professor of music...

Admission FAQs0

Fall 2011

The University has several groups of alumni volunteers that work to educate and engage prospective students through various events and programs. Two of these are UVaClubs and the Virginia Alumni Admission Network (VAAN). While these alumni do not interview prospective students in the admission process, they work to supplement the outreach of the Office of Undergraduate Admission. With clubs in each of the 50 states as well as 16 countries, UVaClubs give alumni the opportunity to reach out to prospective U.Va. students. Each year, the Schools Committee of each UVaClub works with the Office of Admission to host fall information sessions,...

Pregame Talks0

Fall 2011

The American Civil War, turmoil in the Middle East, changes in health care, and aspects of social media—all will be discussed in the popular “More Than The Score” programs this fall. The lectures, offered by the Alumni Education Program in the Office of Engagement, in collaboration with the U.Va. Alumni Association, will be held at 10 a.m. before each home football game. Talks are free and open to alumni, parents and friends; registration is encouraged (to sign up, go to www.hoosonline.virginia.edu/morethanthescore). Sept. 3: “Our University: Things That Change and Things That Stay the Same,” Kenneth...

Facing the Future

Facing the Future0

Fall 2011

The transition from the Grounds to the “real world” can be exhilarating for new graduates, but a list of practical considerations often tempers that excitement. Finding a place to live, gaining a foothold in a career, making friends, shaping a new identity without sacrificing existing ties—the challenges can be daunting. Help is available, however, through a U.Va. program called What’s Next? “It’s an educational tool designed to make the transition from being a student to a new alumnus as seamless as possible,” says Mary Elizabeth Luzar, associate director for student and young alumni programs at the...

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