Sheila Johnson Photo by Jane Haley
“To achieve financial success will be harder, the stakes higher, than at any time since the settlers first set food on this land.”
—Sheila C. Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television and part owner of three Washington, D.C., professional sports teams, in describing the challenges presented by today’s competitive global economy during her Valedictory Exercises address to the Class of 2008
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Paul Gaston recounts his role in the civil rights movement in Charlottesville.
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U.Va.'s Battle of the Bands face off. Hear music clips and watch a video.
A first-hand account of an alumnus working for Kiva in Africa.
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