I was the first woman in lots of positions at Texas. That was in some ways a tougher environment than here.

Teresa A. Sullivan

I want my first impression to be as a student, and sooner or later, the cat will be out of the bag that I’m an athlete as well.

Jocelyn Willoughby (Col ’20), a student-athlete, reflecting on her first day of the semester

I just refuse to let anyone feel as if they don’t belong.

Kathy McGruder, UVA Dining

I didn’t want to burn down Maury Hall–I was trying to protect Shannon and his family.

Tom Gardner (Col ’71), a former student activist, on deterring a crowd during May Days

We do take preparedness very seriously to empower people and to minimize suffering, and I’m very proud of that.

Tom Berry, emergency management director for the UVA Health System

I don’t aspire to be a university president, generally, but I am intensely interested in being the president of UVA.

Jim Ryan, UVA’s president-elect

The recent Charlottesville events bring these difficult questions to the fore, and existing law provides little guidance.

UVA Law professor Frederick Schauer on First Amendment protections

What I tell them from the get-go is that what I do is the opposite of magic, because the point of every demonstration is to convey understanding—to give away all the secrets.

Professor Louis Bloomfield on his popular physics class for non-science majors, How Things Work

We used to get 150 dozen doughnuts delivered every weekend, and by Sunday they would all be gone.

University Diner owner Lee Shiflett, as told to Coy Barefoot (Grad ’97), on the popularity of the Grillswith

It's very different from living in an off-Grounds apartment. You have to not just live for yourself. You have to actually think about others every day, because if you don't, they'll remind you.

Patricia Lampkin (Educ ’86), Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer, on the responsibility of living on the Lawn