The full Board meeting will conclude with a Board-wide discussion with University leadership led by University President Scott Beardsley.
As he enters his term, Brown said his primary mission is to focus on academic excellence, and his secondary goals include creating accountability, community trust, affordability, accessibility and aligned leadership.
The Faculty Senate met Friday to discuss Americans with Disabilities Act compliance requirements, Senate priorities for the academic year and youth protection requirements for faculty.
The 2030 Plan is a detailed list of four goals and 10 initiatives that the University hopes to achieve and make progress towards by 2030.
In the first week of his presidency, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders directing the elimination of race- and sex-based preferences across federally funded institutions.
The Board of Visitors convened at a special meeting Friday morning for their first session attended by the new appointees to appoint a new Rector and Vice Rector.
The quality subcommittee is tasked with overseeing the clinical quality and performance improvement of U.Va. Health.
The University’s top three highest-paid employees include University President Scott Beardsley, Jim Ryan, tenured Law professor and former University president, and Mitchell Rosner, U.Va. Health chief executive officer.
The report outlined a series of policy and operational changes implemented across several schools and administrative units as part of an ongoing University-wide review of civil rights practices.
The University initially launched a nationwide search and formed a search committee Feb. 6, 2025 for the next EVP and provost after former University Provost Ian Baucom announced his resignation in January 2025.
The agreement employs Beardsley through June 20, 2031, although the agreement says the Board can terminate this agreement earlier.
While the majority of Spanberger’s nominees have made contributions to Spanberger herself and other Democrats in recent election cycles, at least five have donated to Republican-affiliated candidates or organizations in the past.
For the current academic year, the estimated total cost of attendance for a first-year in-state College student is $40,468.
The review by both firms followed a letter of no confidence sent Sept. 5, 2024 to the Board of Visitors, in which 128 U.Va. Physicians Group-employed faculty demanded the removal of Kent and Kibbe.
Despite having a long-term career in the private sector working in consulting, Beardsley shifted towards education leadership in 2015 and, more than 10 years later, will begin his position as the University’s president today.
To recount the University’s search for its 10th president, here is a closer look at the timeline.
For many students, the news of this appointment seemed surprising following the many pleas for the Board to pause their selection process
The University’s Board of Visitors met in a special meeting Friday and officially appointed Scott Beardsley, current dean of the Darden School of Business, as the University’s 10th president
Youngkin and Earle-Sears appear to have stood alone in congratulatory reactions from state officials, as Democrats moved quickly to say they were not backing down from the fight to stop the appointment.
A common theme among reactions gathered was frustration with the Board’s timing.
