Young Alumni Reunions, commonly known as YAR, attracts thousands of alumni from the four most recent graduated classes each fall.
With job recruitment season fully underway, many of the University’s fourth years are looking to secure offers before they receive their degrees in the spring.
Each year, a committee of student leaders selects 47 rising fourth-year students to live on the Lawn.
Earlier this month, Georgetown University announced that it will give preference in admission to descendants of slaves who were sold to help fund the school.
The Cavalier Marching Band has become a major presence on and off the football field since its founding 12 years ago, performing at every home game during this period and even the 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The University has one of the highest four-year graduation rates in the country. In fact, U.S. News and World Report cited a four-year graduation rate of 87 percent for the University, ranking it 30th in a list of peer institutions with the highest four-year graduation rates based on data from the class of 2012.
Two years ago, the Career Center kickstarted the brand new Virginia Alumni Mentoring program, also known as VAM.
In July, former Board of Visitors rector Helen Dragas wrote a Washington Post editorial which revealed that the University has $2.2 billion stashed away in a so-called “Strategic Investment Fund.”
Many graduating students are using the tools afforded to them by the Career Center as a way to get ahead in the job market.
The Rotunda was the heart of Jefferson’s plans for the Academical Village, and the building serves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site today.
The spring Foxfield Races — an event where thousands of students gather to watch horse racing — has seen its fair share of arrests and medical emergencies over the years.
As the demographics of college undergraduates continue to evolve, more non-traditional students are pursuing higher education.
Last month, the College’s Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum unanimously passed a new curriculum plan, which has been a primary initiative led by College Dean Ian Baucom since he came to the University in 2014.
As a man who played an integral role in the founding of the University and the United States, Thomas Jefferson is highly memorialized by students and faculty alike.
The University’s list of faculty salaries for the 2015 to 2016 academic year shows two women, across all departments, in the top twenty earners at the University.
With events ranging from Derby Days to races and carnivals, Greek organizations at the University are bustling this spring to fundraise for causes near and dear to their respective groups.
As the home of the University and Thomas Jefferson’s atmospheric science innovations at Monticello, Charlottesville has a long history of tracking the weather.
The top three states of employment for University graduates for the class of 2014 were Virginia, Washington, D.C. and New York,
With Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death Feb. 13th, a vacant seat now lies on the bench of the nation’s most powerful court.
Despite the large number of electable positions and candidates, voting rates among University students have been consistently low over the past several years.
