Building Bridges
Third-year student Davon Okoro is both a nursing student and fashion designer. His company, Guérison Globale – founded during quarantine – offers a range of spirited designs informed by Okoro’s passion for health care, hip-hop and art.
This year’s lineup will include an episode of the highly anticipated Hulu limited series “Dopesick,” starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, and filmed in Virginia.
The scholarship program, made possible by an anonymous gift and matching UVA funds, creates new opportunities for students who wish to transfer from PVCC to UVA.
For the last 20 years, the family of UVA student Lexy Sjurseth has been honoring 9/11 victims with a motorcycle ride that has raised nearly a half-million dollars for scholarships.
Myo Yan Naung Thein, who has spent decades trying to bring democracy to his home country, fled Myanmar in disguise after a military coup in February. Now he is at UVA, sharing his remarkable story with students.
In seeking a place in the community, some UVA students join the Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department – and then they stay.
The nearly three dozen students who took part in 鶹ƽ Virtual Global Internships program this summer worked mainly with organizations in sub-Saharan Africa.
In this year’s class, 91% of students served their communities, 67% changed their minds about an important issue and 13% are first-generation students. Read on to learn more about this “remarkable” class.