Ryan shared insights from his team’s decision-making process and outlined the criteria UVA leaders are using to plan for the fall semester.
Speaking alone from the Lawn, Ryan asked this year’s class what they will carry with them as they re-enter the world. See his full remarks.
The University of Virginia celebrated the Class of 2020 virtually on May 16 – during the class’s originally scheduled graduation weekend – while planning in-person Final Exercises for a later date.
Look back at the highs and lows, as the University of Virginia shifted from a fall and winter full of highlights to a spring like no other.
Teaser Text: As classes end and exams begin, President Jim Ryan thanks University of Virginia students, faculty and staff for rising to a difficult challenge and looks to the challenges ahead this fall.
“Double-Hoo” Mira Du Plessis is a first-year medical student and co-president of the UVA Blacksmithing Club. Here, she discusses the magic of working at the forge. “If I can think it, I can make it,” she says.
“Quite simply, thank you. After this extraordinary week, never have I felt more fortunate to be part of this community.”
This year’s holiday video offers a full hour of cozy University of Virginia moments, with a roaring fire in the background. Put it on during your celebrations and enjoy guest appearances from some of the many Hoos making UVA special all year round.