From delivering newspapers in frigid Alaska to roaming the globe for an international company, Beardsley has tackled many jobs. His next one will be leading UVA.
After electing Scott Beardsley as the University of Virginia’s 10th president, the Board of Visitors called on Wahoos to “move forward with unity, purpose, and pride.”
After publishing more than 700 stories in 2025, UVA Today writers reflect on those that best showed how the University’s people and places shape the world.