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The Honor the Future campaign, the largest in University history, concluded in 2025, thanks to thousands of loyal supporters. Its impact on students, faculty, facilities, and research reaches across Charlottesville, Wise County, and Northern Virginia as it continues to advance the school in its third century of service to the commonwealth, nation, and world.
Study abroad can be a life-changing experience, so the University is committed to creating opportunities for every undergraduate student to have at least one meaningful international experience.
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The Honor the Future campaign allowed UVA Global Programs to make significant progress on providing an international experience for every UVA student before graduation—a key initiative of the 2030 strategic plan. Affordability is the largest barrier for student participation in global experiences, and philanthropy enabled the program to significantly expand the amount of need-based aid that is available to support these opportunities for international learning. Particularly exciting was a $1 million gift to support education abroad experiences in South Africa from a UVA parent of two alumni daughters.
Additionally, the program strengthened the faculty infrastructure of Global Studies, a rapidly growing interdisciplinary major enabling students to take a global perspective on pressing challenges. The program secured the first endowed professorship for the Global Studies major with a $2 million gift from Shanghai-based UVA parents. The campaign also expanded support for the Center for Global Health Equity, which enables interdisciplinary teams of faculty and students to conduct public health-related research in locations across the globe.
The Nuances of Culture
“This support not only honors my past but also fuels my commitment to a future where I can continue to make a meaningful impact.”
Tyler English College of Arts & Sciences
In summer 2024, Tyler English was a third-year in the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. A Global Studies major, with a concentration in global public health and chemistry, he was simultaneously completing his pre-medical prerequisites.
Thanks to support from the Dee Family Global Scholarship Fund, he was able to travel and study in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts & Nevis. Working with the Ministry of Health, he immersed himself in the distinct yet interconnected cultures of the two islands.
“This included engaging with the local people, sampling diverse cuisines, observing subtle cultural nuances, and exploring the community dynamics, health factors, and built environments,” he said.
As a first-generation college student, he found time to celebrate his Jamaican heritage while providing community assistance in a field related to his future studies. “This support not only honors my past but also fuels my commitment to a future where I can continue to make a meaningful impact,” he said.
A Human of Edinburgh
“You begin to see these common threads among people,” Berton explained, “and it really lends itself to thinking about some broader shared humanity and imagining a world where all the people in a hypothetical world could be friends and know each other.”
Jake Berton College of Arts & Sciences
Jake Berton came to UVA knowing he wanted to study overseas, and UVA’s robust programs were among the reasons he chose to become a Hoo. In the spring of 2023, working with education abroad advisors in the International Studies Office, he identified Edinburgh, Scotland as his destination of choice. The Susan B. and Lee Piepho International Scholarship Fund helped make his semester overseas a reality.
Berton’s explorations of the world are grounded in open-minded curiosity and a commitment to cultivating human relationships. He’s a co-president of Humans of UVA, a student group whose mission is to explore UVA’s community one story at a time.
Now an alumnus, Jake Berton enrolled in the one-year Master of Teaching program in UVA’s School of Education and Human Development and is currently a teacher in Charlottesville.
Worldwide Experiences
“Historically, the center has provided that balance, allowing students to have a substantive, engaged, on-site experience working toward a health outcome that students feel like they’ve been a part of advancing. We’d like to grow and offer this pinnacle UVA experience for as many students as possible.”
Dr. Scott Heysell Thomas H. Hunter Associate Professor of International Medicine and director of the Center for Global Health Equity
The Center for Global Health Equity’s director, Dr. Scott Heysell, the Thomas H. Hunter Associate Professor of International Medicine, is an experienced researcher with an extensive background in the study of infectious diseases. He’s deeply involved in partnerships that straddle four continents and is building on the center’s work to reduce health disparities around the world.
Involving students in global health research is central to the center’s mission and plays a large role in UVA’s efforts to provide global experiences for students.
The center’s opportunities include the CGHE University Scholar Award, which supports students representing diverse disciplines; the Global Health Case Competition, and an array of global health programming involving distinguished speakers, collaborative events, and engagement opportunities throughout the year.
“Historically, the center has provided that balance, allowing students to have a substantive, engaged, on-site experience working toward a health outcome that students feel like they’ve been a part of advancing,” said Dr. Heysell. “We’d like to grow and offer this pinnacle UVA experience for as many students as possible.”
Tabletop Diplomacy
“I think it’s important that we, as educators, do the very best job that we can to teach our students about China—to have them become familiar with the Chinese language, politics, culture, and history. It’s the second-largest economy of the world in a major competition with the United States.”
Ambassador Stephen D. Mull Vice Provost for Global Affairs
In January 2024, 12 UVA students boarded a flight to China as part of a J-Term course called “Game Change: Bridging the U.S.-China Divide Through Sport.” The 12-day trip followed in the footsteps of a U.S. table tennis team that toured China in 1971, in what became known as “Ping-Pong diplomacy.”
During the trip, which began in Hong Kong and ended in Shanghai, the UVA students made their own version of history—they were the first UVA education abroad group to visit China since the COVID -19 pandemic.
The team received support from the Van S. Lung Fund, the UVA Parents Committee, gifts from alumni and parents, and tapped into the Yen Global Initiatives Student Projects Fund a special fund that was created to honor UVA’s first international student.
“We wanted to give our students their own shot at Ping-Pong diplomacy,” said Vice Provost for Global Affairs Stephen Mull, who accompanied the team. “I think it’s important that we, as educators, do the very best job that we can to teach our students about China—to have them become familiar with the Chinese language, politics, culture, and history. It’s the second-largest economy of the world in a major competition with the United States.”
In January 2024, 12 UVA students boarded a flight to China as part of a J-Term course called “Game...
At UVA’s Center for Global Health Equity, Dr. Scott Heysell leads research and training involving students and global partners...
Scholarship support for study abroad helped this first-generation college student and aspiring neuroscientist refocus her academic passion.
