Honor the Future

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An Exciting Future is Taking Shape

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For two hundred years, the University has served Virginia, the nation, and the world by preparing responsible citizen-leaders; advancing, preserving, and disseminating knowledge; and providing world-class patient care.

Through Honor the Future, the Campaign for the University of Virginia, we will build on this history to support the president's vision to become the best public university by 2030 and one of the very best in the world.

Campaign Priorities

COMMUNITY

Attract and support exceptionally talented and diverse students, regardless of economic circumstances.

Cultivate the best student experience in higher education.

Develop outstanding residential communities.

DISCOVERY

Recruit and retain excellent faculty committed to both teaching and research.

Enable discoveries that enrich and improve lives.

Design and build Open Grounds at Emmet/Ivy.

SERVICE

Make UVA the leading place in the country to study, teach, and sustain democracy.

Prepare students for lives of public service.

Be a good neighbor to Charlottesville and surrounding communities.

Together, we will honor the future.

With your support for our students, faculty, and new facilities, we will inspire world changing discoveries. You will strengthen the student experience, the foundation upon which our community is built. You will help create an environment in which our faculty members pursue the knowledge and research that will lead to exciting discoveries and address global problems. You will make the University of Virginia synonymous with service.

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Community

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Be a Part of Our Unfinished Project

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A Lifetime of Firsts

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Update • November 11, 2019

$3M Gift Powers New Scholarships for Military Students at UVA Darden

The $3 million gift from Thomas R. Watjen (MBA ’81) and Nanette Watjen, matched with an additional $1.5 million from the UVA Bicentennial Scholarship Fund, will create the $4.5 million Edward A. Watjen Bicentennial Scholarship Fund. This new fund will be incorporated with an existing military scholarship fund established by Watjen several years ago, the Edward A. Watjen Military Fellowship Fund, for a total impact of nearly $6 million.

Faculty Support

Largest-Ever Gift to UVA Engineering will Support Teaching and Research Excellence

The largest donation in University of Virginia School of Engineering history began with a chance encounter more than half a century ago.

Update • October 23, 2019

New Professorships Support Scholarship in Democracy and Equity

Thanks to the generosity of Nancy L. Buc of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 1969, the first of 20 new Research Professorships in Democracy and Equity will reside at the Law School.

Honor the Future: Campaign Kickoff Brings Fanfare, Reflection and Big Dreams

There was a little extra excitement in the air as the University of Virginia kicked off its “Honor the Future” campaign with events ranging from research panels and discussions to a one-of-a-kind Lawn concert.

Update • October 14, 2019

UVA Darden School of Business Announces $400 Million Campaign

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business on 12 October publicly launched a fundraising campaign called Powered by Purpose to raise $400 million by June 2025.

Update • October 14, 2019

A Transformational Gift — $100 Million to Benefit First-Generation Students

Jefferson Scholars Foundation announces $100 million gift from David Walentas, the largest gift in University of Virginia history devoted entirely to the endowment of scholarships, fellowships and professorships

Campaign Leadership

Peter Grant II

(Col ’78, Darden ’86)

Chair

Martha Lubin Karsh

(Col ’78, Law ’81)

Co-Chair

Malcolm Brogdon

(Col ’15, Batten ’16)

Co-Chair

Volunteers

Campaign Executive Committee Vice Chairs

Co-Vice Chairs for Schools/Units/Foundations
Marcia Gilliam (Wise ’82) & Richard Tadler (McIntire ’78)

Vice Chair for Pan-University Initiatives
Scott Stephenson (Engr ’79)

Vice Chair for Health
Kenneth Botsford (Col ’75, Med ’79)

Vice Chair for Principal Gifts
David Burke (McIntire ’88, Law ’93, Grad Arts & Sciences ’94)

Co-Vice Chairs for Regional Markets
Pamela Edmonds (Col ’91) & Lisa Smith (Col ’85)