The University serves Virginia, the nation, and the world by preparing responsible citizen-leaders; advancing, preserving, and disseminating knowledge; and providing world-class patient care.
All gifts of any kind help secure the University’s place as a premier institution of learning and make it possible for our students, faculty, and researchers to shape a brighter.
You can give to all 12 schools across Grounds. The possibilities are endless for supporting our students, faculty, and programs. Together, we will find the way forward.
You can join the growing number of alumni and friends who invest now in the University’s future by including UVA as a beneficiary of their wills, charitable trusts, and retirement plans. Gifts like these can offer you and your family significant tax benefits as well as greater financial flexibility in meeting your personal and philanthropic goals.
Through Honor the Future, the Campaign for the University of Virginia, we are building on our strong foundations to support the president’s vision: to become the best public university by 2030 and one of the very best in the world.
Learn about our team, our work, and how to work with us.
Advancement Communications supports the University of Virginia and the Office of Advancement by producing strategic communications that align with UVA’s fundraising priorities. An experienced and dedicated group committed to serving the central advancement community—from institutional-level and pan-University fundraisers to schools and units across Grounds—we create engaging materials that make the case for philanthropic support.
Our work includes video and multimedia projects, Envision publications, case statements, single sheets on initiatives, gift announcements, proposal support, materials for events and stewardship, and digital projects.
Through storytelling and design, Envision magazine—one of the University’s longest-running publications—illustrates the power of philanthropy by showing the many ways in which alumni, parents, and friends demonstrate their devotion to and play a pivotal role in the life of this institution.
Our collaborative partnership with Advancement’s Engagement team has resulted in a newly branded Engagement website and digital and print collateral for UVA alumni clubs.
The Honor the Future Campaign brand and identity was designed to raise the visibility of the campaign and create a strong, centralized communications program. Creating the brand in-house gave us the path toward meeting those goals and deliver a brand that was uniquely UVA with a new, forward-looking vision. The campaign brand imagines the future as clean, elegant, and uplifting, springing forth from a foundation firmly rooted in tradition.
We achieve our collective goals with our UVA partners including recent work for UVA Health, the Batten School, the President’s Office, UVA Bands, and many others.
Charlotte Morford
Assistant Vice President for Advancement Communications
Travis Searcy
Senior Creative Director
Charity Boudouris
Director of Content Production
Jeneene Chatowsky
Assistant Director of Multimedia
William Cocke
Senior Writer and Project Manager
Kyle Fowlkes
Senior Designer
Maggie Rowland
Designer
Meg Walker
Director of Digital Design & Development
Kim Wendel
Assistant Director of Gift Planning Communications
Work with Us
Advancement Communications collaborates with partners to write, design, and produce creative communications that reflect the University’s distinctive character and convey clear, compelling messages. If you have questions about design concerning the Honor the Future Brand, or have a compelling story, or need help with a communications project, please contact us to learn how we can help you.
We created a series of environmental graphics and signage to highlight the half-mile procession route from the historic lawn...
University Advancement's Donor Relations team sought to create a unique gift to acknowledge and honor the unusual experiences and...
Over the years, Advancement Communications has won more than 80 awards from the Council on Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and an award of excellence from the University & College Designers Association (UCDA).
CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE
Gold
Transform Property Into Legacy Fundraising Case Statements and General Cultivation Publications
Silver
Honor the Future Campaign Visual Identity System Branding (Department or Subunit)
What Drives US: Scholarships Anthem Video Category: Videos, Fundraising
Envision Campaign Magazine Fall 2022 Fundraising Case Statements and General Cultivation Publications
DISTRICT III CASE AWARDS
Best of CASE
Envision Campaign Magazine Category: Design, Magazines and Periodicals
Envision Campaign Magazine Category: Fundraising, Case Statements/General Cultivation Publications
Envision Magazine Limited Edition Category: Magazines Alumni/General
Advancement Digital Toolkit Category: Communications PIVOT (one year category for Covid-19 related pivots)
President’s Holiday Card and Sweater Category: Design Specialty Pieces
Honor the Future Campaign Launch Video Category: Videos, Fundraising
Honor the Future Campaign Launch Experience (Invitations, projection mapping, etc.) Category: Design Specialty Pieces
Reimagining Appalachia Editorial Portrait Category: Photographs Individual
Bronze
Advancement Digital Toolkit Category: Digital Communications Websites
Honor the Future Campaign Identity System Category: Marketing and Visual Identity Systems
