Scholarships

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A Wide and Expressive Journey
Horace Ballard (Col ’06), curator of American art for the Williams College Museum of Art, received the Keller Award as an undergraduate double major in English and American studies.
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An Impression to Last for Generations
In 1944, UVA alumna Lottie Pugh Colley began her career as a professional nurse. This is the story of her three sons who are honoring their mother’s memory by endowing the Colley Class of ’44 Scholarship in the UVA School of Nursing. One son is also supporting research into cardiology, hearing loss, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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President Ryan Announces $30 Million in Matching Funds for Scholarships
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan announced to the Board of Visitors an additional investment of $30 million in strategic matching funds to support need- and merit-based student scholarships at UVA and UVA’s College at Wise.
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That Small Saving Grace
It started with a phone call and led to a challenge for this Blue Ridge Scholar.
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Uplifting Others
Latrell Lee cites Corporate Resilience and Sustainability as his most fulfilling class at the McIntire School because of its emphasis on how businesses can adapt to and prevent climate change.
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More than Surviving
She’s a medical student in the making. An AccessUVA scholarship is helping this first-generation college student thrive.
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Five Questions: Zaakir Tameez
President’s intern Zaakir Tameez talks about working in the Office of the President.
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What Drives Us: Martin & Marcha
Martin aspires to be an astronaut and professional rugby player, while Marcha seeks a career in the film industry.
Eileen Ying Da
Update  •  December 2, 2019
Jefferson Scholar Receives UVA's 54th Rhodes Scholarship
University of Virginia student Eileen Zijia Ying of Clarksville, Maryland, will continue her studies at Oxford University next fall as a Rhodes Scholar.
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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.
Nancy L. Buc
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.
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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