Blue Ridge Scholar Abiola Ogunkoya has a long list of accomplishments and aspirations. The daughter of a single mother, she excelled in high school and now intends to pursue a major in commerce.

While Magin Sanchez (Col '22) hails from Woodbridge, Virginia, his family has roots in El Salvador. Sanchez sees community service as a way to honor his family’s determination to seek a better life in the U.S.

Lettie Pate Whitehead’s business accomplishments inspired her to support young women pursuing health education.

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.

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.

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.

It started with a phone call and led to a challenge for this Blue Ridge Scholar.

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.

She’s a medical student in the making. An AccessUVA scholarship is helping this first-generation college student thrive.

President’s intern Zaakir Tameez talks about working in the Office of the President.

Martin aspires to be an astronaut and professional rugby player, while Marcha seeks a career in the film industry.

University of Virginia student Eileen Zijia Ying of Clarksville, Maryland, will continue her studies at Oxford University next fall as a Rhodes Scholar.