UVA Black Alumni

UVA Black Alumni Cultivating a network of & building partnerships within UVa Fam. to have resources, ment

The mission of the UVA Black Alumni Interest Group Initiative is to cultivate a network of Black alumni that will create and sustain ongoing partnerships with The UVA community, administration, and organizations to provide resources, mentorship, and advocacy for current Black students and alumni. This Facebook Like Page will gauge interests in the Black Alumni Interest Group Initiative, as well as

, to keep everyone abreast of progress toward its creation. The purpose of this organization is not to take the place of any existing organizations or to create a separate Alumni Association, rather to work in tandem with said organizations to ensure that all assets and entities are made available to our community and fill in where there is need.

**Important**

Updates regarding the Black Alumni Engagement project, also known as the Black Alumni Interest Group:

The Alumni Association has determined that at this time, a Black AIG or Black Alumni Initiative is not feasible and due to manning, it may be a while before new AIGs are accepted, however, many smaller initiatives were proposed and are being pursued at this time. As a result of our meetings and feedback from various Black alumni from across the years, Alumni Hall has partnered with various existing organizations in order to address social, communication, and mentorship concerns. Alumni Hall has partnered with UVA Clubs in Richmond to create specific opportunities to engage Black alumni in the Richmond metro area; if that pilot program is successful, they will look to potentially expanding their partnership to UVA Clubs in D.C., New York, and Atlanta. One such event has already been planned for DC (Dec 11, 12:30pm: http://bit.ly/2fJ6nEa). The Alumni Association facilitated a partnership between OAAA and the University Career Center in an effort to research the possibility of an alumni to student mentoring program through OAAA. OAAA and UCC are currently working together to develop a program. Additionally, the University Career Center is actively seeking Black Alum to take part in the Virginia Alumni Mentoring program, which is already up and running, and connects alumni to current students based on region, career, and other factors selected by the student(https://alumnimentoring.virginia.edu/). The AIG department is also collecting content for a newsletter tailored specifically to Black alumni; the first was distributed, digitally, earlier this month with the plan to release three to four times per year. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if any group you are involved with might have relevant information or content to include in the newsletter.

01/03/2026

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#21 Virginia beat NC State 76-61

Let's send congrats to the new Board Members & a HooRah to Joseph Jackson!!
08/04/2025

Let's send congrats to the new Board Members & a HooRah to Joseph Jackson!!

06/12/2025

On the April 29th edition of Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show, Andrew explored a pivotal moment in Charlottesville’s cultural history: Sly and the Family Stone’s 1973 performance at University Hal

06/10/2025
I'm asking for some friends of my family Hoo are Elders that are curious about refinancing and their mortgages. If anybo...
06/10/2025

I'm asking for some friends of my family Hoo are Elders that are curious about refinancing and their mortgages. If anybody has any insights or someone to point them to please let me know...

Just like that...
03/09/2025

Just like that...

UVA is the latest school to dismantle its office of diversity, equity and inclusion, and some say other Virginia universities could follow.

A week before Jones’ plea, marked the two-year anniversary of the shooting with the playing of and the tolling of bel...
12/02/2024

A week before Jones’ plea, marked the two-year anniversary of the shooting with the playing of and the tolling of bells at the Chapel. Students later gathered on the South Lawn to remember three lives cut short.

The shooting stunned the community and left many unanswered questions, chief among them what drove the gunman to kill. Though Jones’ motive remains unclear, prosecutors revealed new details of his behavior in a proffer that was read at the hearing and obtained by Virginia Magazine.

comes in behind No. 1 University of California, Los Angeles, and No. 2 University of California, Berkeley, which tied f...
12/02/2024

comes in behind No. 1 University of California, Los Angeles, and No. 2 University of California, Berkeley, which tied for No. 1 last year. The University of Michigan remained at No. 3, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and switched spots in this year’s rankings as moved down to No. 5.

Among the top public universities, UVA had the highest graduation rates for all students, including low-income students. UVA also boasted the highest percentage of full-time faculty members.

For the second consecutive year, U.S. News also named UVA the No. 3 Best Value school among public universities, behind UNC and the University of Idaho.

In the past, U.S. News has updated its methodologies to address criticism that the rankings place too much emphasis on a university’s reputation. However, this year’s methodology is largely the same as last year; the publication did remove graduation rates for first-generation students from its methodology because of data limitations.

The rankings come amid new research that raises questions about their relevance. In a September 2024 analysis of several popular rankings, researchers found that they can be misleading because methodologies are unclear; data quality is inconsistent; and some critical factors are highly subjective.

In other rankings, UVA was No. 14 among the top public universities in the Wall Street Journal ranking. Forbes recently placed UVA on a list of “new Ivies,” defined as “the 10 public universities and 10 ascendant private ones turning out the smart, driven graduates craved by employers of all types.” Money Magazine’s Best College rankings awarded UVA 4.5 stars out of five.

11/07/2024

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03/26/2024
Guess Hoos Back!? Professor MLK III
03/26/2024

Guess Hoos Back!?
Professor MLK III

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