Greetings from UVA! We are monitoring the weather forecast for Liberation & Freedom Day on Sunday, March 3rd and are hopeful that it will be a pleasant afternoon. Programming will begin inside the Rotunda Dome room at 3 pm rain or shine, and if need be, the blessing ceremony for the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers […]
Third year Scholars Christina Johnson and Sydney Williams received Intermediate Honors. This award is given to students in the College that are in the top 20% of their class and have earned at least 60 credits at UVA. Sydney sent me the attached pic from the ceremony today. Congrats ladies!!!Click here to congratulate Sydney and Click […]
I have the amazing honor of being chosen for the Ridley spotlight because of work that I have recently been able to participate in that is the effect of a range of opportunities granted to me. The most major of these is definitely being a Ridley Scholar; because of this blessing, I was able to […]
At first, I was hesitant about studying abroad to London. Three weeks seemed like an exorbitant amount of time to spend travelling with a group of strangers; I applied for the trip convinced it would be “good for me”, but had no idea how fundamentally life-changing the experience would become. The London: Culture Past and […]
During the 2018 J-term, I studied abroad in St. Kitts and Nevis. It was a wonderful and educational experience on an absolutely breathtaking tropical island. Specifically, I studied public health in both St. Kitts and Nevis with a primary focus on the prevention of HPV. We collaborated with local Non-Governmental Organizations, healthcare professionals, and teachers […]
10/2017 Dr. Derek E. Brown Scholarship Announced Dr. Chimene L. Brown created a new endowed fund in memory of her husband, Dr. Derek E. Brown. The scholarship will be made available to third and fourth-year African-American male students, starting in fall, 2018. The purpose of the fund is to provide a stipend to eligible students […]
The Ridley Scholarship Fund Board of Directors created a new award to honor the top academic performers among first-year and fourth-year African-American students at the University of Virginia. The Ridley-OAAA Academic Achievement Awards were developed in partnership with the Office of African-American Affairs, and funded by the New York City and Washington, D.C. Ridley chapters. […]
The Ridley Scholarship Fund has earned a unique place in American higher education, and is a point of distinction for the University of Virginia Alumni Association, which is home to the scholarship program, and the board that manages it. Since 1987, when it was founded, Ridley has brought more than 300 students to UVA. Ridley, […]