Programs

Founded in 1997, the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP) is a psychoeducational mentoring program that empowers at-risk middle school girls to be leaders by combining the benefits of one-on-one mentoring with targeted group activities for a year.

Madison House provides UVa students with weekly volunteer opportunities, placing them in community sites for service throughout the spring and/or fall semester.

Volunteer Services offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities in the UVa Medical Center.

Student volunteers assist staff, patients, and families at medical facilities in Charlottesville, including UVa Medical Center, Charlottesville Free Clinic, and Martha Jefferson Hospital.

A great opportunity for those who want to help from home! Volunteer knitters make baby caps, and other layette items given to newborns. Other hand-made items needed include shawls and lap robes.

The Virginia Film Festival is an annual event hosted by the Media Studies Program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and designed to promote creative awareness through film screenings, art exhibits, lectures, panels, live musical performances, and social events.

The Virginia Festival of the Book is held annually in March in Charlottesville. The Festival features more than 200 authors and book professionals in programs for adults, children, and youth.

The Lorna Sundberg International Center is a unit of the U.Va. International Studies Office, which is committed to the internationalization of the University. Since its founding in 1972, the International Center has promoted intercultural awareness and respect by providing a comfortable environment for the sharing of cultures.

For inquisitive and highly capable students in K-5, this program offers academic study in the sciences, math, arts, humanities, and the social sciences for five consecutive Saturdays in February and March.

UVa's Project Serve is an annual event that seeks to introduce first-year students to service learning opportunities at UVa and to familiarize participants with local agencies.