Programs

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia promotes learning about Australian Aboriginal art and culture through an integrated program of collection management, exhibition, education, research and publication.

With each new exhibition we offer a children's art program to introduce children ages 6 – 12 to Aboriginal art and the techniques used by Aboriginal artists.

The Learning Barge is a collaborative design and fabrication initiative of students from the School of Architecture and School of Engineering and Applied Science that incorporates research and sustainable design principles to promote environmental education on the Elizabeth River, one of the most polluted estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. The floating field station is powered by solar and wind energy, collects rainwater, filters gray water with native plants and utilizes recycled and renewable materials. The integrated educational component for K-12 school children, adults and seniors offers opportunities to experience the river firsthand and engage in hands-on exploration and learning. The project is a collaboration with an environmental non-profit organizatin, the Elizabeth River Project, based in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The Virginia Center for Digital History and the Center for Technology and Teacher Education at UVa maintain a collection of lesson plans for educators on diverse topics in American history, including African American life in Virginia during the Jim Crow era; the impact of railroads on Antebellum communities; attitudes about slavery; Civil War medicine; the African American soldier; Jamestown's economy; interactions between Native Americans and European settlers; the life of Dolley Madison; and the creation of elite Washington, D.C. society. These lesson plans are designed to help teachers implement the Virginia Standards of Learning and National History Standards.

Letters About Literature is a reading and writing program for students in grades 4 through 12.

Student volunteers serve as youth coaches, assistant coaches, and role models in various children's athletic clubs.

The Madison House Athletics Program aims to foster teamwork, health, confidence, and independence in a positive, learning environment. Student volunteers promote these ideals by undertaking the responsibility of serving as youth coaches, assistant coaches, and role models in various children's athletic clubs. Opportunities to coach children are available in basketball (YMCA) and soccer (SOCA) and Little League Baseball.

Madison House Boosters serve as teacher’s aids in local classrooms (K- 5th grade).

University of Virginia student volunteers work with teachers to lower the adult-to-child ratio in area day care centers. The volunteers provide assistance to day care staff and secondary care for children.

The mission of Holdiay Sharing is to brighten the holiday season for a number of needy families in Charlottesville. The volunteers works with the Salvation Army, which provides us with a list of families to provide a "gift package" for, and the volunteers take it from there!