Programs

Students in the Employment Law Clinic work on employment cases in cooperation with the Legal Aid Justice Center and local attorneys.

UVa students create Engineering Teaching Kits that aim to excite middle school students about careers in engineering and technology. Once a kit is developed, UVa engineering students enter a classroom and teach the kit under the supervision of a middle school teacher and a graduate student from the UVa Curry School of Education. Engineering students receive feedback, make necessary alterations to the kit, and package the kit for distribution to middle school educators.

English as a Second Language is a program that puts UVA students out into the Charlottesville community to help adults, teenagers, and children learn to speak, read, and write English.

Students in this yearlong clinic participate in a range of activities related to the protection and restoration of natural resources and environmental quality.The clinic represents and counsels environmental nonprofits, citizen’s groups and community organizations seeking to protect and restore the environment of the mid-Atlantic region and other parts of the country.

In collaboration with the Legal Aid Justice Center, law students in this yearlong clinic provide free representation to poor individuals and families who experience legal problems connected with public benefit programs such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, TANF/VIEW, SSI/Social Security, childcare subsidies, foster care assistance, adoption assistance, and auxiliary grants.

The First Amendment Clinic, run in conjunction with Charlottesville's Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, students take up both litigation and non-litigation projects involving the First Amendment.

The Girls and Mathematics program is designed to provide participants with a variety of mathematical experiences to extend their understanding and knowledge in mathematics. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving.

Girls Excited about Math and Science (GEMS) seeks to provide middle-school girls with math and science role models from the University of Virginia community. University students and professors act as mentors and promote the disciplines of math, science, and technology through hands-on activities. GEMS aims to encourage participants’ self-esteem and guide them toward future careers in these disciplines. Past experiments have included making paper airplanes, making silly putty, and exploring liquid nitrogen.

The Center for Global Health provides guidance and funding annually for 50 UVa students to conduct short and long-term multidisciplinary research and service-learning projects that address global health issues. CGH additionally promotes the engagement of UVa faculty and international mentors in the development of these projects.

Nursing students provide annual health assessments and screening for children enrolled in Head Start through the Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA).