President Jim Ryan gave an overview of the priorities for 2020-2021 year, which include increased funding and changes to the University landscape based on recommendations from the Naming and Memorials Committee.
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ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL December 11, 2020
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan announced to the Board of Visitors an additional investment of $30 million in strategic matching funds to support need- and merit-based student scholarships at UVA and UVA’s College at Wise.
The funds will be used to address two of the University’s priorities – recruiting top prospective students and increasing access and affordability for undergraduates.
This new investment provides additional institutional funds that will match private gifts supporting three scholarship programs – Bicentennial Scholarships, Blue Ridge Scholars and University Achievement Awards.
“Since late 2016, our alumni and friends have generously endowed 350 different scholarship funds through this program,” UVA President Jim Ryan said. “This new commitment will allow us to continue to recruit undergraduate students with exceptional promise who might not otherwise attend UVA.”