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UVA Faculty & Staff Dialogue Cohort Fall 2025
Are you passionate about fostering understanding, building respectful communities, and engaging in meaningful conversations across differences? We invite you to be part of a UVA Faculty and Staff Constructive Dialogue Cohort — a space for faculty and staff to explore different perspectives, strengthen communication skills, and cultivate a culture of respect and collaboration. Let’s learn, listen, and grow together.
Spots are limited — sign up to reserve your place! Lunch will be provided at each session.
Cohort members will complete the Constructive Dialogue Institute’s online course Perspectives and participate in three in-person sessions from 12 – 1:15 PM on November 5th, 19th, and December 3rd, 2025.
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Opportunity
UVA Community Excellence Student Award
The Community Excellence Student Award is intended to support registered UVA student organizations (CIOs) seeking to contribute to community building and constructive dialogue aligned with the mission of the University. Apply today for up to $3k in support for organizational partnerships that contribute to our vibrant community.
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Think Again UVA
Think Again’s mission is to protect and promote what is best about UVA by asserting the foundational values of freedom of expression, critical thinking, viewpoint diversity, and intellectual humility. We seek to help UVA students thrive by encouraging them, as the great philosopher Ted Lasso once said, to be “curious, not judgmental.” We are focused on student-facing events that promote open inquiry and viewpoint diversity on Grounds, through partnerships with national organizations that promote student interaction, town-hall style debates, and low-stakes discussions. We believe that the more UVA students can engage in civil, thoughtful conversations about current issues, the better equipped our next generation of Americans will be to lead our democracy.
www.thinkagainuva.com
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Think Again UVAWorkshop
Vibrant Community
Join the Division for Community Engagement and Equal Opportunity in a recurring skill-building series designed to enhance the quality of our relationships in, and the wellbeing of, our community.
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News
Welcome Hoos: The Class of 2029
Joy, anticipation and a few tears marked the arrival of the University of Virginia’s Class of 2029. Four thousand new Hoos – along with their families, volunteers and University leaders – carried boxes, rolled carts and began to embrace their life on Grounds. Welcome to UVA, you belong here.
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Opportunity
Graduate Public Service Fellows
Are you a UVA graduate student committed to making a difference in communities you care about - through leadership, research, outreach, or volunteer service? Consider applying for the Graduate Public Service Fellows. GPS Fellows is a new yearlong, multidisciplinary fellowship for grads across the university who want to deepen their community engagement toolkit, grow as public-minded leaders, and connect their service to broader career goals. Applications for the inaugural cohort will open on April 1, 2026. You can learn more by subscribing to the UVA Public Service newsletter and check out events, programs, and ways to get connected today.
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UVA Public Service
Training
Perspectives - Constructive Dialogue For UVA Faculty and Staff
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Training
Perspectives - Constructive Dialogue For UVA Faculty and Staff
Gain knowledge and skills that can help you hear and be heard when it matters most. This program from the Constructive Dialogue Institute includes six lessons, helping learners develop the mindset and skills essential for constructive dialogue across differences. Participation in this training is entirely voluntary. This training was not developed by, nor does it represent the official views or positions of the University of Virginia. The content and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the University or its affiliates.
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UVA Black Faculty & Staff Employee Resource Group
Open to all who are interested in participating, the UVA Black Faculty & Staff Employee Resource Group is a way to get connected and share experiences from around the community.
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LGBTQ+ Inclusion at UVA
The LGBTQ Committee serves UVA to build community connections and support inclusion and allyship at UVA. This employee resource group is open to all who are interested in making connections in the community.
lgbtqcommittee.virginia.edu
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UVA Arts Presents Ailey II
UVA ARTS TO WELCOME AILEY II – THE NEXT GENERATION OF DANCE TO THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON OCTOBER 9 AT 7:00P
Performance is Part of Residency Program That Will Include Lectures and Master Classes With UVA Students And Appearance in the UVA President’s Office “Arts on the Hill” Series
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News
One Gutsy Phone Call Took Alumnus From a Dirt Road to a United States Embassy
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One Gutsy Phone Call Took Alumnus From a Dirt Road to a United States Embassy
In 1999, 10 years after graduating from the University of Virginia, Arthur Brown returned to the scene of perhaps the most consequential conversation of his life: the office of Dean of Admission John A. “Jack” Blackburn. A quarter-century later, Brown is two months into his tenure as U.S. ambassador to Ecuador, one of nine countries he’s served. But he’s quick to offer that his journey started much more humbly.
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Research
This Professor Has Tips for Students Who May Feel Lonely
Say “hi” first, schedule a coffee date with someone you want to get to know and realize everyone around you is also looking for new friends.
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Their Place
The Starr Hill Pathways program includes a three-week summer experience on Grounds, weekly tutoring, six day-long programs during the school year, and smaller group get-togethers for UVA athletics events and other outings. A family support component sets Starr Hill Pathways apart from programs like it; as needed, participants’ families are connected to community resources to address employment, housing, and food insecurity.
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