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UVA Wise’s Within Reach Program Gives New Opportunity to Students Whose Families Earn $80,000 or Less

UVA Wise announced this week that it will now serve families who earn $80,000 or less through the Within Reach program, which provides tuition and fees for Virginia students.
September 12, 2024
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UVA Wise Named an Apple Distinguished School for Second Term in a Row

Through a campus-wide effort to push the digital learning envelope further, the College has developed a culture of innovation, which has resulted in UVA Wise being named an Apple Distinguished School (2024-2027) for a second consecutive term.
August 28, 2024
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UVA Wise Class of 2028 Enters Their Cavalier Era at Fall Convocation

UVA Wise welcomed the class of 2028, the most diverse class in the last decade.
August 20, 2024

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UVA Wise to Serve as Virginia Lead for Grant to Build GIS Capacity

September 5, 2024

Japanese Business Development Training CEO Visits UVA Wise, Signs Agreement with Napoleon Hill Foundation

August 9, 2024

‘Take an Interest’: UVA Wise Alumna Serves in Region and Beyond

August 1, 2024

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UVA Wise Undergrad Students Publish Ground-Breaking Freshwater Mussels Research in Prestigious Journal

Four undergraduate students at UVA Wise took a novel approach using applied DNA techniques to study the dietary preferences of freshwater mussels in the Clinch River, resulting in significant new findings published recently in a major journal.
July 17, 2024
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UVA Wise Sociology Professor Explores Kentucky’s Child Welfare System In First Book

UVA Wise Associate Professor of Sociology Christa Moore is set to tour her first book examining Kentucky’s child welfare system and exploring future solutions for families.
June 27, 2024
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Cultures, Countries and Comradery: UVA Wise Study Abroad

This past spring, UVA Wise students studied abroad in Ireland and Nepal and this summer in Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
June 13, 2024

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Japanese Business Development Training CEO Visits UVA Wise, Signs Agreement with Napoleon Hill Foundation

President of Achievement Satoshi Aoki and several other company leaders traveled to UVA Wise to learn more about the Napoleon Hill Foundation and sign an agreement to help publish the foundation’s inspirational books in Japan.
August 9, 2024
From left to right are Nick England Memorial Scholarship Foundation Board member Ron Elkins and Nick England Memorial Scholarship Foundation Board member Jeff Elkins, UVA Wise Chancellor Donna P. Henry, Jennifer England, Nick England Memorial Scholarship Foundation President Robert England, Nick England Memorial Scholarship Foundation Board Members Russ Cyphers and the late Jim Hughes.
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Celebrating the Living: A UVA Wise Alumnus Scholarship Foundation Expands Its Legacy For Students

This January, the England Foundation added four more bicentennial funds bringing the total number of scholarship funds to 10. Seven are already completely funded.
June 17, 2024
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Former UVA Wise College Board Member Gives $1 Million to help fund Student Potential and College Priorities

Mike Quillen made a $1 million investment to benefit UVA Wise students and the regional community in honor of his former colleagues. In recognition of his philanthropy, UVA Wise will name the Prior Center court the Quillen Court.
April 26, 2024