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February 14, 2020

Ryan Tackett Wardell awarded grant

UVA Wise music faculty member Ryan Tackett Wardell has received a grant of $7,500 from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation to launch a school outreach program in Fall 2020. 
 With funding from the grant, Wardell will work with the Lonesome Pine Theater Company to bring history alive with a small touring ensemble that performs for elementary US History students in Wise County and the city of Norton. The plays will feature regional performers and musicians and be aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning for US History taught in fifth and sixth grade.   “Our goal is to be…

February 11, 2020

History students present published research Feb. 12

Two UVA Wise students will present research at 1 p.m. on Feb. 12 in the Dogwood Room in the Slemp Student Center on a project they did on lynchings in Wise County. Their work…

February 4, 2020

UVA Wise ranks second in percentage of history majors

The Chronicle of Higher Education published data that shows UVA Wise ranks second out of 485 public colleges and universities in the nation in the percentage of undergraduates majoring in history. To compare, UVA…

February 3, 2020

Southern Gap trip sparks UVA Wise students’ business plans

UVA Wise students in Shankar Naskar’s Foundations of Entrepreneurship class traveled along a curvy but scenic road recently to hear businessman Billie…

January 29, 2020

Former pupil, teacher now colleagues

Heather Evans saw a familiar face as she walked toward Smiddy Hall on her first day of work as a political science…

January 28, 2020

UVA Wise adds four new majors this fall

UVA Wise now has four new majors within the College’s Education Department so current students and prospective students have more academic choices…

January 21, 2020

Students Mance, Mawla see research published

The strongest teams often have the perfect mix of dedication, determination, and a powerful work ethic, and that’s exactly what emerged from…

January 14, 2020

Webb-Christburg to deliver Black History Month lecture

Sheyann Webb-Christburg, dubbed the Smallest Freedom Fighter by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will speak at the University of Virginia’s College at…

January 13, 2020

Chancellor Henry’s State-of-the College address

UVA Wise is laying the groundwork for its path forward in the new higher education landscape, Chancellor Donna P. Henry said at the State of the College address Friday as faculty and staff prepare…

January 8, 2020

Martin Luther King dinner and march set for Jan. 20

The 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance March, sponsored by the University of Virginia’s College at Wise and others from the local community, will be held on Jan. 20, 2020 in Wise.…

December 18, 2019

UVA Wise names 350 to fall 2019 Dean’s List

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise has announced its fall 2019 Dean’s List. The 350 students named to the Dean’s List earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0…

December 16, 2019

Consortium based at UVA Wise awarded ACSE grant

The Southwest Virginia Public Education Consortium will use a $125,000 Advancing Computer Science Education grant to develop high quality instructional resources and to provide professional learning opportunities for teachers in 19 school divisions. The…

December 12, 2019

Kids Day set for Dec. 19

The University of Virginia's College at Wise will hold Kids Day on Thursday, December 19 when the UVA Wise men's basketball team hosts Ohio University – Chillicothe at 12 p.m. inside the David J.…