UVA Wise Welcomes Largest Class in a Decade

Today, UVA Wise kicked off the academic year with Convocation. During the event, the College welcomed its largest class of the past decade, with 398 first year students and 114 transfer students.

UVA Wise Celebrates Campus Additions and Improvements to Kick Off Fall Semester

From new academic facilities to athletic upgrades to student support and experience enhancements, the campus has been buzzing with activity all season long.

Foundations Support UVA Wise Students Through New Gifts

More than $500,000 in recent donations from two charitable foundations will help boost experiential learning, better prepare nursing students, and support young Appalachian writers at UVA Wise.

UVA Wise Alumna Helps Employer be Recognized on Virginia Intern Day

Virginia Intern Day builds off of National Intern Day as an excellent way to energize stakeholders about the powerful impact that work-based learning has on students.

YWCA Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Announces Lead Staff for Childcare Center on Campus of UVA Wise

YWCA Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia has hired key positions for the Little Cavaliers Early Learning Center.

UVA Wise Breaks Ground on New Turf Softball, Baseball Fields for Spring 2024 Season

No more diamonds in the rough. UVA Wise broke ground with ceremonial shovels Monday to kick off construction of new artificial turf baseball and softball fields, a momentous capital investment for the College’s campus.

UVA Wise Offers New Online Pilot Program for Community College Grads To Complete Four-Year Business Degree

Enrollment is now open for a new online program designed for working adults to finish their bachelor of science degree in business administration and management in two years or less.

UVA Wise and The Nature Conservancy Announce 2023 Cumberland Forest Community Fund Award Recipients

The competitive local grant program is designed to support nature-based economic and community development projects in seven Southwestern Virginia counties

Honoring A Life Well-Lived: An alumna’s legacy to uplift at-risk children carries on in new UVA Wise scholarship

Jessica Huff Hollyfield had barely started adulthood when her life was tragically cut short by an incurable disease. But her dedication as a passionate advocate, especially for children in need, lives on through a newly-minted scholarship.

UVA Wise Awarded $354,000 Peer Mentor Program Grant to Increase Student Success

UVA Wise is implementing a newly created peer mentor program to help those first-year Pell Grant eligible students, especially those who are low income or first generation newly minted Highland Cavaliers, find their way to personal and academic success.

Pro-Art Presents 11th Annual Symphony by the Lake at UVA Wise

Take a journey “From the Alps to the Appalachians” as Swiss-born, North Carolina-based Kruger Brothers join Symphony of the Mountains for the legendary 11th annual Symphony by the Lake at UVA Wise on Saturday, July 22nd.

UVA Wise Professor Wins Early Career Research Award

Robert Arrowood, UVA Wise assistant professor of psychology, earned the coveted Southeastern Psychological Association Early Career Research Award.