The University Award for Projects in the Arts is intended to expand students’ opportunities for creative expression and showcase significant accomplishments in the arts. The program funds outstanding undergraduate projects in the arts to be carried out in the summer and the upcoming academic year. Each student applicant or group of applicants proposes a project of creative work. Eligible projects might include writing or directing a play or film, writing a collection of poetry, designing costumes for a play, choreographing a dance, creating a sculpture, or composing or performing a piece of music. The University-wide awards are funded by the College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Office of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer, the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, the Vice Provost for Academic Programs, and the Vice Provost for the Arts. They are open to all undergraduates, regardless of schools or majors.

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Center for Undergraduate Excellence
305 Harrison Institute
P.O. Box 400874
Charlottesville, VA 22904

434.924.6082 tel
434.924.3832 fax

Brian Cullaty Assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic Programs
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434.924.3306

UVA Today, Class of 2012: Tousignant Combines Interests in Sufi Dance, Poetry by Rob Seal, May 9, 2012.

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UVA Today, University of Virginia Presents Eight Arts Awards by Matt Kelly, May 3, 2012.

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Anna Hogg >
George Gleixner >
Alexa Vasiliadis >
Monika Criman >
Ali Stoner >
Victoria Kornick >
Keith Douglas Wilson >
Mitchell Oliver >

UVA Today, Class of 2012: Artist Hannah Barefoot Joins Craft and Nature in Her Work
by Jane Ford, April 23, 2012.

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UVA Today, University of Virginia Presents Seven Arts Awards by Matt Kelly, June 1, 2011.

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Hannah M. Barefoot >
Matthew Denton-Edmundson >
Aashish Edakadampil >
Julia King >
Tianhao Lu >
Sarah Matalone >
Gracie Terzian >

UVA Today, University of Virginia Presents Arts Awards to 14 Students by Matt Kelly, June 16, 2010.

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Lindsey Arturo >
Kelsey Nix >
Maura Tousignant >
Aishwarya Sriram >
Alexandra Dimitri >
Hannah Meredith >
Debra Cohen >
William Brumas >
Melanie Ashkar >
Alex Wallace >

UVA Today, Five U.Va. Students Receive First Arts Grants by Matt Kelly, June 4, 2009.

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Rachel Callahan >
Lauren Elyse Catlett >
Richard Grove Miller IV >
Emily Corazon Nelson>
Lucy Jennifer Zhou >