Bequest Campaign: Continue the Tradition

Whatever your passion or philanthropic focus, you can find a way to express it at the University of Virginia.

Keith and Patricia Woodard

Keith (Col ’71, Darden ’75) and Patricia (Nurs ’69) Woodard have made a bequest benefiting several programs at the U.Va. School of Nursing. Bequests made by alumni, friends, and parents play a vital role in sustaining the University’s strength and building areas of excellence.

What Is a Bequest?

When you designate the University as a beneficiary of your will or living trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy or charitable trust, you are making a bequest.

Why Bequests Are Important

Your bequest ensures that the values and traits that define the University — commitment to honor, integrity, the power of undergraduate experience, extraordinary faculty, and public service — endure for generations to come.

Sarah Wade

Sarah Wade (Col ’10) is a poetry enthusiast interested in “space as an element of eloquence” or how certain poets arrange their words on the page to influence the meaning of their poems. She is one of this year’s three recipients of the Peter and Phyllis Pruden Scholarship in the English Department. Established with a gift in 2002, the scholarship received additional support from the estate of Peter D. Pruden (Parent ’74, ’85).

Participate in the Bequest Campaign and Help Raise $400 Million in Future Support

If you have already included the University in your estate plan, please let us know! Notifying U.Va. of your gift does not obligate you or your estate in any way, it simply allows us to thank you properly and helps the University plan for its future.

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