Virginia 2020 Events Tucson, Arizona March 1998 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts September 1998 On-Grounds "Reunion" March 1999 Kiawah Island, South Carolina April 1999 Park City, Utah September 1999 Santa Fe, New Mexico March 2000 On-Grounds "Reunion" November 2000 Santa Barbara, California September 2001 (rescheduled) Santa Barbara, California February 2002 Cape Cod, Massachusetts September 2002

The Virginia 2020 program was created by President Casteen to assemble a corps of younger alumni whose leadership and generosity are likely to make a significant impact on the University well into the next century.

The program is built around an intimate weekend retreat with the President, involving fewer than 20 alumni and their spouses/guests. In general, alumni are drawn from the classes of the past 25 years in the University's undergraduate and professional schools. The purpose of the retreat is to encourage participants to develop a vision for the University in the coming decades and to devise possible strategies for fulfilling this vision over time. Guided by a facilitator, the discussions inform the President's strategic planning efforts and help him to identify the interests and concerns of the University's future leadership.

Questions discussed in the retreats include the following:

	Where do we want the University to be in the year 2020, and how do we get there?
	How can we begin developing the characteristics that will define our academic and student life programs in the coming decades?
	What makes the University experience so special, and how do we preserve its unique character as we broaden the University's reach and raise its stature?
	How should we best communicate the University's unique identity to alumni, friends, and the public?

Those invited to the retreat weekends are distinguished members of the University family - alumni and friends who have shown a dedication to the institution by contributing both time and financial resources to advance its programs.

The first Virginia 2020 session was held in March 1998 in Arizona. Additional retreats have been, and will continue to be, held each semester in locations that are conducive to free-flowing discussion and that offer attractive recreational opportunities for participants.