The University’s Academic Division will operate on a modified schedule on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025, due to inclement winter weather. Classes will not meet in person on Grounds, but we encourage faculty to shift their classes online, if feasible. Please communicate your plans to your students.
Designated Academic Division employees should report to work as scheduled
Non-designated Academic Division employees should remain at home unless requested to report to work by a supervisor. Based on the specific needs of a particular school or unit to maintain essential operations and to respond and restore normal University operations, supervisors may request non-designated employees to work either at home or at alternate work locations. Non-designated Academic Division employees who work from home should continue to work from home and follow their normal schedule.
Supervisors and faculty in the Academic division are asked to provide flexibility for staff members who have other responsibilities at home (such as childcare or eldercare) while continuing to meet the needs of the University. Any employee who is unable to work should contact their manager or supervisor so a reasonable accommodation plan can be made
Students and Academic Division faculty and staff should monitor the Academic Operations Status Board for changes to operations on Grounds.
For information on how to find your emergency event status, see How Can I Find My Designated Status?
Patient care services at UVA Medical Center, Ambulatory Operations, UPG, and UVA Community Health will provide its own message.
UVA Health team members should monitor internal communications and the UVA Health Status Board for changes to patient care and business operations.
University officials will continue to monitor weather conditions and will provide updates about additional schedule modifications or the resumption of normal operations. Please use extra precautions and allow extra time while traveling.
[♪ Music Playing ♪]
Jim Ryan:
Hi I’m Jim Ryan, President of the University of Virginia and today is Move-In Day. I'm going to go out and see if I can meet some families, maybe help them move in and check out if they maybe even know who I am. See you.
Hey there! I’m one of the Greeters, are you first-years? Can I ask you some very quick questions?
Students:
Sure!
Ryan:
What are you looking forward to the most?
Student 1:
Football games!
Ryan:
Are you new here?
Fazel:
Yeah.
Ryan:
What’s your name?
Fazel:
Fazel.
Ryan:
Fazel? Nice to meet you.
So I hear there’s a new president? Do you know anything about him?
Student 2:
We’ve gotten emails about him, but I’ve never seen him or met him.
Ryan:
FIt must be getting annoying to get all those emails.
Student 2:
(Laughing) a little...
Fazel:
I got a couple of his emails.
Ryan:
Kind of annoying emails?
Fazel:
I didn’t read them.
Ryan:
You didn’t read them? Oh, good. Yeah.
Can I give you guys a hand?
Family 1:
Grab anything you’d like.
Ryan:
I am going to leave the fridge here if that is okay.
So I hear there’s a new president?
Student 3:
Yeah.
Ryan:
What do you hear about him?
Student 3:
I honestly don’t know much about him.
Ryan:
I hear he’s from Harvard?
Student 4:
Oh, really?
Ryan:
Kind of a snooty place, don’t you think?
Student 4:
Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard.
Ryan:
Yeah I know, me too.
Can I say hi to your dog?
Family 2:
Sure, please do.
Ryan:
Your dog’s not coming here, right?
So I hear UVA has a new president? You hear anything about him?
Student 5:
Not really.
Ryan:
Do you know his name?
Mom:
Jim Ryan.
Ryan:
That’s right. You probably don’t have much in terms of expectations...
Student 5:
Nah.
Mom:
You look a little bit like him.
Ryan:
I do?
Are you hoping that you’ll get a chance to meet him at some point?
Student 6:
Sure, that’d be cool.
Ryan:
Well I’m Jim Ryan, I’m the new president.
Student 6:
(Laughing)
Ryan:
My name’s Jim Ryan
Student 3:
Nice to meet you.
Ryan:
Nice to meet you too, I’m the new president.
Father:
You are?
Ryan:
I am, yeah, no kidding!
Are you hoping to meet him at some point? Or do you not care that much?
Fazel:
Are you President Ryan?
Ryan:
I am President Ryan. Very nice to meet you. Best of luck to you. I’ll see you around Grounds.
Nice to meet you guys.
Student 7:
Awe...I recognized him from the Insta
Ryan:
Well it’s really nice to meet you, I’m Jim Ryan.
Student 4:
Oh, really? Oh Goodness...
Ryan:
Very nice to meet you.
Mom:
Nice to meet you too.
Student 8:
Nice to meet you, sir.
Ryan:
Nice to meet you as well. Hey I had a great time meeting meeting some families and doing some moving. I hope to meet many more of you over the next year and now I’m afraid I got to go back to the Pavilion and ice my back a little bit.
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If you come to UVA, you’re likely looking for more than just the traditional college experience. You’re looking to take on big challenges, contribute and find a home. And that’s exactly what you’ll find.
The environment here was designed to bring you and faculty together to challenge and inspire each other. Today you can live in a variety of settings, all designed to support self-governance, personal development and intellectual growth.
In your first year, you begin your UVA experience in on-Grounds housing, much of which has just been renovated, expanded or built. Centrally located, student residential communities are in close proximity to state-of-the-art fitness centers, contemporary dining facilities and virtually all academic classrooms.
You can also live in one of UVA's residential colleges, close-knit communities that foster social and intellectual interaction between faculty and students of all years. These include Brown College, Hereford College and the International Residential College (IRC).