News & Notes

Courtney Hill, JF '20, uses funding from the Foundation to help give individuals and families access to clean water

January 10, 2020

Jefferson Scholars Foundation and U.Va.’s Darden School of Business work together to attract a global thought leader in health care and women’s leadership

January 10, 2020

Chris Benos, JS ’18, shares his passion for music and law

December 11, 2019

Kristen Barrett, JS '20, awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship

December 10, 2019

Eileen Ying, JS '20, named a Rhodes Scholar

November 25, 2019

The Foundation publishes 5th edition of peer-reviewed, student-run academic journal

Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture explores the theme of aesthetic and beauty across multiple disciplines

November 7, 2019

A new research initiative at the University brings together faculty and students across disciplines

The Foundation helps support "Governing America in a Global Era"

November 7, 2019

Scholar alumnus shares the power of classroom teaching

Chad Prather, JS '03, continues to reach and bring together students in Charlottesville and Nashville

October 25, 2019

Jefferson Scholars Foundation announces $100 million gift from David and Jane Walentas

October 12, 2019

Bestselling author, combat veteran, and social entrepreneur, Wes Moore, invited to speak to U.Va. community

September 9, 2019

Jefferson Fellow selected by faculty to receive highest honor presented to a student at the Darden School

Allie Medack, JF ’20, receives the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship

August 28, 2019

William Hitchcock presents “Leadership Lessons from the Age of Eisenhower" as part of the Warren F. Chauncey Lecture Series

August 26, 2019

Scholar alumna delivers diabetes advice and support directly to patients' fingertips

Susan Blank, JS '95, is changing the way diabetes patients receive care through an innovative new startup

August 13, 2019

Highlighted

Scholarship

The Jefferson Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship at the University of Virginia. Scholars are selected through a rigorous selection process that is based on exceptional performance in the areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship.

Legacy

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation, like its namesake, knows that virtue and talent come from all walks of life. Indeed it is this knowledge that drives the Foundation to search the world over for its recipients.

David and Jane Walentas

A transformational gift for UVA — $100 million to benefit first-generation students

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