If moving into a new home, meeting new friends and the anticipation of attending the “4th Side” pep rally didn’t give incoming first-year students enough excitement, the new University of Virginia students also got to join President Jim Ryan for their first “Run With Jim.”
More than 800 students laced up their sneakers and donned orange-and-blue “Run With Jim” shirts – some paired with pajama pants – on a clear and cool Saturday morning.
Ryan kicked off the running series shortly after taking office in 2018, thinking that maybe a handful of students would join him after issuing his first invitation as president. Instead, more than a hundred showed up. The event has grown so popular that it is on the unofficial bucket list of things for many students to do before they graduate.