The hardest hits Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning says he has ever taken came from former Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis, who retired last year. In football and in life, those hits never stop coming, Manning told the University of Virginia’s graduating class on Saturday at the Valedictory Exercises on the Lawn.
By most standards, graduates of the University of Virginia generally go on to become successful. But how exactly does UVa stand up to its competitors? Very well, according to analyses by PayScale, The Atlantic magazine, the Project for Student Debt and Law School Transparency.
The huge crane in the middle of campus at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise marks the site of a structure that will soon be like a lantern to light the way on campus. UVa-Wise is about a year into building a $37.1 million, 66,000-square-foot library that will be six stories tall, built into the hillside in the middle of campus.
Jerry Reid will receive his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Virginia. At 70 years old, he is the oldest member of this year's graduating class. He plans to attend the Curry School of Education for his graduate degree.
Mazvita Simoyi proves hard work pays off through her determination to help others. The 27-year-old medical student hopes to follow her father's footsteps and eventually work to save lives back home in Africa.
Retired Norfolk Circuit Judge Leonard B. Sachs didn't participate in his U.Va. School of Law commencement exercises at back in 1958. He got his chance to participate in the U.Va. graduation Sunday with his grandaughter, Shira Furman.
New University of Virginia graduate Pia Adler has spent her whole life learning, so it was simply a matter of time before she found herself seeking a bachelor’s degree.
the Broncos quarterback gave a valediction speech at the University of Virginia and, in the middle of it, stopped the proceedings so he could play a little bit of football on the grounds where his wife went to college. Start at about the 1:45 mark to see how he did. (Also make sure to stick around until 7:45 to hear Manning tell the story about the first time he ran into the huddle as a freshman at Tennessee.)
The University of Virginia conferred degrees on more than 6,000 students at its 185th Final Exercises on Sunday afternoon. The ceremony, which featured a speech from Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, drew more than 30,000 people to the Lawn by university estimates.
Gabriella D’Agosto is 22 years old and has already invented two products that could help thousands of people. With a team of other students, D’Agosto created a collapsible bicycle helmet made out of a material that is normally soft, but hardens almost instantly upon impact. The material, called D3O, was invented by another entrepreneurial engineer, Richard Palmer, in 2006.
Culpeper Regional Hospital RN Vicki Jenkins and her daughter Amanda share a common bond. Both are driven to heal others. On Saturday, Vicki, 44, and Amanda, 22, will participate in the pinning ceremony for nursing students before graduating together from the UVa. School of Nursing in Charlottesville, both earning a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing on Sunday.
Geoffrey Skelley, associate editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics said the war over the women may help Democrats "marginally in a few races, especially if the Republican nominee in a race is sharply conservative on social issues."
...strangely, Jerry Reid does fit in. Reid is a 70-year-old senior at the University of Virginia, but his age is easy to forget. Reid is an energetic member of the "Hoo Crew," the student cheering section at games. Fellow classmates say they can talk to him about anything.
People in Charlottesville had a chance to see what new advances doctors at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital have been working on all year long. Around 35 presenters put their research on display Thursday to introduce people to some of this year's new advancements that may become tomorrow's medicine.
In a sophisticated virtual driving simulator at the University of Virginia, led by professor Daniel Cox, autistic teens are learning to drive.
While not everyone loves Russian literature, an innovative program at the University of Virginia is taking these works to places they rarely see. "Books Behind Bars" is introducing young men behind bars to the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, led by U.Va. lecturer Andrew Kaufman. Featuring U.Va. students Kamala Ganesh and Jackie Cipolla. In a second segment, Doug Avila, a former juvenile behind bars, opens up about how the program changed his life.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will deliver the commencement address at the University of Virginia this weekend.