- If you had to capture it in one word

the defining feature of an
education at UVA, is vibrancy.

- To me, education is everything.

- It's deeply personal for me.

- All these different kinds of people

with all these different kinds of ideas

come together and learn together

and learn from one another.

- The purpose of seeking an
education is empowerment,

but the key is really what
you do with that empowerment.

You can keep it to yourself,

or you actually can give it to others.

- The atmosphere at UVA is phenomenal.

- It's unlike any other school, really.

- Our students are really
amazing individuals.

- They see each other as
teammates, as collaborators.

- UVA expects all of us to just
pour out everything we have

into the interests that really make us us.

- It has world class academics,

but also faculty who care
about students as people.

- My goal for my students
really is mastery.

- Allowing the content and the material

that we talk about to
actually transform them,

literally, not just philosophically.

- We want them to be able to excel

in anything they choose to do.

- UVA had the opportunities

that other schools were not offering me.

The support, the financial
aspects of it were incredible.

- We make sure that we can welcome people,

regardless of where they come from

and regardless of their ability

to pay the cost of their education.

- To bring students to UVA
can make this education

that I think is really
the best education around

accessible to everyone

who has the talent and
the desire to join us

is absolutely critical.

- The opportunity to be at a place

like the University of Virginia,

to meet new people, explore,
learn, and gain an education,

you can't measure it.

- The more that we can do

to continue to welcome students

regardless of their backgrounds,
and to make it possible

for them to attend the
University of Virginia,

the better off we are going
to be as a university.

- Students can't be their best

if they feel like they don't belong.

Students need to feel
like this is their home.

- The expectation to provide
that voice that you have

is easy to do because
of the support you have.

- People have made sure I
have what I need to succeed.

Donors or my professors,
faculty, and staff.

This place is incredible.

- There is this responsibility
to really pave a future

that is really equitable for everyone.

- This is how we make
our mark on the world,

bringing students here from everywhere

and making them part
of a singular community

that I think shapes them
for the rest of their lives.

- Every student that leaves
UVA leaves with a sense

that they want to make
the world a better place.

- I know these are aspirational goals,

but if anybody's going
to prepare me to do it,

it's gonna be UVA.

- I hate to be cliche-ish.

- It's kind of cliche.

I think it's really true though.

- And hopefully this doesn't
come across as cheesy.

- What makes UVA special is the people.

- I just love to see students
maximize their opportunities.

- The university actually expects leaders

out of their students.

- What makes a UVA education unique

is the combination of
experiences that students have.

- UVA is a place where
students surprise themselves.

It's a place where remarkable people

do more together than they could do alone.