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University of P.O. Box 400807 PARENTS Charlottesville, VA 22904-4807

434-924-7493 | 800-688-9882 [email protected] FUND & www.uvaparents.virginia.edu COMMITTEE 2014-2015 ANNUAL REPORT 3 From the Chairs

THE U.VA. PARENTS FUND enjoyed another banner year as more families than ever before demonstrated support for our mission to enhance the undergraduate experience. More than ______of you made gifts during the 2014–15 year, an outpouring of generosity that led to an unprecedented $1,xxx,xxx in donations! Thank you!

The Parents Fund is administered by the U.Va. Parents Committee, a group of more than 260 families from all over the country. We meet twice yearly to hear from students and administrators about critical needs and strategic opportunities on Grounds, and we couldn’t be more excited about some of the ways the Parents Fund is impacting our students’ lives.

For instance, this past year we partnered with University Career Services to launch the Virginia Alumni Mentoring program and build a network of Career Communities designed to help our kids land internships and jobs. We made a significant investment in student health and safety by funding programs like #HoosGotYour Back, and by working with groups like the U.Va. Women’s Center and the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. And we continued to fund some of the beloved traditions that help shape the U.Va. experience: The annual Lighting of , College Advising Seminar Classes (COLAs), and a diverse array of cultural, athletic, and volunteer programs that help students connect with one another and foster a sense of place.

A complete list of programs, scholarships, and other Parents Fund grants may be found at www.uvaparents.virginia.edu. Every gift, no matter the amount, makes a difference, and we look forward to seeing the fruit of our collective efforts both now and in the years to come.

Jodie ‘84 and Robert ’85 Berndt Chip Nisbet Co-Chairs 2014-2015 Co-Chair 2014-2015 Parents: ’16, ’13, ’12 Parent: ’17, ’15

4 5 “For more than thirty years, parents have helped enhance the student experience. The Parents Committee is dedicated to ensuring that generous gifts to the Parents Fund support academic excellence, service, and self-governance—values that are central to student life.” TERESA A. SULLIVAN U.VA. PARENTS FUND & COMMITTEE President, University of Virginia

U.Va. Parents Fund Parents Committee Grants & Special Initiatives (50%) The U.Va. Parents Fund sustains and enlivens the student experience through annual Any University student, organization, or department that offers services, programs, or gifts from parents of current and former students. Your gift provides immediate projects to U.Va. undergraduate students may apply for a Parents Committee grant. support for a broad spectrum of important initiatives, activities, and projects that This past year applicants representing ninety-five student-led clubs and groups, benefit the undergraduate experience—from advising and safety initiatives to the departments and schools, and special events received vital support. arts and athletics. Directed by the U.Va. Parents Committee, the Parents Fund supports student life across Grounds in three major ways: • Parents Committee Grants and Initiatives President’s Office (25%) • Support to the Office of the President The President’s Office targeted $125,000 of its Parents Fund resources to the • Support to the Division of Student Affairs Engagement Office’s Parent and Student Experience Fund for such events as Student Send-offs, accepted student receptions, U.Va. Express, the International Welcome Dinner, and a Family Weekend breakfast. President Sullivan earmarked $51,400 to Total U.Va. Parents Committee Advising, a comprehensive approach to student advising and part of the University’s In 1980, recognizing the need for greater external involvement with and support for strategic plan. the student experience, the Parents Program of the University of Virginia was formed to receive and coordinate gifts to enhance undergraduate life in academic and other settings. Later renamed the U.Va. Parents Committee, this group of dedicated Division of Student Affairs (25%) volunteers has provided support for more than 1,500 student groups, organizations, The Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer apportioned her $176,400 Parents and projects. Through fundraising, developing new strategies to address student Fund allocation to priorities such as college advising and career counseling, safety interests and needs, and allocating grants, committee members have a direct hand and wellness, and parent communications. Funds were used to promote substance in maintaining programs with proven results and widening the opportunities for abuse awareness, including the “Molly” video; an off-Grounds fire safety brochure; the student growth, safety, and well-being. By generously giving their time, energy, and development of a website and app for University Career Services; stipends for unpaid wisdom, these parent volunteers play an invaluable role in transforming the U.Va. public service internships; and parent communications such as the Parent Handbook. student experience. A portion of the money was reserved for unforeseeable events and crises affecting students.

6 7 Parents Fund by the Numbers 2014–15

$176,400 to the Division of Student Affairs ALLOCATED $176,400 to the Office of the President $352,972 to 105 Parents Committee Grant recipients $801,902 $60,850 to job developer position at Career Services $35,280 to the Office of Emergency Preparedness

RAISED 2,079 households/families Gifts ranging in amount from $5 to $25,000 $1,057,518 39 matching gifts, totaling $39,975

All gifts matter.

Your gift is essential to our continued success. To support the Parents Fund, or learn about joining the Parents Committee, please visit www.uvaparents.virginia.edu.

Left: Green Dot violence prevention strategy program launch Middle: 2014 Lighting of the Lawn Right: First Annual UVA Native American Pow Wow 8 9 Grants by the Numbers

$XXX,XXX disbursed in more than xxx grants $XX,XXX to arts and club sports (xx recipients) $XX,XXX to health and wellness (xx recipients) $XX,XXX to clubs and cultural events (xx recipients) $XXX,XXX to academic enhancement programs, class councils (xx recipients) $XX,XXX to others

2014–15 Parents Committee Grant Supported Organizations

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team Class Trustees: Class Giving 2015 (ADAPT) College of Arts & Sciences Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Communication Disorders - Curry School Alternative Spring Break of Education American Institute of Aeronautics and Corks & Curls Astronautics (AIAA) Curry School Arts Administration Dance Marathon at UVa Asian Student Union Division of Student Affairs Battleground Faith Fashion For a Cause Biomedical Engineering Society Filmmakers Society at U.Va. Black Graduate and Professional Student Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Organization Virginia Black Leadership Institute Global Expo International Festival Black Student Alliance Global Student Council “For more than thirty years, University of Black Voices Gospel Choir Graduate Student Association and Envi- Virginia parents have helped enhance C.R.A.V.E ronmental Sciences Organization the student experience. The Parents Center for Christian Study Greek Weekend at UVa Committee is dedicated to ensuring that Challah for Hunger at UVa HackCville generous gifts to the Parents Fund support Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministires Hoos In Recovery (HiR) Charlottesville Leadership Workshop HOPE (Hoos Open to Preventing Eating academic excellence, service, and self- Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship Disorders governance—values that are central to Chinese Corner Indian Student Association student life.” Christian Hoos Exalt (CHoosE) Inkstone Literary Magazine PATRICIA M. LAMPKIN Class of 2015 Trustees International Education Week/UVA Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer Class of 2015 Trustees Final Exercises Student Committee International Justice Mission 10 11 Continued from page 8

Japan Club Music & Culture Amongst Youth Latino Student Alliance Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Lighting of the Lawn Student Global AIDS Campaign Luther P. Jackson Black Male Initiative Student-Athlete Mentors Madison House Students for WTJU Mainland Student Network TEDxUVA Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center The African Studies Initiative McIntire Mentor Program (International The Black Student Alliance mentor program) Medieval Drama Initiative The Declaration MEDLIFE at U.Va. The University Women’s Forum Multiculturalism In Nursing Today Third Year Council Muslim Student Association U.Va. University Singers National Society of Collegiate Scholars University Career Services Native American Student Union University Dance Club New Dominions University of Virginia School of Nursing Nursing Students without Borders University Peer Advising Link Office of the University President University Programs Council One Less UVa Department of Drama Organization of African Students at UVa UVA Third Year Council Organization of Young Filipino Americans UVA Women’s Center Pancakes for Parkinson’s (P4P) Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team Peer Health Educators Virginia Alumni Mentoring Program Peer Health Educators and ADAPT Virginia Ambassadors Persian Cultural Society Virginia Case Club PULSE at UVa Relay For Life at UVA Virginia Men’s Ultimate Frisbee Club Second Year Council Virginia Women’s Club Ultimate Frisbee Seek Women, Gender & Sexuality Program Seriatim: Journal of American Politics Women’s Center - Iris Magazine Shakespeare on the Lawn Women’s Club Soccer at UVA Sharaara WTJX (Students for WTJU) Sigma Alpha Omega Young Life Society for Promotion of Indian Classical

A full list of grants is available at uvaparents.virginia.edu/projects-funded.

12 13 Gilbert J. Sullivan Parents Program Endowed Scholarship

The Gilbert J. Sullivan Scholarship honors the longtime director of the U.Va. Alumni Association who co-founded the Parents Committee and tirelessly supported stu- dents of extraordinary academic and leadership talent. This Parents Committee schol- arship is awarded annually to a rising, non-legacy third-year student. The 2015–16 recipient, chosen at the spring Parents Committee meeting, is [student’s name here].

GRACE FINLEY (COLLEGE ’16) 2014–15 RECIPIENT

Grace Finley, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is a dedicated scholar, focusing on a double major in economics and global development studies. Finley serves—and represents—the U.Va. community in countless ways. As a University guide and Virginia ambassador, she tells the U.Va. story by showing visitors the Grounds and sharing highlights of the undergraduate experience with prospective students. As a tutor through Madison House, she helps students in the local schools. In addition, Finley completed certification in Green Dot, the bystander awareness training program supported by a Parents Fund grant, and is working with faculty members to launch a U.Va. version of the program. With a Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, she conducted field work in Iquitos, Peru, last spring, for her independent research project on the sustainability of medical clinics in Iquitos. Over the summer, Finley completed a research internship with the American Enterprise Fostering Intellectual Growth, Institute in Washington, D.C., focusing on demographics and political economy. Transforming Lives “I am so grateful to have this critical support. After I graduate, I plan The Parents Fund focuses on sustaining U.Va.’s tradition of academic excellence. To to attend graduate school to pursue a PhD in economics. I may work support outstanding student performance and continued intellectual growth, the two or three years as a research assistant before I enter a program, but Parents Fund offers two scholarships, both awarded each spring to a rising third-year graduate school is definitely in my future.” student for a portion of his or her third- and fourth-year tuition and fees. Recipients are chosen based on demonstrated academic achievement, good leadership, citizen- ship, and financial need.

14 15 Gordon C. Burris Parents Committee Endowed Scholarship

The Gordon C. Burris Scholarship recognizes the many contributions of the long- time administrator and student mentor who co-founded the Parents Committee. Created in 2014, this Parents Committee scholarship is awarded annually to a rising third-year student who demonstrates outstanding citizenship, leadership, academic achievement, and financial need. The 2015–16 recipient, chosen at the spring Parents Committee meeting, is [student’s name here].

ERIKA FERNANDEZ (NURSING ’16) 2014–15 RECIPIENT

Nursing student Erika Fernandez of Arlington, Virginia, exemplifies the compassionate care she delivers to others. She describes her motivation to be a nurse as a desire “to help others in their most vulnerable state, not only medically or psychologically, but also emotionally.”

Fernandez, who credits her successes to her parents’ dedication, hard work, and belief in the value of education, demonstrates her own hard work and educational values in her many undergraduate activities, such as tutoring children, mentoring young women, and, most recently, leading a group of nursing students on a medical mission trip to Lima, Peru, with Medlife, an organization that helps give poor families and communities greater access to medical resources. She serves as the El Salvador director for Student Nurses Without Borders and president of the student group Multiculturalism in Nursing Today. She is also a student ambassador for the U.Va. Compassionate Care Initiative. Fernandez has furthered her nursing experience through a student-nurse externship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in the summer of 2014 and, while finishing coursework this past summer, volunteered as a camp counselor at Comfort Zone Camp, a bereavement camp that transforms the lives of children who have experienced death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. Future plans for Fernandez include completing her master’s degree in pediatrics and becoming a nurse practitioner.

“I thank everyone who gave to support my scholarship. I am so thankful for being able to study and be involved in the U.Va. community.” 16 17