Dear Echols alumni, We are just six weeks away from celebrating the Echols Scholars Program’s 65th Anniversary Reunion! Join us in Charlottesville on March 20-21 to reconnect, reflect, and celebrate the impact our community has made on Grounds and throughout the world. Update: Early bird pricing will be available until Sunday, February 15, at 11:59 […]
Dear Echols alumni, Join us at the Forum Hotel in Charlottesville, March 20-21, 2026, to celebrate the Echols Scholars Program’s 65th Anniversary Reunion! We will commemorate 65 years of the Echols Scholars Program—a legacy of curiosity, innovation, and academic excellence at the University of Virginia. This special reunion invites Echols Scholars from across the decades […]
We can’t believe that we’ve reached the end of another semester and year! We were busy this fall with many new events for our Echols Scholars. In September, we ran our first-ever Resource Fair, connecting students with offices and opportunities across Grounds from the Library to UVA’s Education Abroad program. In October, we hosted best-selling […]
Director’s Welcome I’m grateful to be able to look back on another successful academic year for the Echols Scholars Program. We have so many highlights that it’s a challenge to share them all with you in a single newsletter. What most stands out for me is the alumni-student networking social that we hosted at the […]
Save the Date! Echols’ 65th Anniversary Celebration March 20-22, 2026 Dear Echols Alumni, We had a wonderful time bringing alumni and students together earlier this spring for our networking event and are excited to announce the dates for Echols’ 65th Anniversary Celebration, which will take place on Grounds March 20-22, 2026. You’ll have the chance […]
This newsletter is the second edition of what we hope will become a biannual tradition in the Echols Scholars Program. Since we continue to reconnect with alumni and expand our email list, if you haven’t seen our first newsletter, you can read it on our “Events and News” page. This summer, we welcomed 188 new […]
Echols Scholars Alumni, I’m excited to share our first newsletter with you. When I speak with alumni, I often hear how interested they are in learning more about what’s happening with the Echols Scholars Program and how they can support its mission. We have so much going on, and so many opportunities to connect, that […]