We hope you’ll join us in Charlottesville Friday, September 20 – Sunday, September 22, 2024, for QVA’s 25th annual Fall Weekend! Last year we were joined by over 100 alumni, students, faculty, and staff, and we are excited to once again celebrate the people who make LGBTQ+ progress possible as we forge ahead towards a […]
Fall Weekend Registration We hope you’ll join us in Charlottesville from the evening of Friday, September 20 – the afternoon of Sunday, September 22, 2024, for the major milestone of QVA’s 25th annual Fall Weekend! Last year we were joined by over 100 alumni, students, faculty, and staff, and we are excited to once again […]
QVA hosted a wonderful pair of receptions during Reunions in June, with nearly 70 alumni stopping by our happy hours and brunches. A huge thank you to Dean of Students Cedric Rucker (Grad class of ’84), one of QVA’s founders, who hosted us in his home at Pavilion 6! Also a huge thanks to Bryan […]
With all the progress we’ve made, there’s still more work to be done for scholarship funding. We are struggling to meet growing demand and risk falling behind without your help. If you’re unable to attend Fall Weekend, please consider making a $100 contribution to the QVA Operating Endowment or the Wavelength Scholarship Endowment using the […]
Welcome to QVA’s quarterly newsletter – please follow us on Instagram and Facebook! 2023 Highlights 2023 was a record-breaking year for QVA, thanks in large part to your support. Highlights include: We supported over 100 students with $250k awarded We engaged nearly 200 alumni and 100 students at in-person events 130 students celebrated Lavender Graduation, […]
Welcome to QVA’s quarterly newsletter, where we celebrate achievements and share news from the vibrant LGBTQ+ UVA community being built by students, faculty, staff, and our global network of alumni. Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook where we’ll post highlights of our work and events! 2023 Fall Weekend Highlights A couple weeks ago we […]
Welcome to the second quarterly QVA newsletter, where we celebrate achievements and share news from the vibrant LGBTQ+ UVA community being built by students, faculty, staff, and our global network of alumni. 2023 Priorities As your new Board Chair, I have spent my first few months wrapping my arms around the impressively broad set of […]
All alumni, friends, and families are invited to an LGBTQ+ happy hour at Shakers in D.C. on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, hosted jointly by QVA (the University of Virginia’s Queer Alumni Network, formerly known as The Serpentine Society) and the UVA Club of Washington, DC! Your registration fee includes a complimentary drink ticket and light […]
Welcome to this inaugural edition of the quarterly QVA newsletter. As the outgoing Chair of QVA, I am thrilled to share with you some exciting news and updates about our community — just in time to hand off future publication of this newsletter to our new leadership team. Each quarter, we’ll highlight upcoming events, funding […]
To the University Community: Do not look away. We are all bearing witness—once again—to collective Black pain: the pain of denied dreams, denied opportunities, and denied justice for stolen Black lives. The recent murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and too many before them at the hands of police have laid bare wounds […]