{"id":315,"date":"2025-06-24T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/ubunye\/?p=315"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:50:02","slug":"celebrate-our-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/ubunye\/2025\/06\/celebrate-our-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Our Past!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/ubunye\/files\/2025\/06\/Progress-Quote-300x300.png\" alt=\"Progress has little to do with speed, but much to do with direction. - Unknown\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/ubunye\/files\/2025\/06\/Progress-Quote-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/ubunye\/files\/2025\/06\/Progress-Quote-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/ubunye\/files\/2025\/06\/Progress-Quote.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ubunye began a very first-ever important project last year to identify the pioneering alumni who chose Virginia \u201cagainst all odds.\u201d These trailblazers who enrolled during the years of 1953-1972 provide additional inspiration to continue to advocate for our rights and being at UVA and beyond during these challenging economic and political times. As we finalize the identification of these alums, please let us know if we missed anyone. Send an email with the name, year of the alum, and your contact information to <a href=\"mailto:ubunyeuva@gmail.com\">ubunyeuva@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubunye began a very first-ever important project last year to identify the pioneering alumni who chose Virginia \u201cagainst all odds.\u201d These trailblazers who enrolled during the years of 1953-1972 provide additional inspiration to continue to advocate for our rights and being at UVA and beyond during these challenging economic and political times. 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