Jefferson Scholars Foundation: Graduate Fellowship

You might have heard already: people seem to like Charlottesville. And it is not just U.Va. graduates who returned (or never left).

There are plenty of resources available to help prospective graduate students make up their own minds about the city and surrounding area.

• Graduate Student Resource Guide
• C'ville, a local weekly
• The Hook, a local weekly
• Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors
• Management Services Corporation (apartment rentals)

Please forgive the blatant boosterism, but do note the following:

March 30, 2004	Cities Ranked & Rated ranks Charlottesville #1 among American cities
September 2003	Outside names Charlottesville one of the 40 best college towns (#8)
September 2003	Organic Style names Charlottesville the healthiest city in Virginia
September 28, 2003	USA Weekend calls Charlottesville the "most energetic" town
June 2003	The Milken Institute, an independent economic think tank, ranks Charlottesville America's #30 small city in job growth and job creation
May 2002	InStyle: "Charlottesville has a longstanding reputation as an incubator of creativity. Perhaps it's due to the hazy Blue Ridge Mountains or the abundant historic architecture, or maybe the presence of the world-class University of Virginia. Whatever the reason, this lovely Southern town is home to a thriving community of musicians and writers, and was, of course, the favorite spot of Thomas Jefferson. The appeal is C'ville's ability to feed both mind and body. There's the Festival of the Book every March; Friday's After 5, a free concert series going on May through early October; and the Virginia Film Festival every Fall, as well as lots of rivers and lakes in the surrounding area for tubing, canoeing and kayaking. Jefferson himself called it the Eden of the United States, and he didn't even live long enough to try the famed potato doughnuts."