News & Notes

Madison Smither, JS '21, selected as one of 10 finalists for a prestigious science innovation award

August 6, 2018

Andy Oldham, JS '01, is confirmed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

July 18, 2018

City of Chattanooga names street in memory of Jefferson Scholar alumna Glynn Key

June 19, 2018

Stephanie Roe, JF '20, helps U.Va. team win first place in Patagonia Case Competition

June 15, 2018

Two Jefferson Scholars receive Fulbrights to study abroad

June 4, 2018

Maeve Curtin, JS '18, receives Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at U.Va.'s annual valedictory exercises

May 21, 2018

Three Jefferson Fellows receive Double Hoo Research Grants

May 18, 2018

Twenty-eight exceptional graduate students selected to receive Jefferson and National Fellowships

May 17, 2018

The Foundation has announced the Jefferson Scholars Class of 2022

May 10, 2018

Luke Williams, JS '18, discovers an unlikely connection between politics and dance

April 27, 2018

Two Jefferson Scholars launch a new student-run political journal with funding from the Jefferson Scholars Foundation

April 27, 2018

David Buckley, JS '04, publishes an award-winning book on religion and democracy

April 20, 2018

Jefferson Scholars Foundation awards $35,000 to six top U.Va. faculty members

April 16, 2018

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David and Jane Walentas

A transformational gift for UVA — $100 million to benefit first-generation students

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation, like its namesake, knows that virtue and talent come from all walks of life. Indeed it is this knowledge that drives the Foundation to search the world over for its recipients.

Scholarship

The Jefferson Scholarship is the premier undergraduate scholarship at the University of Virginia. Scholars are selected through a rigorous selection process that is based on exceptional performance in the areas of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship.

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