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Promoting Student Well-being: Spring 2019 Update

The Women’s Center has long been known as an approachable place for students and others in the UVA community to seek counseling. Over the past year, our Counseling and Wellness Services Team has grown to include new staff members and has extended the resources offered to better serve the variety of needs at the University. 

Who Me? Offering UVA EOCR Feedback on the New Title IX Regulations

When the safety and well-being of one member of our community is threatened, our entire community is harmed. Right now, we know, harms are coming from multiple directions, with competing demands for our attention.

Internship Builds on Years of Service with Habitat

Taylor Thompson (Arch '21) is this year's recipient of our Beth Garrett Memorial Internship Grant. Taylor's involvement with housing policy came through his long-standing work with Habitat for Humanity International as a volunteer and through his training to follow in his mother's footsteps as an architect.

Research Verifies Body Project's Impact on UVA Women

During the spring semester of 2016, Curry PhD candidate Nora Arkin conducted surveys and interviews to evaluate the effectiveness of the Body Project, an eating disorders prevention intervention used in the Women’s Center’s Body Positive Program.

Clients Share Growth and Gratitude

Our unique setting and expertise make this an especially good fit for many students seeking to improve their well-being. 

Who Me? Commenting on the Proposed Title IX Regulations

Feb 12, 2019 Update: Today the Department of Education notified the public that, in an abundance of caution and due to technical difficulties, they are re-opening the comment period for the proposed Title IX regulations for one day only on February 15, 2019. We encourage anyone who was unable to submit their input on the proposed regulations during the comment period that ended on January 28 to do so on February 15. 

Alumna Continues to Care & Advocate for Survivors

Alum's history of advocacy helps patients approach her for the care they need.

Women's Center Announces New Program Director for Counseling & Wellness Services

We are pleased to announce that Margaret Edwards, LPC, will be our new Program Director for Counseling & Wellness Services.

Sisters by Ball

We learned from our 2018 National Girls and Women in Sports honorees that “In the bond of sisterhood there is true power and strength. It is our responsibility to pass that power along to the next generation. To lead by example and show that as a unified front of strong women, we have power. Together we can help make the world the way it should be – and not just accept it for the way that it is.”

2016's GOOD News for the UVA Community

This has been a year that none of us will soon forget. Many here and around the world experienced 2016 as a time in which uncertainty about the future escalated to levels unprecedented in our recent memories or even our lifetimes. Worst-of lists abound in the end-of-year airwaves.

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