Orientation Leaders
Orientation Leaders serve as your first "Welcome" to UVA. Our OLs are well-respected leaders in their communities around Grounds, and are eager to help you find yours!
After you meet your Orientation Leader (OL), please feel free to contact them. They are here to answer your questions on a variety of UVA topics, whether general, academic, or social. Click on each OL's name below to read their bio.

A&S
Talk to me about...Economics and Social Entrepreneurship, International and Indian/South Asian Student Experience.

A&S
Talk to me about...Echols Scholar, Questbridge, Being Black at UVA, Being Out-of-State, Sociology, Makeup

A&S
Talk to me about...Club Sports, Transfer Students, Government or Economics majors, Mental Health

A&S
Talk to me about...Being Black at UVA, Mindfulness, Mental and physical wellbeing, Bus system, Forming connections, Sexual Assault

A&S
Talk to me about...Intersectionality at UVA, Military Kid Experience, Asian-American/Latin-American Experience at UVA
A&S
Talk to me about...UVA Sports, UVA Clubs, Fraternity and Greek Life, McIntire School of Commerce

SEAS
Talk to me about...Housing and Residence Life, Engineering, International student, Charlottesville’s bus system

A&S
Talk to me about...Being an RA, OYFA, UPC, PMP, Being undecided, LGBTQ+ Identity, Latinx Identity

A&S
Talk to me about...On Grounds support for Vietnamese/Asian American queer women, Music/Theater/Poetry scene, Anxiety in college

SEAS
Talk to me about...Joining CIOs, UVA sports, UVA history, The Society of Women Engineers, Materials Science research, Greek Life, and the Indian Student Association

A&S
Talk to me about...Mental health, Racial consciousness, Studying resources, Being low-income, Combating loneliness

A&S
Talk to me about...Residential Colleges, Student Self-Governance, Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Student Life

A&S
Talk to me about...Being a minority at UVA, Being First-Gen/Low-Income, Finding your way
A&S
Talk to me about...Black student groups on Grounds, Computer Science, Residential Colleges, Charlottesville

A&S
Talk to me about...Black (Woman) and (Afro)Latina experience at UVA, Housing & Residence Life, Military brat experience; First-Gen

A&S
Talk to me about...Third-culture experiences, Asian experience, ways to cope with new environments/college life

A&S
Talk to me about...First generation/low income, double majoring/interdisciplinary majors, research as an undergrad, LGBTQ+ students adjusting to the culture of the university

A&S
Talk to me about...UVA Arts, Arts Grounds, Miller Arts Scholars, Studio Art and Media Studies majors, SDAC

A&S
Talk to me about...Housing, CAPS, History of UVA, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

A&S
Talk to me about...Latinx Community, Political Orgs, Queer Topics, Humanities as a Major

A&S
Talk to me about...The Black experience at UVA, Jefferson/Echols Scholars, Work/life balance, Working, Making mistakes outside of the classroom

A&S
Talk to me about...Sports, Dining Options, Being unsure of a career-path, Social life, SafeRide, Working, Student Health