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.
Talk to me about...Pre-med & STEM resources, balancing school/work and social life, Black student life, The Rotunda, and making friends and finding community at UVA!
Talk to me about...Balancing work and classes, the School of Education, the best food spots around Grounds, attending sporting events, on-Grounds living, and ways to get involved at UVA and in the Charlottesville community
Talk to me about...Latino and POC spaces, pre-med or pre-health, time management, and kinesiology
Talk to me about...Exploring your major options in the College, mentoring through the Women's Center, being a Rotunda Ambassador, best coffee spots in Charlottesville, being a Government major, exploring being pre-law, baking, and branching out of your comfort zone.
Talk to me about...Being a FGLI student, pep band, salsa club, SDAC accommodations, the Hoos First Center, time management, and dorm life.
Talk to me about...Being an FGLI student, my Latinx experience at UVA, self-care and mental health, figuring out your major, multicultural Greek life and making the most out of your first year.
Talk to me about...Club soccer, Chi Omega, Hoos Connected, The John Quincy Adams Society, and Happy Kids Healthy Kids (Volunteerting)
Talk to me about...McIntire, being an out-of-state student, being a transfer student, class council involvement, Greek life, best places to eat/things to do downtown.
Talk to me about...Joining marching band and music in general, being a civil engineering major or just engineering in general, all things concrete (Especially Concrete Canoe Club), and balancing a heavy workload with life.
Talk to me about...Dorm Life, Time management, University Transit Service, best food spots, and clubs
Talk to me about...Being a transfer student, engineering classes, gym, managing stress and social life!
Talk to me about...Acapella, Video Game design, Climbing, Engineering, Computer science, Brown Residential College
Talk to me about...Psychology, befriending dorm mates, riffing niche pop culture references, harmonizing at karaoke, anything Echols Scholar–related, the best bus routes, and how to finance weekly DoorDashes.
Talk to me about...Being a Mixed Student, Music, Pickleball, Handling Tough Classes, and Time Management
Talk to me about...Being an out-of-state student, student-self governance, event programming, public service, and exploring Charlottesville!
Talk to me about...Black student life, the School of Education, balancing school work and two majors, and getting involved in extracurriculars
Talk to me about...Volunteering at The Fralin Museum of Art, studying abroad as a first year, Muslim community and leadership, being a hijabi, art, being a low income student
Talk to me about...Applying to jobs, time management, making connections, finding side quests, and where to find your people
Talk to me about...Ceramics, getting involved on and off grounds, navigating diversity at UVA, and Peer Advising!
Talk to me about...Transferring, Cognitive Science, pre-law, out-of-state experience, dining halls, Club Swim, and the Blue Ridge Center!
Talk to me about...Pre-Law, Getting involved in student self governance, sports and where to play pickleball, best food spots on grounds, Greek-life
Talk to me about...Working on and off-campus, engineering clubs, research opportunities, dining hall food, and finding you're place on grounds
Talk to me about...Getting into undergrad research, pre-med resources (volunteering, gen-ed classes, clinical hours), adjusting to first-year life, and South-Asian organizations on grounds
Talk to me about...Salsa club, being from out of state/being Hispanic at UVA, SDAC accommodations, figuring out your major, dorm life
Talk to me about...Being a Year-in-Wise student, being a transfer student, MOVIES, the Beatles, the Washington society, volunteering with the women’s center, the global studies department, how to balance working, clubs, AND classes while not burning out, and support service
Talk to me about...Being Latino at the University, being a low-income student, pursuing pre-law, getting involved in student self-governance, or becoming an RA
Talk to me about...Joining clubs, making friends, getting involved, and anything you're stressed or unsure about