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ed, its economic value to the community increases by $70.3 million, and its social value is incalculable. Through the university’s Madison House student volunteer center, 3,179 students volunteered for 111,135 hours in 2015, serving at places including schools, health clinics, food pantries, community centers and animal shelters. The estimated value of UVA faculty, staff and student volunteerism for local charities is $51.4 million. UVA faculty and staff are also responsible for $18.9 million in annual charitable donations. “UVA leads all state agencies in employee-giving through the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC),” says University Deputy Spokesperson Matt Charles. “Since 1999 it has given a total of more than $13 million to the campaign, which supports more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations. UVA employees donated more than $1 million during the 2016 CVC campaign that benefits a number of area charities.”
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University of Virginia Health System Access to topnotch medical care is an incalculable benefit easy to take for granted. In 1825, Jefferson himself established UVA’s medical school, the tenth in the nation. Since then it has grown to also encompass a school of
nursing and a health sciences library. The nationally acclaimed, 608-bed academic medical center includes an outstanding Level 1 Trauma Center, renowned for the latest and most advanced treatment options, and voted Virginia’s #1 hospital for two years in a row (2017-2018) by U.S. News & World Report.
Excellence is a Magnet With its academic excellence and wide-ranging academic curriculum, it’s no wonder UVA is such a source of cre-
ativity and enterprise. Named the thirdbest public university by U.S. News & World Report this year, and number 25 in U.S. colleges overall, UVA offers 48 different bachelor’s degrees, 94 master’s degrees, 55 doctoral degrees, along with professional degrees in law and medicine. UVA graduates are ranked 76th in the nation in earnings. Even graduates whose careers take them elsewhere like to maintain ties and give back to the university and community that nurtured them. Stacey and Dunbar both cite 1979 graduate
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Katie Couric as an example. “I think Katie Couric has had a big impact on this town,” Dunbar says. “She continues to come back and talk about women’s issues.” “I always have this tag, live where you love, and love where you live,” says Cynthia Viejo of Nest Realty. “I find this place to be a very powerful energy center that attracts all different kinds of people: artists, writers, and actors; health-conscious, community-conscious, and Earth-conscious people. UVA adds a wonderful flavor.” n
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