UVA Wise Advancement & Alumni Engagement

08/21/2026

A great Cavs and Community event this evening in downtown Wise, part of UVA Wise Welcome Week! Thanks to our Foundation for supporting coupons for our students to use at the fantastic food trucks. The Advancement Officers loved visiting with the students and community members. We appreciate the Town of Wise and the Pro Art Association for hosting this event!

Check out The University of Virginia's College at Wise for the official photos! These are just some random snaps. UVA Wise Foundation Inc. Town of Wise

08/20/2026

Thursday evening, Aug. 20th, rain or shine the Advancement team will be out at the Big Glades downtown handing out food truck vouchers to UVA Wise students for some delicious food as they enjoy the concerts, hosted by the Town of Wise!

🎶Make sure to come out to Big Glades this THURSDAY, Aug, 20th for some AMAZING tunes and AWESOME food trucks (5pm - 9pm)!!🎶 This is a FREE community event and ALL ARE WELCOME!! 💯🙌✨

08/16/2026

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at The Inn at Wise Ballroom. Program begins at 2:30. Reception follows.

Exciting things going on at the Wise County Va Historical Society!

08/12/2026

We are grateful for the support that made this upgrade possible. If you live close enough, come by to check it out and join. Never a better time to commit to improving your health.

08/07/2026

Alumni and friends, please join us for this event! There might be some cool swag, too.

August 17

07/31/2026

Thanks to the Richard and Leslie Gilliam Foundation for establishing the Dana G. Kilgore Professorship in Accounting, and congratulations to alumna Ning Zhou for being named to this new role!

Thanks to the generosity of Richard B. Gilliam Sr. and the Richard and Leslie Gilliam Foundation, UVA Wise is strengthening its investment in faculty excellence while celebrating the achievements of its educators.

The College has established the Dana G. Kilgore Endowed Professorship in Accounting and named alumna and faculty member Ning Zhou as its inaugural holder. UVA Wise is also recognizing four faculty members whose promotions reflect their continued excellence in teaching, research and scholarship.

Congratulations to Ning Zhou, Teresa L. Brown, Troy E. Makal, Ricky D. Mullins and Cody T. Sanders on these well-deserved achievements!

Read the full story: www.uvawise.edu/news/2026/07/uva-wise-announces-faculty-promotions

07/17/2026

What a fun evening with our alumni and friends in Virginia Beach! Thanks for such a great reunion of people brought together because of our love of UVA Wise. We ❤️ UVA Wise!

UVA Wise Alumni Association

07/16/2026

Such a joy to see so many of our retirees reconnecting during the Annual Twinleaf Society Picnic on Tuesday, July 14, at Arrowhead Park in Wise, sponsored by Chancellor Henry. We look forward to seeing them next at Homecoming this year. Thanks for all you have done, and continue to do, UVA Wise retirees!

07/06/2026

Chick-fil-A is open at UVA Wise for the second summer session in the C. Bascom Slemp Student Center! The hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. Come on by to purchase your fav CFA items from yogurt to grilled chicken wraps to nuggets to their awesome tea and lemonade, and more. Like and share, please!