NEW STUDENT STRATEGIES FOR SPRING AND SUMMER

Congratulations to the Class of 2013

The Class of 2013 has been selected and we wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for continuing to raise awareness about the University to high school guidance counselors, students and their parents in your community. Thank you also for calling U.Va.'s latest selection of top students. The calling script at http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/congratcallscript will help you and your volunteers to frame your comments. Please remember to ask students for written permission if you would like to include their names in your next monthly e-newsletter. It might also help if you ask about their travel plans, so you may pick the date for your UVaClub's Student Send-off Party. 

Send Students Off in Style

Now that congratulations have been made, it's time to look ahead at celebrating our new students as they prepare to head off to our alma mater. Clubs organize and host student send-off parties in the U.S. and abroad. Each club hosting a party will be reimbursed $15 per student, parent and club volunteer attending the event. Please register your event for the Class of 2013 at http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/sso2009registration by May 15th in order to be included in the printed invitations, which will be sent to all incoming first-year families. Print invitations will be sent only to incoming students, as well as current students, if indicated on your send-off registration form. Alumni and friends will not receive the printed mailing, but can be invited through your monthly e-newsletter.  

 
UPCOMING EVENTS AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

City Fair: Talking to Graduating Students about Your City

City Fair is on schedule this year for April 24 (the Friday before Foxfield) and we're still looking for people to represent the following cities: Baltimore, Boston, L.A., Roanoke, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver. Over the next week we ask that you talk with your club leaders and constituents to find out who will be in Virginia for Foxfield weekend and would be willing to talk to graduating students considering moving to your city. Please contact your REO about people in your area who are willing to participate.

UVaExpress Keeps on Rolling

UVaExpress is free, coordinated transportation and hospitality program for first year international and transfer students from Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC to the University of Virginia. In 2008, over 75 students and 33 parents participated in UVaExpress. To learn more about the program or see how your club can help, visit http://www.uvaclubs.virginia.edu/uvaexpress.

 
'Hoo Cares? Cavs Care!

2009 Cavaliers Care Worldwide is in full swing. Congratulations to the UVaClubs of Boise, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Sarasota/Manatee and Tucson, and the Serpentine Society, all of which received $200 from a drawing of clubs that submitted project detail forms by the February 15 deadline. Take a few minutes today to register your club's project at http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/cavscareprojects or RSVP for your club's project by visiting "2009 Project Listing" at http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/cavalierscare. 

Take Time to Re-charge at the 2010 Leadership Conference 

Help us set the dates for the 2010 Leadership Conference by sending your vote for one of the following weekends to UVaClubs@Virginia.EDU.

February 5-7
February 12-14
February 19-21
February 26-28

 
Join the Scavenger Hunt

You can win a $50 U.Va. Bookstore gift certificate for your club!
Answer the three questions correctly by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, April 10 to be entered into a drawing for a $50 U.Va. Bookstore gift certificate to use for future club events! Three prizes will be awarded. Send completed answers to Mark Thaden - markthaden@virginia.edu. 

	1. Where can you find a schedule of nationwide events for alumni, parents and friends of the University?
	2. What are the five states with the most U.Va. alumni?
	3. Your have a new board member for your club and they want to know best practices of clubs around the country. Where would you find the best practices guide for clubs?

INNOVATIONS IN ENGAGEMENT

Helping Your Club Reach More Constituents

At State of the University events this spring in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, the Office of Engagement piloted a new tactic for obtaining contact information to pass on to clubs. Rather than the traditional sign-in sheet, we placed contact cards under every nametag which attendees filled out and placed in a bowl at the UVaClubs' information tables, to be entered in a raffle. As a result, the three clubs have collectively obtained 79 e-mail addresses and 117 telephone numbers which they did not have before, and were able to confirm current contact information for hundreds more alumni and parents. This innovation is an important part of our overall effort to help clubs build their own databases, while making use of the University's central database for large mailings.

 

Jefferson Book Awards 2009

The Office of Engagement looks forward to working with you to make the Jefferson Book Awards one of the best book award programs in the nation.

We have listened to your feedback and have revised the award to reflect your ideas.

   - Newly designed formal award certificate.
   - Publication about the University of Virginia to be included with the award.
   - Publically promoting participants.
   - Newly upgraded order form.

To order your Jefferson Book Award, please visit http://uvaclubs.virginia.edu/jeffersonbookaward and follow the instructions. Be sure to include the name of the high school.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Cody Grannis at cgrannis@virginia.edu or 434-243-2246. Your questions, comments and ideas are greatly appreciated.