Report to the
Advancement and Communications Committee of
Board of Visitors
Cindy Fredrick
Associate Vice President
Alumni & Parent Engagement and Annual Giving
University Advancement
“Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely
possession.”
One-day lectures, talks, seminars
• More than the Score
• Reunion Seminars
• Engaging the Mind
• UVaClub Talks
Extended Programs
• Civil Rights South
• Summer Jefferson Symposium
• U.Va. At Oxford
Online Resources
• Library
• Podcasts
• Catalog of educational
resources
2012-2013
107 U.Va. Faculty
132 Lectures
3500
3000
2500
2000
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500
0
FY11
FY12
FY13
Documented Attendees
Documented Attendees - Seminars
68% growth since FY11
Pre-game football lectures.
Held in conjunction with
Football Weekend Festivities
at Alumni Hall.
Average attendance in past 7
years has increased 525%.
Coordination of educational
experiences during Reunions
Weekend.
Topics have included: Civil
War, Health Care Reform,
Economics, Personal Finance,
Politics of Food.
Public Lecture Series in the
Commonwealth.
Partnerships with VA
communities: Danville Lynchburg,
Petersburg, Franklin, and Eastern
Shore.
Collaborations with VA Festival of
the Book, MLK Community
Celebration, & UVA schools/units.
Faculty Talks with UVaClubs
Taking the Grounds to
where alumni, parents and
friends live.
70+ talks by U.Va.
Faculty/Administrators each
year, around the world.
Civil Rights South Seminar
Personal meetings and
discussions with leaders in
the movement and with
Julian Bond, seminar
leader.
Visits to key sites of the
movement in 5 cities.
Summer Jefferson Symposium
Extended educational,
residential experience for
60 alumni, parents and
friends on-Grounds.
Lectures, tours, exhibits
and thought-provoking
discussions led by
Jefferson scholars and
experts.
U.Va. At Oxford
Week-long program at
Oxford University.
Residential learning for
40 alumni, parents and
friends.
Online Resources
Free Alumni Online Library EBSCO
– five research library
databases that offer
over 10,000 journals
and articles.
Catalog of U.Va. educational
resources.
EBSCO Online Library
+110% growth since FY11
Podcasts
In the past year, Lifetime Learning
podcasts were downloaded or
streamed over 3,500 times.
Top 5 Faculty Speakers:
Podcast Downloads 2013
1.
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5.
Gregory Fairchild, Darden
Rosalyn Berne, Engineering
Meg Jay, Curry
Balfour, Walsh - A&S; Brown-Nagin, Law
Barbara J. Lancaster, Nursing
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412
323
251
146
U.Va. Faculty Speaker Society
We recognize the faculty speakers for their multiple
contributions to Alumni & Parent Engagement
2013 U.Va. GOLD Speaker Society:
Over 30 Talks since FY08
Gordon Burris,
Senior Assistant to the President,
Office of the President