Academic & Professional Clubs

  • Delta Sigma Pi

    Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity, and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.

  • Detachment 890 Drill Team

    The purpose of the Detachment 890 Drill Team is to provide professional color guard and honor guard ceremonies for the university and community. The CIO is for fundraising and financial support for activities for the Drill Team at the University of Virginia.

  • Economics Club

    The Economics Club exists to foster communication among Economics majors; to advance their interests, broadly conceived; to enhance a community within the economics department; to work with the economics department to improve the major program; and to encourage informal interaction with the Economics faculty.

  • Effective Altruism at UVA

    Effective Altruism is a philosophical and social movement focused on answering one question: How can we best help others?EA@UVA exists to promote the ideas of effective altruism and facilitate conversations on how to do good better. Every year, we host an introductory fellowship on the philosophy and practice of effective altruism. We also organize discussion groups, student presentations, social events, and more!

  • Enactus at the University of Virginia

    Enactus at the University of Virginia is a McIntire-affiliated organization that educates and empowers students to develop impactful, innovative, and sustainable solutions for socially responsible businesses in Charlottesville. By providing pro-bono consulting work for local companies, we present our members with the unique opportunity to work alongside business owners and entrepreneurial leaders and gain hands-on consulting experience. With a diverse portfolio of socially-minded companies, including those that are minority-owned and environmentally conscious, our members gain the professional knowledge and skills to create lasting value for real companies while giving back to their local community.

  • Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club

    Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital (EVC) is a community for Darden’s current and future entrepreneurs and venturecapitalists. Our mission is to change the world through creativity, smarts, and grit. We do this by facilitating the integration ofDarden with the greater Charlottesville and UVA entrepreneurial community, complimenting existing academic curriculum withmore experiential and entrepreneurial thinking opportunities, being a platform that guides students through the process ofstarting new ventures, connecting to and learning about VC, and providing mentorship and networking for our members.

  • Environmental Sciences Organization

    The Environmental Sciences Organization (ESO) provides a link between the Environmental Sciences Department and the students of the University. While the organization is mainly geared toward undergraduate majors and minors in the department, it has its share of members from many different disciplines of the University. However, all members have one thing in common--an interest in the Environmental Sciences. ESO aims to aid students in becoming more involved in and educated about the Environmental Sciences Department. Members are provided with many opportunities to get to know the professors in the department as well as what the department has to offer outside of a major or minor. One of the organization's core components is the aid, advice, and support that members have to offer each other about courses, activities, and resources within the department. ESO is able to do this through its many activities such as peer advising about courses, seminars about the department and professions in the Environmental sciences, and career and job search resources. Other enjoyable activities sponsored by ESO include the department barbeque, hiking trips, canoe trips, whitewater rafting, and a variety of fun outdoor activities. All University students are welcome to join and participate in any activity.

  • Filmmakers Society at UVA

    The Filmmakers Society is a student run organization that seeks to nurture and educate a community of student filmmakers by providing, networking, and managing personnel and equipment resources, allowing students to produce, exhibit, and critique their film projects at UVA.  Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization’s contracts, acts or omissions.

  • Forge

    Forge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that prepares students with the modern skills they need to make an impact in the world. Each year, over 1,000 students learn things like design, marketing, and data science through our fun, engaging, community-driven projects and programs. We strive to empower students to realize their own potential while creating opportunities for them to make an impact for good.

  • Frank Batten Investment Fund

    Frank Batten Investment Fund is a sustainability focused finance club. We seek to educate and empower our members on socially responsible investing. Our members apply these principles in various industries including Banking, Consulting, and Technology.