Office of Engagement

MissionFoster a healthy University community to support optimal health and well-being.Guiding PracticesCollaborate with students, faculty, staff, and external partnersEmploy evidence-informed practicesPositive, Inclusive, and Empowering (PIE) interventionsUtilize peers as educatorsAddress the three prevention populations (universal, targeted, and indicated)The Department of Student Health and Wellness (SHW) respects, values, and celebrates all ages, abilities, gender identities or expressions, national origins, races, religions, sexes, and sexual orientations. More information here. 

The Office of the Dean of Students is a team of dedicated professional and support staff available to assist students in navigating and developing a unique student experience, grounded in the history and traditions of one of the finest higher education institutions in the world. UVA's unique system of student self-governance, through which students are encouraged and empowered to play a meaningful role in decisions impacting the community, sits at the core of all that we do in ODOS.

The provost advances academic excellence...at all levels of the University and works with his fellow EVPs to set University priorities. As the chief academic officer, the provost is responsible for UVA’s teaching, scholarship, and research at the schools, library, art museums, numerous centers and institutes, and foreign study programs, as well as faculty recruitment and retention.

Orientation & New Student Programs helps first-year and incoming transfer students successfully adjust to academic and social life at the University through targeted initiatives and programs.

P2L supports selected STEM courses by providing optional opportunities, outside of class, for students to get additional time to practice and engage with material. P2L sessions are led by trained, paid, peer coaches who work closely with each course's faculty to make sessions as effective as possible. Contact Laura Devlin, Academic Support Program Coordinator, at ld8fd@virginia.edu for information.