Gaining clinical experience in a new medical system while immersing yourself in a different culture offers a unique opportunity for personal and professional growth. This experience allows you to enhance your medical skills in a diverse environment, broaden your understanding of global healthcare practices, and cultivate a deeper cultural sensitivity, ultimately enriching your ability to provide compassionate and effective care to a wide range of patients.

Men Advancing Nursing club at the University of Virginia - a club for people of all genders and backgrounds to promote nursing as a profession as well as providing community outreach to Charlottesville and the surrounding area.

Middle East and Islamic Student Association (MEISA) has two purposes:1.To build bridges between the United States and Middle Eastern/Islamic countries to create community, connection, and career opportunities;2. To provide a safe space for students who identify under the MEISA umbrella.____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.

The purpose of this organization is to represent the views of Middle Eastern and North African students at the University of Virginia School of Law; to promote the welfare of its members through educational, professional, cultural, and social programs; and to provide a forum for the discussion of local, national, and international issues affecting both the Middle Eastern and North African law student community and the University community as a whole.

MENAMP, or the Middle Eastern/North African Mentoring Program aims to bring together members of the MENA/SWANA community through fostering relationships with MENA identifying upperclassman mentors with first-year/transfer students as mentees.

The Middle Eastern North African Students Association shall coordinate activities and events for its members, community, and all who are interested in participating. The purpose of this organization is to bring students together and be able to celebrate their culture and traditions with one another on grounds. We aspire to raise awareness and hold charitable events for humanitarian assistance pertaining to the Middle Eastern/ Arab Americans along with the Middle Eastern and North African regions. We provide a platform for students alike to infuse their culture, language, and customs to present their pride and patriotism for the MENA descent.

The Mixed Race Student Coalition (MRSC) serves to build a community for multi-ethnic and multiracial people in the Charlottesville community around their shared experiences. MRSC seeks to increase awareness and appreciation of the culture of people of mixed race and/or ethnicity. As members of MRSC, mixed and multiracial students don’t need to answer the much anticipated “What are you?” question or experience the feeling of having someone categorize them according to different racial stereotypes. They can simply exist as who they feel they truly are.

The Mongolian Student Union is a cultural organization that strives to spread and share Mongolian culture on Grounds. The organization welcomes students of all backgrounds to join! The organization is run by an executive board and an officer board, and all members are split into family groups that meet and hang out regularly. 

The Moroccan Cultural Society at UVA aims to preserve Moroccan culture, educate members and the larger UVA community on Moroccan history, and to embrace the uniqueness of the Moroccan dialect. The Moroccan Cultural Society organizes events and activities for its members and the community at large. Events and activities are organized to serve the purpose of Moroccan Cultural Society and include educational workshops, lectures, film nights, and cultural activities. 

Multicultural Student Services (MSS) aims to promote inclusion, engagement, belonging, and success of historically marginalized students while also cultivating each UVA student’s capacity to navigate a diverse and ideologically complex world. ?We enhance the undergraduate experience through culturally relevant services, programs, community advocacy, and learning experiences meant to empower students in their identity, build community, and help students find their individual and collective voices. ?Through MSS, we work with students to develop programs offered through the Multicultural Student Center (MSC), LGBTQ Center, Latinx Student Center, and Interfaith Student Center, all located in Newcomb Hall. These important centers of student life have been designed to meet the needs of multicultural students to find community and engage in rich dialogue. The Centers offer meeting and program space for student groups, study space with computers, a comfortable lounge area, and conference rooms. These Centers are open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, ability, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.