The Graduate and Professional Council (GPC) exists to foster community and advocate for the needs and interests of graduate and professional students at the University of Virginia. In carrying out its purpose, the GPC represents the University and acts on behalf of the University when it performs the specific functions delegated in this Agreement. The University delegates these functions with the intent of fostering student self-governance and promoting a sense ofunity and cohesion among students attending the University of Virginia.

An elected body of 10 students to serve all graduate residential students at the McIntire School of Commerce 

The purpose of the Graduate Data Science Council is to enhance the experience of graduate students at the School of Data Science. The council will accomplish this purpose by building a sense of community among residential graduate data science students and facilitating interactions with students in other graduate programs at the University of Virginia as well as the Charlottesville community.The Graduate Data Science Council is committed to being a national leader in the creation and sharing of data knowledge within a culture that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Mission StatementThe mission of the Graduate Engineering Student Council is to• improve the quality of the graduate engineering experience,• increase the value of the SEAS graduate diploma,• promote a culture of giving back to the University and local communities within theSEAS graduate student community,• foster active research culture among graduate students,• represent the SEAS graduate students to the faculty, administration, and partnerorganizations,• allocate funds for worthy student activities, and• foster interdepartmental exchange and communication.

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Council (GSASC) serves the interests of A&S Graduate Students.

The Graduate Sports Club organizes weekly recreational pickup sports games and was founded in 2024 by graduate students in Environmental Science, Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. Our mission is to offer an outlet outside of the classroom to contribute to the overall health and well-being of the entire graduate student body. In addition to organizing weekly pickup sessions, we field a competitive team in the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albermarle unrestricted league each semester. We understand that sports are about having fun and making friends and not about winning or losing. We often meet off the field in a casual setting to catch up or watch sports on TV.

The Greener Housing Coalition is an organization started by UVA students in 2020, as an effort aimed at making off-grounds student housing more sustainable. While the university has a stated goal to become carbon neutral by 2030 and fossil fuel free by 2050, off-grounds studenthousing is not under the purview of the university. Yet, 70% of UVA students live off-grounds, in residences with significant greenhouse gas profiles. The student-led Greener Housing Coalition seeks to mirror the university’s progress towards reducing the climate impact of its operations, by focusing upon the emissions of student residences in the Charlottesville community.

The Virginia Journal of Bioethics seeks to promote an inclusive discourse surrounding the contemporary issues in the field of bioethics. We offer a platform for your voice to be heard in mounting and ever-important discussions of ethics in the life sciences.

GFC works to dissolve social barriers between the University of Virginia and Charlottesville residents though collaborative garden design and developing relationships with residents. These gardens will tackle the problem of limited space and land ownership posed by public housing arrangements through design, provide access to nutritional foods and gardening programs, and work to empower community residents. We seek to create a vision of a healthy and inclusive community among all stakeholders in which harmonious social relationships will prosper and access to a healthier food environment is possible.

The Habitat for Humanity Club at the University of Virginia (HUVA) partners with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville (HFHGC) by providing volunteers for build sites and the ReStore, supporting their mission through education and advocacy, and raising money to fund local projects, all of which directly support the dreams of local families seeking to become first-time homeowners.HFHGC is a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity (HFH), a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all fifty states in the United States of America and in approximately seventy countries around the world. HFH’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. HFH works toward this vision by building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. HFH homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.HUVA has been established in accordance with the Agreement for a Contracted Independent Organization (CIO), which is updated annually by the University of Virginia’s Student Council, to assist HFHGC to carry out the mission, vision, and principles of HFH.