SWAP, which stands for "Sustainability, Wearing confidence, Accessibility, and Promoting community," is the only UVA organization dedicated to hosting clothing swaps. Our swaps are meant to be community events, complete with food, drinks, music, and photo opportunities. Aside from clothing swaps, we host upcycling days and thrifting trips to promote our four pillars.

Take Back the Night at UVA organizes a set of events each year, usually throughout the month of April, to raise awareness about sexual violence. As an organization, we seek to educate our community in the hopes that we can together end sexual violence at UVA.

Be it known that Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Sorority for members of the college band, is anorganization operating exclusively in the field of the college and university bands, for the followingpurposes:1. To promote the existence and welfare of the collegiate bands and to create a respect and appreciationfor band activities and achievements among the listening public everywhere.2. To honor outstanding members of the band through privilege of membership, in the sisterhood,extended in recognition of musical achievement, demonstrated leadership, and an enthusiastic approach toband activities.3. To develop leadership through active participation with the band, and through it, to strengthen thosetraits of conduct, thought, and idealism which characterize the responsible membership of the band.4. To encourage a close relationship between collegiate bands and promote a high average of attainmentby the performance of good music and selection of worthwhile projects.5. To provide a meaningful and worthwhile social experience for all engaged in collegiate band work, andto cooperate with other musical organizations and societies in every manner consistent with our mutualpurposes and those of the institution at which chapters are located.

The Teacher Education Community (TEC) is a professional preservice organization that provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to explore the field of education through community outreach and professional development. TEC seeks to provide pre-professionals with meaningful opportunities to engage with the education community on- and off-Grounds. This organization is open to those interested in pursuing teaching as a career. We aim to serve as a space for those interested in education to make connections in the field! 

Team Hoyt at UVA is a subsidiary of a national organization and aspires to build the individual character, self-confidence and self-esteem of America’s disabled young people through inclusion in all facets of daily life. We provide the opportunity for physically and mentally disabled athletes to participate in races through the use of guides and strollers. In these races, people will sign up to either push or ride and are subsequently paired up. All the athletes come from local schools, organizations, and communities in order to unite people of different backgrounds and raise awareness of different disabilities. 

The One Love Foundation was created in 2010 after Yeardley Love, a senior at UVA, was killed by her ex-boyfriend. Her family started One Love to raise awareness and educate students about the warning signs of relationship abuse.The purpose of Team One Love is to motivate University of Virginia students to engage in the movement to end relationship violence.  Members of Team One Love work to distribute the One Love Foundation’s Escalation and Behind the Post workshops to educate students of the issue of relationship violence. In addition to organizing and facilitating the workshop, members of Team One Love develop awareness campaigns, speaker series, and advocacy events to further the education of students on grounds about relationship violence. We also hold fundraising events for the One Love Foundation, of which we are a chapter.

Hey TedHeads, thank you for your interest in TEDx at UVA! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. These events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. TEDx at UVA put on its first event in April 2012 and has hosted a conference every year since. Our conference includes students, professors, and outside professionals as speakers. Members of TEDx do not speak at our events, we are in different teams that work towards organizing our conference. Below are descriptions of each committee:Speakers: Members of the Speakers Committee recruit, organize, and oversee all speakers of our TEDx conferences. In the Fall, the Speakers Committee will mentor student speakers; this involves editing TED talks (strong writing skills necessary), writing and responding to emails efficiently, and providing advice to student speakers in a one-on-one mentoring setting. In the spring, members of Speakers are responsible for recruiting TEDx speakers and mentoring them in writing their TED talks. Members of the committee must be comfortable communicating in a professional and prompt manner and will be working in a very small group setting.Sponsorship: The Sponsorship Committee handles the sourcing and using of the organization's funds. As a member of the Sponsorship Team, you will be involved in developing and managing the club's budget, applying for grants and managing relationships with corporate partners, and creating ways to find and use funds strategically. The role is perfect for someone with an interest in finance and gives you a very unique view of the club's operation and management.Outreach: The job of this committee would broadly be to engage with the University community in ways other than Student Speaker Conference and the Main Conference. This would entail the continued publication of a newsletter for the TEDx community as well as collaborations with other groups on grounds to promote ideas worth spreading. The exciting thing about this committee is that it acts nearly independently and requires creativity, allowing the members to have a huge amount of latitude in the direction of the committee.Graphics and Marketing:The role of the Graphics committee is to facilitate communication between the organization and the University community. Members of this committee will be responsible for managing social media accounts, our website, and our on-Ground presence through flyering, chalking, and creating outreach videos. In addition, committee members will be creating graphics through various software programs, developing ideas, and producing various marketing campaigns to be implemented on-Grounds for TEDx sponsored events.Logistics: The logistics committee is concerned with the behind the scenes of the two conferences. Being on this committee involves creating the decorations, designing the stage, and organizing venues. Logistics members need to have a strong sense of design, communication, and organizational skills in order to make the conferences run smoothly. Please visit our website to learn more about TEDxUVA and to glimpse our past events and speakers: https://www.tedxuva.org/

We are the University of Virginia’s only philanthropic a cappella group, founded in 2015 by a group of women who wanted to combine their love of music with a love of service. Every semester, a portion of our proceeds from concert ticket sales and fundraisers go to a charity selected each semester, such as the Sexual Assault Resource Agency or the Music Resource Center. We perform at multiple events across Grounds, including Rotunda Sing, Lighting of the Lawn, baseball and basketball games singing the National Anthem, and fundraisers such as Pancakes for Parkinson’s, as well as in the community with performances at local nursing homes and the UVA Children’s Hospital. We have also been invited to perform at multiple a cappella events hosted by groups at other universities and enjoy establishing relationships with groups like ours across the country. Our group brings together passionate women with diverse personalities, experiences, and voices to give back to the UVA and Charlottesville communities while spreading joy through music.

The All Girls STEM Society was established originally in San Diego, California, with the sole intent of encouraging young women to pursue careers in STEM fields - areas where they were grossly underrepresented. The organization brought student volunteers from all backgrounds and walks of life to help further this goal. Upon arriving in Virginia, the All Girls STEM Society decided to expand its vision, deciding to focus on not only young women but also students of color and underprivileged students who are often not given the same opportunities to find their passion in scientific fields. The All Girls STEM Society’s goal is to help students find their own passion in STEM. We hope that all students involved in our events go on to the STEM fields; yet, if even a fraction are inspired, then we will meet our goal. It is with great pride the Society brings this mission to the University of Virginia, in hopes of continuing to contribute positively to the academic community.

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. Get involved with the American Red Cross Club at UVA through blood drives around grounds, disaster relief efforts, international service projects, service to armed forces, and more!