Graduate and Professional Muslims Association

Club Description

The Graduate and Professional Muslims Association is a religious community organization. It is aimed to help UVA Muslim graduate students, professional students, postdocs/young professionals and to connect them to the Muslim community of greater Charlottesville.The way to help these groups is by connecting them to each other through social and educational gatherings, find and share resources that are uniquely relevant to them (not found in MSA [Muslim Students Association]), and to orient the new-comers to the campus and mosque through tours and info sessions.The goal is to build and strengthen this community, as each student/professional in each school is generally isolated from the others, especially in a post-pandemic era. Some social gatherings may include halaqas, tea/iftar, an outdoor activity, collaboration with other organizations, or Eid celebration.