2020 A&S graduate Omar Elhaj’s time at the University of Virginia was punctuated by highs and lows, weaving together events to create a span of his life he says he will never forget.
Fourth-year University of Virginia student Derrick Wang, a Lawn resident and student member of the Board of Visitors, wrote an essay after his final semester on Grounds was abruptly cut short by the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Diakite’s last game in a UVA uniform, although he didn’t know it at the time, was on March 7 at John Paul Jones Arena, where he walked off the court arm-in-arm with fellow senior Braxton Key after defeating the University of Louisville, 57-54 on Senior Night.
2020 A&S graduate Ashley Heuser was the student administrator for the Disability Studies Initiative and the president of Chronically Ill and Disabled Cavaliers.
A University of Virginia student who has immersed herself in 19th-century literature now has the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh in her future as UVA’s 15th Marshall Scholar.
In study abroad trips to Guatemala and St. Kitts & Nevis, and mentoring opportunities on and off Grounds, biology major Sydney Williams re-defined her career goals.
Former University of Virginia women’s basketball center Felicia Aiyeotan had to step away before her senior season after getting a surprising diagnosis.
