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After graduating from UVA with her M.Ed. in Higher Education, Lauren Coury landed a job as a career advisor at the Duke University Career Center. Here, she shares her experience in the program and her advice for anyone considering a career in higher education.

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  • Education Leadership, Foundations & Public Policy

Kinesiology alumni Natalie Kupperman, now on the faculty at the UVA School of Data Science, and Mike Curtis, UVA men's basketball strength and conditioning coach, leverage data to build better basketball players.

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  • Kinesiology

Mahri Aste (M.Ed. ‘90, Ed.D. ‘09), principal of Mosaic Elementary in Fairfax, VA, received the award for outstanding school leadership from the U.S. Department of Education – one of only nine recipients nationwide.

Six decades of Higher Education alumni gathered to celebrate the program’s five founders and launch a fund supporting new community-building initiatives.

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After an All-ACC career with UVA football, Raley found a new calling: education. He's now in his 7th year as superintendent of public schools in Goochland County.

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A seminar held during UVA’s biennial Black Alumni Weekend spotlighted three education leaders and UVA EHD alumni, kicking off a wider effort to build community among the School’s alumni of color.

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  • Center for Race and Public Education in the South
  • Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Why study Social Foundations at UVA? Recent grad Isobel Forsyth shares her insight into what makes the program unique and how she's using her degree in her role as a teaching fellow.

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  • Education Leadership, Foundations & Public Policy

As executive director of the African American Teaching Fellows program, Tamara Dias aims to increase the number of teachers of color in Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools.

Katie Kishore lost her husband, Kris, to cancer two weeks after their second daughter was born. Kishore is starting Kindness Cafe + Play to honor her husband and employ people like her daughter Kiran, who has Down syndrome.

As president of the European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, Aija Klavina is leading efforts across the continent to increase access to daily physical activities for children with disabilities. She returns to Grounds this week for an international conference.

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  • Kinesiology