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Once a year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ invites its community—alumni, faculty, staff, students, and their families–to unite in philanthropy on Â鶹ÊÓƵ Vision Day. This year, on April 4, they did so enthusiastically, raising $1,309,345 for the university’s students, research, and programs.

Overall, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has 19 graduate programs in the top 50 among public universities and 13 programs in the top 50 of all universities nationally.

Each spring, Â鶹ÊÓƵ's LGBTQ+ Resources Center hosts Pride Week: a time for campus celebration and community engagement in support of LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff.

For the second year in a row, Â鶹ÊÓƵ's own Green Machine Ensembles performed for delighted locals at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, an event where roughly 40,000 guests were welcomed throughout the day's festivities.

Klutsey, who is the founding director of Mercatus’ Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, will start on June 1.

New EduRank report on university performance in research highlights eighteen Â鶹ÊÓƵ programs as the best in Virginia, with Â鶹ÊÓƵ's entrepreneurship ecosystem as No.1 among all public institutions.

Right before Earth Day, Small Island Big Song presents a "jaw-dropping" (Billboard) concert experience at the Center for the Arts on April 20, combining music, spoken word, and stunning projections to showcase unique oceanic grooves and soulful island ballads, while shining a light on the devastating effects of climate crisis on our world’s oceans. As a Â鶹ÊÓƵ Artist-in-Residence, Small Island Big Song will also deeply engage with the community through a series of education and engagement programs.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is following a philanthropic tradition, designating the first Thursday of April for donors to come together to support the university. On April 4, 2024, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Vision Day celebrates the power of making a difference through philanthropy.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Alumni Association has established the Amy Takayama-Perez Memorial Student Book Award to honor Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumna and former colleague Amy Takayama-Perez, BA Sociology ’96, MEd ’02.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Farnaz Farkish Thompson, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of McGuireWoods LLP, to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Visitors (BOV).

Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens, will be the featured speaker at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 2024 Spring Commencement. The ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, May 9, in EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ will consolidate programs and activities currently offered at the Loudoun instructional site, colocated with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), to Fairfax and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Square.