Foundations Week

 

Why not start college with a dozen new friends!? Foundations Week is a four-day program designed for incoming first-year students. Foundations Week eases students’ transitions into college life by providing Christian community at UVA hours after they’ve moved into their first dorm room.

Participants will move into UVA dorms early. Lunch for students and families will be held at the Study Center. After lunch first-year students will embark from the Study Center to a retreat location to enjoy a week of exploring UVA Grounds, Charlottesville, and the Study Center alongside other incoming first years, upperclassmen, and Study Center staff. View a sample schedule.


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Registration for Foundations Week 2025 has passed. Please check back here for next year’s applications.

 

Have questions about Foundations Week or know someone who should apply?

Email Mary Allison Anderson at maryallison@studycenter.net

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Group of young people gathered outdoors on a brick patio, some sitting on the ground and others on chairs, engaging in conversation.
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Four young women relaxing in a swimming pool, leaning on the edge, smiling. In the background, there are lounge chairs, yellow and navy umbrellas, a basketball hoop, tall green trees, and a partly cloudy sky.
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Four young men standing close together outdoors, smiling, with backpacks, in a sunny urban setting with trees and a truck in the background.
A young man sitting on outdoor concrete stairs reading a book, with a backpack on the ground beside him.
A smiling young woman with sunglasses on her head, wearing an apron, giving a thumbs-up in a kitchen with other people cooking in the background.
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