News & Features

Sun peeks through Rotunda pillars
April 25, 2025

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Receives Ascendium Grant

UVA SCPS received an award of a $350,700 grant from Ascendium Education Group, a non-profit committed to helping learners from low-income backgrounds achieve their academic and career goals. This grant is a critical first step in positioning the school to become Virginia’s first public university that provides incarcerated individuals with the ability to complete a bachelor’s degree.
Anne Duckworth stands in her classroom
August 29, 2024

She Hasn’t Graduated Yet, But She’s Back for Grad School

Anne Duckworth returned to school through SCPS after leaving college to raise her family, and now she is enrolled in the UVA School of Education and Human Development’s one-year online master’s degree in curriculum and instruction program.
Teaching in a World with Generative AI
August 20, 2024

SCPS Assists in Cross-Grounds Effort

Given the School of Continuing & Professional Studies’ history of innovation and leaning into technology to deliver high-quality education, SCPS Director of Instructional Design Kevin Lucey was tapped to serve as the instructional designer and project manager for the new Generative AI course developed for UVA faculty. Learn more about this course, and why it matters at UVA.
2024 MPS Graduates raising their diplomas in celebration
June 25, 2024

Beyond the Degree

Two recent Master of Public Safety graduates share their experience at UVA School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its impact on their future plans after recently completing their degree.
Four BIS graduates at UVA Rotunda
June 17, 2024

Hoos Future is Bright?

Hear from three Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates about their experience at UVA School of Continuing and Professional Studies and what their future plans are with their diplomas in hand.