February 6, 2025
Education Abroad
Read the story of two School of Continuing and Professional Studies who made time amongst work and family lives to study abroad. They want you to know that you can do it too!
News & Features
April 28, 2023
Class of ’23: This Student Hit Two Major Goals This Spring – His Degree and His First Book
UVA SCPS student completes his Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree and publishes his first book.
March 24, 2023
New Community College Partnership Improves Path From UVA Edge to Degree
A new agreement between PVCC and UVA's SCPS allows UVA Edge classes to automatically transfer to the Charlottesville-based community college.
March 2, 2023
I joined the University of Virginia as a single mom of 2. It helped me set my children up for success.
After speaking with adult students who got schooling that was fully funded by scholarships and grants, I made the choice to apply to the University of Virginia's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
February 6, 2023
New UVA Program Offers Course Credit to Incarcerated Individuals in Resilience Education Courses
For the first time, a program that uses business education to help prepare incarcerated learners to re-enter society will award college credits through the University of Virginia's SCPS.
October 26, 2022
Gordon Graham Donation Starts “Lexipol Fellows” Scholarship for University of Virginia Public Safety Masters’ Program
UVA SCPS professor Gordon Graham starts scholarship program to benefit single moms as part of the Master of Public Safety program.
July 11, 2022
62-Year-Old Student Sets Sights on Finishing a Degree – and the Appalachian Trail
Tim Richard pursues hiking the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail and completing his degree at UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies
July 7, 2022
Transforming Adult Students into Scholars
Read the stories of SCPS students in Professor Charlotte Matthews' Transformations class.
June 29, 2022
Parents’ Continuing Education Is an Investment for a Busy Family
Robert and Claudia Edmonds, parents to five children, are each pursing degrees at the University of Virginia’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies in part-time, online programs designed for working adults.
May 13, 2022
Class of 2022: Why Is She Getting Her Bachelor’s? ‘I Needed to Do This For Me’
Read the story of SCPS student and Army Reserve veteran Carla Hallman, including why she decided to go back to school and how her experience at SCPS was.
May 11, 2022
Class of 2022: After Decades in Public Service, This Student Has a Graduate Degree From UVA
After Decades in Public Service, This Student Has a Graduate Degree From UVA