SPRING 2025 GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE + OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADMITTED GRADUATE STUDENTS
CALENDAR OF OPPORTUNITIES
The following content gives you a chance to hear from department chairs, faculty directors and staff, on topics of specific interest to admitted graduate students. Opportunities include both School-wide content and degree-specific content — we encourage you to tailor your engagement experience to your preferences and to join us for as many opportunities as possible to gain the widest exposure to our community and programs. Reach out to our Office of Admission at a-school-admissions@virginia.edu with any questions you may have about these opportunities.
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FUNDING YOUR GRADUATE EDUCATION WEBINAR
With Carolyn Buchanan, Director of Financial Aid
Learn more about the types of funding available for graduate students - including federal financial aid, merit-based aid, and student employment.
For all admitted graduate students
TUESDAY MARCH 4
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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ALUMNI EXPERIENCES
With Kim Wong Haggart, Director of Engagement and Alumni Initiatives and recent alumni
Learn about the various ways alumni support current students and hear from alumni about their professional experiences following school.
For all admitted graduate students
WEDNESDAY MARCH 5
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
With Lindsay Schiller, Director of Career Development
Learn more about the services and programs that allow School of Architecture students to experience the diverse professional options available to them upon graduation. Topics covered will include information about experiential learning opportunities, workshops, and events created specifically for A-School students to meet their professional goals.
For all admitted graduate students
THURSDAY MARCH 6
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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STUDENT CONVERSATIONS
Join this virtual session to hear from current graduate students.
Students will share an overview of their experiences, provide information about living in Charlottesville and housing opportunities, expand on paid work options within the A-School, and more.
The session will include time for open Q+A.
For all admitted graduate students
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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Unable to make this time and/or looking for a 1:1 conversation? Schedule a virtual meeting with an ambassador at a day and time that is convenient for you here.
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GRADUATE CERTIFICATES OVERVIEW
Learn how to enhance your graduate degree with our interdisciplinary graduate certificates.
Led by Andrew Johnston, Associate Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation Program; Suzanne Moomaw, Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Real Estate Design and Development Program; Mona El Khafif, Associate Professor and Director of the Urban Design Program.
For all admitted graduate students
THURSDAY MARCH 20
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE
Our in-person open house for admitted graduate students will include program overviews with Chairs and Faculty Directors, an opportunity to meet and talk with our Deans, and a chance to meet with current graduate students about opportunities they have experienced related to courses, research, teaching, and student life.
Admitted students will be able to tour our spaces, studios, and fabrication labs.
Sessions on funding your education, career development, and graduate certificates will also be part of the programming.
The end of the program will include a reception and an optional dinner.
Light breakfast, lunch, light fare at the reception and (optional) dinner are included.
For all admitted students
DETAILED SCHEDULE
MONDAY MARCH 24
8AM - 6PM (ET), WITH OPTIONAL DINNER UNTIL 8PM
IN-PERSON, CHARLOTTESVILLE
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PROGRAM OVERVIEWS
Learn more about each graduate degree program's curricular focus, mission and opportunities (with time for open Q+A).
Led by Department Chairs and Graduate Program Directors:
— Architecture, Chair Jeana Ripple and Program Director Seth McDowell
— Architectural History, Chair Sheila Crane
— Landscape Architecture, Chair Bradley Cantrell and Program Director Matthew Seibert
— Urban + Environmental Planning, Chair Suzanne Moomaw and Program Director Bev Wilson
For all admitted graduate students
MASTER OF URBAN + ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROGRAM OVERVIEW
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
WEDNESDAY MARCH 26
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY PROGRAM OVERVIEW
THURSDAY MARCH 27
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM OVERVIEW
THURSDAY MARCH 27
7PM - 8PM (ET), VIRTUAL
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Additional Ways to Engage: Public Program Series
We invite our admitted graduate students from all degree programs to attend additional programming hosted by the School of Architecture, open to the public. These lectures, conversations, panels and gallery talks bring together emerging and established practitioners, thought-leaders, scholars and researchers who offer an exciting range of contemporary voices and perspectives on design and the built environment.