UVA Darden Foundation Board Names New Chair, Adds Eight Trustees for 2025–26
The UVA Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees has announced key leadership changes, including the election of John D. Fowler Jr. (MBA/JD ’84) as chair and the addition of eight new trustees. Fowler succeeds Frank M. Sands (MBA ’94), whose tenure helped guide the foundation through a period of historic fundraising and growth.
Two Virginia Nonprofit Leaders Awarded Fellowships to The Executive Program (TEP) at Darden
Selected for their bold visions and transformative community work, Taikein Cooper, CEO at the Richmond Ed Fund, and Clifford Yee, Executive Vice President and CFO at Northern Virginia Family Service, will join an accomplished group of global leaders for The Executive Program at Darden this fall.
UVA Darden Expands Board Fellows Program, Joining Elite Golub Capital Network
The UVA Darden School of Business has joined the prestigious Golub Capital Nonprofit Board Fellows Network, transforming its student-led Board Fellows Program into a signature, for-credit experience that prepares MBA students to serve on nonprofit boards. Led by recent graduate Madelyn Merchant (MBA ’25), the initiative now spans both Charlottesville and Washington, D.C., with new philanthropic support and institutional backing.
UVA Darden Graduation 2025 in Photos and Videos
From Saturday’s ceremony in Flagler Court to Final Exercises on the Lawn, moments of joy, reflection and celebration brightened every space as the Class of 2025 marked the end of its University of Virginia Darden School of Business journey.
History-Making Class of 2025 Encouraged to Lean In to Humanity, Create Opportunity
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business celebrated its newest graduates on May 17, with 525 students being honored on Flagler Court. The Class of 2025 is a historic one, as the group includes the first-ever cohort of Part-Time MBA students to graduate. Darden launched the flexible, part-time format of its MBA in 2021, with the first students joining in the 2022-23 academic year. The graduating class includes 352 students in the Full-Time MBA program, 122 in the Executive MBA program and 51 Part-Time MBA students.
Retiring Faculty Members Leave Significant Legacies at UVA Darden
Professor and former dean Bob Harris, professor Robert Carraway and senior lecturer Marc Modica have all changed the Darden for the better, each educating thousands of students, advancing their areas of study and working on consequential programs before retiring together after the 2024 – 25 academic year.
