August 2025

Over the last half-century, presidential search committees at UVA have tended to follow an order that has remained relatively similar: It is led by the Board of Visitors (BOV) while including other members of the University community. This is the case with the current search committee assembled to replace Jim Ryan, who resigned in June. […]

The “no confidence” campaign against the University of Virginia Board of Visitors is gaining momentum with the United Campus Workers of Virginia (UCWV) joining the effort. Strikes and lawsuits are among the options available to protesters, although, as one panelist put it in a “teach-in” yesterday, strikes by state employees are illegal in Virginia and