Student Stories Manoj SinhaManoj Sinha left home in Bihar, India, about a decade ago to study electrical engineering at Banaras Hindu University. He earned a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and took a job at Intel Corporation in Austin, Texas. more >  Christopher OliverJohn Toole's career as a portrait painter flourished after he left the University nearly two centuries ago. In the summer of 2008, the career of art history graduate student Christopher Oliver took off as he directed an exhibition of works by Mr. Toole. more >  Stephanie Passman"Teaching is what I always wanted to do," said Stephanie Passman, 22, who completed two degrees in May 2009: a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences and a master's in teaching, with a certification in elementary education, from the Curry School of Education. more >  Amanda SiglerAmanda Sigler's love affair with James Joyce began on a spring afternoon in 2001 as she read through materials used by Richard Ellmann in his 1959 biography of Joyce. more >  Xiao WangXiao Wang, an economics major and Jefferson Scholar, won a 2008 Truman Scholarship during his third year at U.Va. "Xiao is an extraordinary student, and it has been a joy to work with him," said Lucy S. Russell, director of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence. "The Truman Foundation looks for students who are leaders and will work to bring about positive change in the world. Xiao truly fits the bill." more >  Ross BairdRoss Baird came to U.Va. intending to study classics. Those plans changed when he took Professor Stephen Innes' course on the American Revolution. more >  Kristin GarrettFor Kristin Garrett, a recent graduate of the School of Nursing, the key to learning is experience. After completing her fourth year at U.Va., Garrett returned to the Limpopo Province in rural South Africa, where she had spent the previous summer learning about health care as a participant in Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB). more > |