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On April 25, at its annual Benefactors Celebration, the University of Virginia’s College at Wise (UVA Wise) honored several of its Legacy Leaders. Each year, UVA Wise recognizes extraordinary gifts to the College and this year was no exception.

Recently, UVA Wise recognized Robert and Jennifer England and the Nick England Scholarship Foundation Board as Volunteers of the Year during the College’s annual Benefactors Celebration.

A UVA Wise alumni duo recently dropped their third season of the award-winning horror anthology podcast set in Appalachia.

Southwest Virginia native Glenn Goad, the chief executive officer of EarthLink, will deliver the University of Virginia’s College at Wise keynote commencement speech.

The search to learn from the best led a UVA Wise faculty member on a sabbatical across the Atlantic to bring home new ideas for an international exchange program and student teaching internships.

A first-ever comprehensive guide for eco-tourism development in the High Knob region is now available.

The UVA Wise Theater Department is at work on its spring production of the hit Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

A UVA Wise legacy student has forged her own path by exploring classes leading her to find hidden talents and discover her true entrepreneurial spirit.

Michael “O.D.” O’Donnell is celebrating the release of his fourth and latest book, Joseph Charles Smiddy: Papa Joe, at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

UVA Wise is celebrating the spring 2022 edition of its literary journal, Jimson Weed, with a coffee night featuring poetry and prose readings and performance by acclaimed Appalachian poet Rita Quillen.