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Fostering big experiences: How UVA’s Cavalier Fund transforms students

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Student Experience Fostering big experiences: How UVA’s Cavalier Fund transforms students By Jane Kelly, [email protected] November 9, 2026 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Cavalier Fund opens doors for all sorts of students. Since its inception in 2022, it has granted more than $900,000 to people with demonstrated financial need. (Contributed photos) Trending Discovery & Innovation Decades of work lead to a new Parkinson’s treatment University News UVA Health acquires State Farm site on Pantops Student Experience Love and basketball: A UVA romance comes full circle University of Virginia fourth-year student Huma Khalid, an aspiring legal scholar, is walking proof that a relatively small monetary investment can have big returns.Last fall, thanks to $500 from UVA’s Cavalier Fund, the history and global security and justice major visited Harvard Law School, Boston College Law School and Boston University School of Law to see what’s possible after she walks the Lawn in May.

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