Testimonials

In 2022-2023, UVA Acts reached an audience of 791 participants through 13 micro-workshops (“appetizers” or “teasers”) and 31 full-length workshops, using both in-person and virtual modalities (Spring 2023 saw a major shift to almost all in-person bookings). While 13 of the full-length workshops were hosted by UVA Acts, as “public” university-wide programming, the remaining workshops and teasers were booked by UVA stakeholders:

  • School of Data Science*
  • Batten School of Public Policy
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Education & Human Development
  • UVA Library*
  • CTE’s Teaching as Graduate Students*
  • Undergraduate Research/ Citizen Scholar Mentors*
  • Biocomplexity Institute*
  • Women’s Center
  • Division of DEI
  • McIntire School of Commerce
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Engineering*
  • School of Architecture*
  • CTE’s Course Design Institute
  • New Faculty Orientation*
  • Leadership and Academic Matters*
  • Human Resources Business Partner Team
  • EOCR

*Designates repeat bookings.

“…enormously impressed by your team’s great work and the dynamics created through the interactive theater.”

 

“During that whole workshop, I was thinking about my students and how I might make the space I share with them more welcoming and affirming… made me feel so much what those students were feeling that I teared up realizing how much my child must have been feeling last year and just didn’t have the words to express that.”

 

“I loved the snippet format. Just enough to be thought provoking and not overwhelming. A great add to a meeting!”

 

“I thought it was a fun, approachable way to think about how we can create a more inclusive environment for our students - I was very impressed with the performance. It felt very inclusive and not scary when these topics can be hard to discuss.”

 

“This program actually teaches people how to intervene and allows them to practice intervention. It was a safe environment. It really felt like a learning experience… Excellent training!”

 

“An engaging way to reflect on challenges that many students are facing in our classrooms.”

 

“No need to feel mild dread about it, it was fun!”

 

“I learned so much and learned much more than a traditional workshop.”

 

“An essential part of an individual growth in relating to others, and in particular a key element in growth on the part of people of privilege in how to decenter their privilege and build spaces and relationships of belonging, welcome-ness and safety.”


If you wish to learn more about the program’s achievements during the 2022-2023 academic year, you can access the full UVA Acts annual report here.