UVA Alumni Memory Wall
There’s no community quite like the UVA community, and the memories made on Grounds and beyond last a lifetime. Scroll through the Wahoo memories of your fellow Hoos, then add your own to mix! Submit your photo…
BAW 2015
Eileen and Fran Class of 1979 and Brett, their nephew Class of 2017
Eileen Olds
Kappa Rho- Redemption’s Probate Show in April of Spring 1995
Reconnecting with my linesisters and reminiscing on our Spring 1995 probate outside Runk dining hall in April 1995
Jonlyn Coles CarrWhat does the BAW community mean to you?
RECONNECTING
Family of HOOS
What does the BAW community mean to you?
My worldwide FAMILY
Gooch 1989
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Family
Proud Parent 2020
What does the BAW community mean to you?
BAW is the concept birthed by me and my BFF THE LATE GREAT GLYNN KEY many moons ago. I trust that this year will be another record breaking year and a milestone in academia’s answer to the IVY HBCU CONUNDRUM.
Mem Gym 1987
Line Sisters Jenn Landry (Jackson) and Karen Turner (McWilliams)
Karen Turner McWilliams
Class of 1998 repping at BAW 2022!
University of Virginia Circa 1981
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Connecting with people who share the amazing unique past and privileged experiences at UVA!
A group shot of Blue and White family (Sigmas and Zetas) in Newcomb Hall, circa 1985-1986
Page dorm residents – 1976-77
Creating friendships for life!
Jeanne Ellis HolmesWhat does the BAW community mean to you?
Supporting each other to succeed!
BAW Throwback in honor of our 25th class reunion
BAW 2022
What does the BAW community mean to you?
It means a safe environment for all, a chance to let our hair down.
2023 with two UVA alumni
2010 BlackOut at Faulkner
Rochelle Upshur and Eddy Nicolas
Newcomb Hall BAW 2017
Raquel Upshur, Danielle Lloyd , Mama Kathy, and Rochelle Upshur
2013 outside of Brown College walking to class
2017 BAW with my besties for life
With family
husband Bobby Altman – class of 1991, Jonathan and Joelle Altman
Anthony R. Bolling
What does the BAW community mean to you?
An opportunity to reconnect with memories of having a great life
Team Bonner
2019 Friday night party
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Relationships
Memories
Celebrating the past living in the present, and laying the foundation for the future.
Saturday Cookout
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Remembering moments of time from the past and a sneak peak in the future.
Black Voices concert, 1994
Shaun, Glenda and Calandra
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Together we build community, opportunity and hope.
50 years of Phi Beta Sigma, Inc at UVA
What does the BAW community mean to you?
A Village away from Home…Love
Being with my People
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Love & Prosperity
Theta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
My beloved line sister, Pamela Dargan (Douglas) far right middle row. God called her beautiful soul home, April 10, 2024
Others pictured Karen LaGrange (top row left), Lorinda Johnson (Griffith), Rose E. Blackburne (Covington), Pam
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Life long friends! Amazing memories. Best college experience ever!
1997 – birthday celebration in Gooch with friends
BAW 2022
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Family
Lambeth Women Hanging Out
The Bench at the Rotunda
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Solidarity and fellowship
Reunion 1994
Webb roommates Marilyn Perkins Wood and Nancy Crawford, Reunion 1994
Marilyn Wood
BAW 2022, Cookout
2022 BAW Cookout
Dean Terry and Rochelle Upshur
BAW 2022
Jaleesa Anderson, Yvette Lee and daughter, Kayla
BAW 2019
Paul Harris and Taylor Harris with Rochelle Upshur
2019 BAW Cookout
Taitu Gultneh, Danielle Mills, Rochelle Upshur, and Doronda Bailey
2019 BAW Cookout
Tomika Ferguson and Rochelle Upshur
2019 BAW Cookout
Rochelle Upshur and Greg Morris
2019 BAW Cookout
Rochelle Upshur
Taitu Gultneh, Greg Morris, and Rochelle Upshur at the 2019 BAW Cookout
2019 BAW Cookout
Rochelle Upshur, Tab Enoch, and Greg Morris
2017 BAW Cookout
NaShai Alexander, Rochelle Upshur, Raquel Upshur, and Jade Sanders
UVA cousins hanging out during the holidays
Raquel Upshur ’11, Rochelle Upshur ’10, and Michael Fields ’01
With besties for life
With besties for life – 30 year reunion 2022
Aklil Getachew
30 year reunion 2022
BAW 2015
What does the BAW community mean to you?
It means I have family all over the world.
BAW 2022
What does the BAW community mean to you?
My forever AKA Sisters are the closest friends I’ve ever had.
Bob Berryman
What does the BAW community mean to you?
It means getting together with and enjoying the old friends as well as meeting new ones. Love learning from the experiences of all the
alumni as well as sharing mine.
2019 BAW
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Friends for life and academic excellence
2019 BAW – Class of 1974 Alumni
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Pride
2009 St. Louis MO UVA Daniel Hale Williams premed society at the SNMA National conference
What does the BAW community mean to you?
I would not be a physician if it were not for the MAPS chapter of SNMA at UVA. Most of my colleagues, mentors, encouragement comes from the friends I have met at UVA.
Hoos Getting Fit Crew
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Friendship, community, shared experiences and above all Black Excellence.
Welcome Back Cookout at Faulkner Fall 2022
UVA Field Hockey 2017
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Family
Fall of 1988, Hanging Out in the Dorms with My BFFs
What does the BAW community mean to you?
EVERYTHING
Terrance and Dorothy Johns with their Legacy Hoo, Terra Johns
What does the BAW community mean to you?
We have a strong community of black professionals who have graduated from The University. We celebrate our trials and triumphs and help others to do the same.
CRAVE 2023: Alumni Hall
What does the BAW community mean to you?
A family/home away from home.
BAW 2015 at Cookout
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Reconnecting with old friends
Rotunda Steps, BAW 2022
What does the BAW community mean to you?
Smiles, memories and unbreakable bonds.
1988–hanging out in the Dorms
What does the BAW community mean to you?
EVERYTHING