At the University of Virginia, we pride ourselves on being an elite university that prepares its students to serve the public. Madison House, hundreds of CIOs, and various NGOs in and around the University are full of students looking to serve, and there is a lot of good service, too. However, there is a component to public service that is necessary but often forgotten: humility. And I mean genuine humility, not just the sort we hear all too often as a preamble to accepting recognition ("I am humbled to….").

The Office of Citizen Scholar Development uses the process of applying for fellowships as a catalyst to further the personal, social, intellectual, and professional development of UVA students and alumni as citizens and scholars – people who are thoughtful, ethical, and mutually connected to their communities.

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