Board of Visitors names UVA’s next president despite vocal opposition to ‘rushed’ search

Dec

2025

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Board of Visitors names UVA’s next president despite vocal opposition to ‘rushed’ search

“The current BOV has deliberately and continuously ignored calls from every corner of the Commonwealth,” Callsen told Charlottesville Tomorrow. “They have ignored what Abigail Spanberger has asked them to do, they’ve ignored the General Assembly — the very people who confirmed them — and they continue to act despite there being legal challenges. And not only that, they’ve ignored the very people that make UVA great, the workers, the staff, the alumni and the students,” she said. “It’s politicizing the governance of our public universities in a way that’s inappropriate.”