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Chris Ford, co-chair of Wahoos4UVA, said: ``We need to really identify all of the positive things that are going on at the University, all the positive things that President Ryan has done and is doing and continues to do, as opposed to allowing this negative misinformation to continue to just permeate the ethos.’’

Tom Stenzel, Alexandria, UVA parent, writes in strong support of UVA leadership: “I heard Jim Ryan at the freshman orientation, I knew this was a man of integrity who would lead the university well. Over the past four years as parents, we have seen the leadership of President Ryan in multiple occasions and venues, only confirming our respect and admiration.”

Former federal prosecutor and Chief Legal Analyst Tim Heaphy weighed in on UVA’s current leadership, saying “The vast majority of the people that I speak to, faculty, students, parents, alum, are very pleased with the direction of the university. These voices of dissent, I just think that they’re a very small kind of fringe group.

Keoni Vega, UVA Class of 2026 president, says to the Board of Visitors: “I urge you to act with restraint when listening to the loudest voices — especially those generations removed from this University and, most importantly, its current culture. To the incoming members of the Board, I ask that you recognize how deeply loved President Ryan is by the overwhelming majority of the University's students, staff, faculty and alumni.”

Members of UVA’s Retired Faculty Association assert that, under President Ryan’s leadership, UVA “…continues to flourish, and remains a robust, forward-thinking institution dedicated to building on Thomas Jefferson’s vision as a place to educate citizen-leaders.”