Changing Faces:

1968 to 1972

The Corner in the late 1960s

Before there was Starbucks and before Mincer's sold UVa shirts and umbrellas, students roamed the Corner much as we do today. Restaurants and shops lined University Avenue and students would slip away to these restaurants for a midday meal or a nightly drink.

Who doesn't look the others?

While women did enter the College of Arts and Sciences in 1970, they came in small numbers. As evident in this photograph, a couple or a handful of women were represented in most classes in those first two academic years. The women arriving in 1970 totaled 450; in 1971, female students equaled 550.

CD: Shannon Calls Coeducation Decade's Significant Event

President Shannon oversaw the coming of women to the University, the increase in numbers of minority students, and a near doubling of the student population. This article highlights Shannon's thoughts on the University's changes under his command.

Students registering for class : 1968 vs. 1973

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From 1965 to 1973, dramatic changes affected life at the University. Women entered in 1970 and larger numbers of African-Americans started coming in the early 1970s. If it weren't for the distinguishable layout of Memorial Gymnasium, one would not be able to tell that this is Fall Registration at the same University. By 1973, male students shed their coats and ties and put on bell bottoms and t-shirts. Women wore revealing halter tops and long straight hair. A new era came to the University of Virginia, one that the state and many students tried to prevent. But these changes were inevitable and had a profound effect on the school.

Students Changing Class

December 14, 1970

"Women's Demonstration 'Very Positive' Experience"

Ten years after women were officially admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences, many are waging another way against the discrimination, harassment and sexism that still resides at an institution playing host to an equal number of men and women. The Daily Progress, 4/10/80