Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Accolades Founder’s Day Fete Celebrates This Year’s Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalists On Wednesday, the Batten School honored Sesame Workshop President Sherrie Rollins Westin with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. Each year on Jefferson’s birthday, UVA and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello award the medals for exemplary achievement in fields the former president admired. Read More Accolades, Leadership Batten's Lipscomb Receives UVA's Prestigious Public Impact-Focused Research Award Batten professor Molly Lipscomb was honored with the university's Public Impact-Focused Research Award for her work examining the impact of bringing public services to low-income households in countries where services are needed. Read More Accolades, Social Innovation @ UVA, Social Entrepreneurship Four Batten Professors Ranked as Nation’s Most Influential Education Scholars Batten School professors Daphna Bassok, Ben Castleman, Sarah Turner and Jim Wyckoff were among 200 scholars nationwide to rank as highly influential in education policy, according to Education Week. Read More Accolades, EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education Pagination Subscribe to Accolades Categories Admissions(28) Student Life(21) BA(38) Application(22) Events(8) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Essays(4) Accelerated MPP(40) MPP(27) Personal Statement(2) New Student(2) Recommendations(6) Batten Ambassadors(18) Alumni (1)Minor(24) Curriculum(19) Career Outcomes(5)