Below is an overview of some campus activities:

• “Marlins Vote,” the University’s campus election engagement initiative, promotes a three-point program featuring voter registration, issues education, and volunteer opportunities. This program goes beyond “get out the vote” efforts to include a variety of academic and social activities designed to encourage students and the broader campus community to become active participants in the electoral process at the local, state, and national levels.
• The university promotes special events during election season including voter registration drives on-campus and off, community debate and watch parties on campus, and election “pop-ups.”
• We invite political speakers and presenters such as those that are part of the “What’s at Stake: Election Series,” and develop activities and presentations organized by the VWU Robert Nusbaum Center and The Lighthouse.
• The university supports student organizations such as College Republicans, Young Democrats, Marlins Vote, Black Student Union, Spectrum, and the Fraternity/Sorority community.
• Virginia Wesleyan University offers academic opportunities through the political science, history and other departments and connects students with internships and job opportunities with local campaigns or civic organizations.
• For its efforts, the University has been recognized by the ALL In Democracy Challenge for the Voter Action Plan since 2016. After the 2020 presidential election, the University earned a “Silver Seal,”acknowledging approximately 60-70% nonpartisan student voter participation, tied for “Best in Class” among private four-year institutions, and won the “Virginia Campus Voting Challenge” among four-year institutions in the Commonwealth. In 2022, VWU was recognized by ALL IN as one of the year’s Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting.