The University of Virginia (also The University,Many universities' students and alumni refer to their respective institutions as "the university" for short. At the University of Virginia, this title is capitalized as a proper noun (i.e., "The University" or "the University")1 in reference only to this particular school, much like The Lawn and The Rotunda. In recent decades many of the school's alumni and students have sported university-licensed bumper stickers and window decals of simply THE UNIVERSITY in the school's colors (2), a practice not always well understood or appreciated by outsiders, leaving some to declare such usage to be elitist.3 However, the vernacular tradition goes back more than a hundred years, as indicated in the following excerpt from a 1903 novel.4 Mr. Jefferson's University, or Virginia; often abbreviated as U.Va. / UVa / UVA) is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello.

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