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Lifelong Learning Institute offers retired faculty new purpose and passion , articleThe member-driven volunteer organization for curious adults 50 and older is celebrating 10 years this fall with nearly 60 courses, field trips, lectures, and special events.
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For 20 years, School Leaders Institute has helped shape the future of education in Virginia , articleThe Virginia Tech Roanoke Center program has developed a robust pipeline of skilled school administrators from more than three-quarters of school divisions across the commonwealth.
Date: Aug 23, 2024 -
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Steger Center immerses students in global community to build ‘passione’ for learning , articleKicking off a busy summer at the university’s study abroad hub in southern Switzerland, the inaugural meeting of the center’s new advisory council aimed to broaden opportunities for students and faculty to study, conduct research, and engage with the community.
Date: Jul 15, 2024 -
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Community leaders find connection and support at first-ever Small Towns Conference , articleA partnership between the university and the Virginia Municipal League brings town leaders from across the commonwealth to the Virginia Tech Southwest Center in Abingdon to cultivate more robust relationships and bolster rural communities.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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College Access Collaborative shows Patrick County high schoolers ‘what college can be’ , articleFrom a county where only about a quarter of students go on to pursue higher education, a group of juniors and seniors spent the day on the Blacksburg campus to consider college and careers that could help them soar — around the world or close to home.
Date: Jun 03, 2024 -
Video ItemProfessor helping Clemson uncover its legacy of slavery collaborates with similar efforts at Virginia Tech , video
Rhondda R. Thomas, a literature professor and the driving force behind Clemson University's Call My Name research project, recently visited historic Virginia Tech sites that are working to reshape their narratives, including the Reynolds Homestead in Patrick County and the Solitude and Fraction houses on the Blacksburg campus.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
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Professor helping Clemson uncover its legacy of slavery aims to inspire similar efforts at Virginia Tech , articleRhondda R. Thomas will present a free lecture March 12 to discuss how adopting a collaborative approach to community history at Clemson University has become a beacon for understanding and acknowledging the past. She also will visit the Reynolds Homestead and the Solitude and Fraction houses to share expertise and collaborate with faculty, staff, and community members.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
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Community engagement takes researcher from Brazil to Blacksburg and back again , articleBorn and raised in Rio de Janeiro, political science Professor Desirée Poets is connecting a group of Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni with a Brazilian nonprofit to improve the lives of residents in the favelas north of the city.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
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Universitywide team to lead Carnegie Community Engagement Classification application , articleThe designation recognizes “collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial creation and exchange of knowledge and resources.” Virginia Tech was first classified for community engagement in 2006.
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Conversations in Richmond take One Small Step toward bridging divides , articleStoryCorps will record conversations Feb. 14-17 at the Virginia Tech Richmond Center for One Small Step, a project that aims to illuminate people’s humanity even when they disagree.
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Video ItemLessons in leadership from the women's basketball team , video
As they prepare for their season opener on Nov. 6 at Cassell Coliseum, coach Kenny Brooks and student-athletes Cayla King and Elizabeth Kitley share what leadership, team building, mentorship, and success mean to them both on and off the court.
Date: Oct 23, 2023 -
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Growing more food with less land , articleThe Catawba Sustainability Center is implementing alley cropping — a farming practice that uses rows of trees and shrubs to protect crops, diversify farms, and build soil quality.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 -
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For incoming students, Summer Start is a springboard to the fall semester , articleThe six-week program offers first-year and transfer students a chance to ease into campus life by taking classes and building friendships over the summer.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Bestselling author Beth Macy talks outsiders, underdogs, and the importance of hope , articleThe former reporter who delved into the opioid crisis with her landmark book "Dopesick" and its follow-up, "Raising Lazarus," will be the community keynote speaker Aug. 23 as part of the Rural Education Summit.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech named among top employers for internship programs , articleAt Virginia Tech, internships hold a special place as a stepping stone to future careers and job experience, both on campus and in the workforce. They’re also an effective way to fill critical talent gaps across Virginia.
Date: Jul 27, 2023 -
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Collaboration with Southside community is reimagining a historically Black college , articleAbout 200 miles from their offices and classrooms in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech faculty, researchers, and students are working with a group of St. Paul’s College alumni and Brunswick County community members who want to keep the traditions of the former liberal arts college alive.
Date: Jul 20, 2023 -
Video ItemReimagining Saint Paul's College , video
About 200 miles from their offices and classrooms in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech faculty, researchers, and students are working with a group of St. Paul’s College alumni and Brunswick County community members who want to keep the traditions of the former liberal arts college alive.
Date: Jul 14, 2023 -
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Roanoke Center teams up with area schools to build excitement around STEM , articleStudents of all ages from across Southwest Virginia learn about coding, engineering, circuits, and even space travel through a growing lineup of creative, customizable STEM programs at the Commonwealth Campus Center.
Date: May 16, 2023 -
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Allison Mays tapped to lead Southwest Center in Abingdon , articleWith an extensive background in leadership positions across Southwest Virginia, Mays will assume the responsibility of extending Virginia Tech’s research, engagement, and graduate credit programs in the region.
Date: May 16, 2023 -
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Small town in Patrick County looks to historic theater — and Virginia Tech — to spark growth , articleCould a 1940s theater bring more people to Stuart, Virginia? A team of graduate assistants at the Center for Economic and Community Engagement put their knowledge to work to help town leaders figure it out.
Date: May 15, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech joins regional coalition aiming to create mid-Atlantic clean hydrogen hub , articleThrough the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, the university has partnered with more than 60 others to potentially bring green hydrogen — and the good-paying jobs and improved energy security that comes with the zero-carbon fuel — to the Hampton Roads region.
Date: May 01, 2023 -
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Corporate Research Center-led coalition wins GO Virginia grant to advance green hydrogen in Hampton Roads , articleThe $1.6 million in state funding will build a hydrogen power demonstration lab at Tech Center Research Park in Newport News. It will also provide workforce training for the clean energy sector and deliver educational programming through the Center for Economic and Community Engagement and the Newport News Center.
Date: Apr 12, 2023 -
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Learning to fly: TRIO Programs’ Talent Search helps aspiring college students look beyond high school , articleFrom planes to palm trees, alligators to algae labs, high schoolers from Southwest Virginia spent nearly a week in Florida navigating a world very different from their own while attending a national conference to explore science careers.
Date: Mar 08, 2023 -
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Older adults sharpen their minds, build friendships through Lifelong Learning Institute , articleThe member-driven, volunteer organization draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the New River Valley and beyond to provide intellectual, cultural, and social experiences for curious adults 50 and older. Registration is open for its spring term, which will include more than 30 courses that begin the week of Feb. 20.
Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
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Leadership Academy gives next generation of executives skills to ‘move the needle’ at work , articleThe Roanoke Center program, enrolling now for classes that start in February, helps midcareer professionals from the Roanoke and New River valleys hone their skills in smart decision-making, communication, and design thinking.
Date: Jan 20, 2023 -
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Project management course helps construction workers climb the ladder , articleSkilled, reliable workers who can help plan construction projects from start to finish are in short supply. Through a partnership with the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and the regional homebuilders association, the Virginia Tech Richmond Center has developed a Fundamentals of Construction Project Management course to help companies train and retain employees.
Date: Jan 06, 2023 -
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GO Virginia grant to bolster next-generation transportation, manufacturing workforce , articleBuilding on a Virginia Tech-led coalition of more than 150 public, private, and nonprofit organizations, the project will develop educational and training programs for workers to strengthen a talent pipeline for Southwest Virginia’s manufacturing, transportation, and autonomous vehicles sector.
Date: Dec 16, 2022 -
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International fellows connect with university faculty, community to address problems at home , articleEmerging leaders from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria visited Virginia Tech to develop the skills to successfully develop and implement projects that will help their communities.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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Carilion’s Nancy Howell Agee to headline inaugural Women Impact Virginia Summit , articleAiming to connect professional women and give them the resources they need to succeed, Women Impact Virginia invites women from across the commonwealth to network with and learn from other female leaders at the Oct. 12 summit.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
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Hip-hop community engagement project, autism center win national awards , articleThe student-driven hip-hop project known as “Digging in the Crates” and Angela Scarpa-Friedman, a professor of psychology and director of the Virginia Tech Autism Clinic and Center for Autism Research, were honored by the Engagement Scholarship Consortium for their work with communities around the region.
Date: Sep 19, 2022 -
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Lifelong Learning Institute’s fall schedule includes courses on Toni Morrison, doodling, technology, and more , articleThe member-driven, volunteer organization draws on the wealth of academic and community resources in the region to offer a wide variety of courses to adults 50 and older. Registration for the fall term opens Sept. 7.
Date: Sep 05, 2022 -
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Newport News Center brings crucial data analytics training to working professionals , articleThe center, which will host the Board of Visitors’ quarterly board meeting Aug. 23, is located in the growing Tech Center Research Park, putting the university adjacent not only to the prestigious Jefferson Lab and NASA’s Langley Research Center, but also startups and innovative technology companies.
Date: Aug 17, 2022 -
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$800,000 gift to fund commercial kitchen at Reynolds Homestead , articleThe gift from the Reynolds family will fund a 1,500-square-foot expansion to the historic property’s Community Engagement Center, allowing for culinary arts classes and demonstrations.
Date: Jul 27, 2022 -
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Upward Bound awarded $5.7 million to support low-income, first-gen students , articleThe federal Department of Education has renewed funding to continue the university’s three Upward Bound programs serving hundreds of high schoolers in Southwest Virginia for another five years.
Date: Jul 08, 2022 -
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Roanoke Center institute developing a pipeline of female municipal leaders , articleAcross the commonwealth, most towns and cities are led by men. The Virginia Women's Municipal Leadership Institute hopes to change that by teaching women the skills they need to feel confident pursuing management roles in municipal governments.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
Video ItemRoanoke Center leadership institute is building a pipeline of women for municipal management roles , video
The Virginia Tech Roanoke Center is partnering with nonprofit Virginia Women Leading Government to cultivate a pipeline of women ready to step into municipal management roles. The Virginia Women Municipal Leadership Institute is designed to build leadership skills and give participants the confidence to pursue municipal leadership roles.
Date: Jun 14, 2022 -
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For more than 170 years, the Reynolds Homestead has been the heart of Patrick County , articleWith ties that go back to the very beginning of Virginia Tech, the historic property has long been a place for residents to celebrate the arts, further their learning, and strengthen their community.
Date: Jun 13, 2022 -
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Southwest Center provides ‘gateway for opportunity’ to rural Buchanan County girls , articleThe Virginia Tech Southwest Center brought about 70 girls, all high school juniors or seniors, from the rural coalfields of Buchanan County on a tour of the Blacksburg campus to spotlight STEM career opportunities.
Date: Jun 06, 2022 -
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Lifelong Learning Institute widens its reach through AARP partnership , articleAARP is offering a series of free Lifelong Learning Institute lectures to its nationwide membership, opening access to the institute’s rich educational and cultural programming to older adults around the country.
Date: Mar 17, 2022 -
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Across six decades, retiring Southwest Center director has transformed education landscape in Southwest Virginia , articlePenny McCallum has touched thousands of lives in the hills and hollers of the region, changing classrooms through programs that improve instruction and inspire students.
Date: Jan 12, 2022 -
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Reynolds Homestead to host Smithsonian exhibition examining change in rural America , article“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on display Dec. 4 to Jan 9 at the Creative Arts Center in Stuart, Virginia. Several Patrick County organizations also will offer a variety of activities and displays to complement the exhibit.
Date: Nov 22, 2021 -
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Talent Search maps out a path to college for hundreds of first-generation students , articleVirginia Tech's TRIO Programs has been awarded a $1.88 million, five-year extension from the U.S. Department of Education to continue helping first-generation and economically disadvantaged students in Southwest Virginia graduate from high school and pursue higher education.
Date: Oct 19, 2021 -
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New Catawba Sustainability Center trail provides access to Appalachian Trail, McAfee Knob , articleThe 2.9-mile Catawba Greenway winds its way through the 377-acre Roanoke County farm, showcasing Virginia Tech research in sustainable farming, before connecting to the Appalachian Trail. The trailhead’s new parking lot will help ease the burden on Route 311 for one of region’s most popular hikes.
Date: Oct 10, 2021 -
Video ItemNew Catawba Sustainability Center trail provides access to Appalachian Trail, McAfee Knob , video
Video courtesy of Roanoke County Economic Development Representatives from Virginia Tech, Roanoke County, and the community gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the 2.9-mile loop. The trail winds its way through the 377-acre Virginia Tech Catawba Sustainability Center before connecting to the Appalachian Trail.
Date: Oct 05, 2021 -
Video ItemSchool Leaders Institute , video
Schools from across Virginia send their rising administrators to the series of multiday sessions where they gain hard-earned wisdom from veteran educators.
Date: Sep 14, 2021 -
Video ItemSlavery at Rock Spring Plantation , video
Research historian John Whitfield discusses the lives of the enslaved community at the former Rock Spring Plantation in Patrick County, now known as the Reynolds Homestead.
Date: May 25, 2021 -
Video ItemMiss America Camille Schrier '18 offers advice to grads , video
Reigning Miss America Camille Schrier '18 offers fellow Hokies advice during a visit to the Virginia Tech Southwest Center in Abingdon, Virginia.
Date: May 10, 2021 -
Video ItemReynolds Homestead brings together creative and business minds for community projects , video
Community members come together to share different life experiences to benefit the community.
Date: Jun 24, 2019
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