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In memoriam: JMahl Stewart, senior strategic talent acquisition and recruitment manager, Advancement , articleStewart died on Monday, Feb. 10. He came to Virginia Tech in 2014 to recruit best in class talent to support the university’s fundraising, engagement and communications and marketing work.
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Alan Michaels named Northrop Grumman Senior Faculty Fellow , articleMichaels has delivered creative research solutions to problems in secure digital communications and cryptography, accompanied by a distinguished record of patents and scholarship.
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Arthur Ball named Bradley Faculty Fellow of Education , articleAn extraordinary classroom teacher, Ball has a strong rapport with students, enthusiasm for the subject matter, and his experience in industry and academia allows him to cut to the essence of the material in the course.
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Leyla Nazhandali named Bradley Faculty Fellow of Education , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2006, Nazhandali has a distinguished record of innovation in teaching throughout her career.
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Harpreet S. Dhillon named W. Martin Johnson Professor , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2014, Dhillon is internationally recognized for his work in wireless communications, particularly in analyzing large-scale wireless systems using stochastic geometry.
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Jin-Hee Cho named the Stephen and Cherye Tyndall Moore Computer Science Junior Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2018, Cho has excelled in research, teaching, and student mentoring in the area of cybersecurity.
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Christopher McDowell named Joseph H. Collie Professor , articleMcDowell has extensive industrial experience in the production and business aspects of chemical and biochemical products as well as significant industrial management experience.
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Thomas K. Miller honored with emeritus status , articleMiller made significant contributions to the university through his work in a wide variety of education, research, clinical care, and service endeavors, including serving as vice chair for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, section chief of sports medicine, medical student clerkship director, and director of graduate and undergraduate orthopaedic education.
Date: Jul 31, 2024 -
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Peter Vikesland named inaugural Pryor Professor of Engineering , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2001, Vikesland is recognized as an international leader in nanotechnology and in the application of sensors for water quality monitoring.
Date: Jul 30, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2024 promotions, tenure, and continued appointments , articleThe board approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 11 meeting.
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Board of Visitors sets university budget, compensation plans for upcoming fiscal year , articleThe board also approved a $2.27 billion university budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year that runs July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025.
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to meet June 10-11 , articleDuring the two-day meeting, board members will consider resolutions on the 2024-25 university and operating and capital budgets, the 2024-25 faculty compensation plan, 2024-25 compensation for graduate assistants, and the graduate candidacy status tuition rate.
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Mario Cortes honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 31 years, Cortes taught architectural design, building structures, and watercolor.
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Ken Potter honored with emeritus status , articlePotter made significant contributions to the study and application of innovative technologies in instructional settings and the design and development of electronic performance systems to support online learning.
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Jane Ann Wemhoener honored with emerita status , articleWemhoener, a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 20 years, made significant contributions to international education and curriculum development initiatives in the Commonwealth of Virginia, at Virginia Tech, and abroad.
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Kris Wernstedt honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 17 years, Wernstedt made significant contributions to the interdisciplinary science of risk and decision making by managers in the public realm, private sector, and civil society.
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Suchitra Samanta honored with emerita status , articleSamanta, a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 18 years, made significant contributions to the fields of women’s and gender studies as well as Asian American studies through her work.
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W. Wat Hopkins honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 36 years, Hopkins is a noted scholarly expert on mass communication law — as a teacher of graduate and undergraduate courses in communication and journalism, as a department administrator, and as a representative of the university across the commonwealth and in the local community.
Date: May 21, 2024 -
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Brent Opell honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1978, Opell’s scholarship focused on organismal biology
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Michelle Olsen named I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science , articleOlsen, professor of neuroscience and director of the School of Neuroscience in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is an internationally recognized expert in astrocyte biology as it relates to disease pathologies such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Hector Tzavellas named H.H.H. Faculty Fellow in Economics , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2021, Tzavellas is a theorist working on network theory – a rapidly growing field of research with wide applications for analyzing economic behaviors and outcomes
Date: May 20, 2024 -
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Webster Santos named College of Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2006, Santos currently serves as the director of the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery.
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Felicia Etzkorn honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 23 years, Etzkorn made significant advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell division and collagen protein folding and stability in work funded by the National Institutes for Health and the National Science Foundation
Date: May 20, 2024 -
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Anthony Colaianne honored with emeritus status , articleColaianne, a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 46 years, was an advocate for humanities education and conducted research and taught on medieval studies.
Date: May 20, 2024 -
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Nancy Bodenhorn honored with emerita status , articleBodenhorn, a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 22 years, brought international visibility to Virginia Tech through her work in preparing and equipping counselors to serve in schools in the United States and abroad.
Date: May 17, 2024 -
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Jacqueline Bixler honored with emerita status , articleBixler, an alumni distinguished professor of Spanish, has been a member of the Virginia Tech community since 1980. She earned an international reputation for her scholarly work in Latin American theatre.
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Thomas Mayock named Michael G. Miller Professor of Real Estate , articleMayock's research focuses on the mortgage and housing markets.
Date: May 16, 2024 -
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Peter Potter honored with emeritus status , articlePotter became the first director of publishing services in the University Libraries, and in this role founding Virginia Tech Publishing, the university’s first home-grown scholarly publishing enterprise.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Marc Brodsky honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2008, Brodsky made significant contributions to develop and expand the instructional programming for Special Collections and University Archives, spanning simple introductory sessions on using primary sources to more specialized instruction on historical topics.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Greg Daniel honored with emeritus status , articleDaniel, professor of radiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, made significant contributions to veterinary radiology through his work focusing on nuclear medicine.
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Derek D. Klock honored with emeritus status , articleKlock, professor of practice of finance in the Pamplin College of Business, made significant contributions to the Department of Finance, Insurance, and Business Law by teaching multiple finance courses and Certified Financial Planner Board-registered courses.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Neal Vines honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 24 years, Vines was an early leader in information technology at the state, regional, and national levels.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
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Eric Wong honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 33 years, Wong made significant research contributions to poultry molecular biology focusing on the role of the intestine and yolk sac in nutrient uptake and host defense.
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Jennifer Hodgson honored with emerita status , articleHodgson, professor of microbiology and veterinary educational innovation in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, prepared future veterinarians to serve animals and clients across Virginia and beyond.
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Zachary Easton named H. E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2011, Easton’s scholarship focuses on hydrology, water quality, water management, and non-point source pollution.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
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Michael Persia named John W. Hancock Professor of Animal Sciences , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2014, Persia’s scholarship focuses on the mechanisms of nutrient utilization in chickens and turkeys.
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Peter J. Kennelly honored with emeritus status , articleKennelly served as the head of the Department of Biochemistry for 11 years and made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry through his work in Archaea, focusing on signal transduction mechanisms.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
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Dennis Dean honored with University Distinguished Professor Emeritus status , articleA former director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Dean brought international visibility to the university by advancing the fundamental scientific understanding of mechanisms underlying nitrogen fixation and the biological processes that lead to the assembly of iron sulfur clusters.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
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Anton Baudoin honored with emeritus status , articleIn 42 years at Virginia Tech, Baudoin made significant contributions to research on grapevine diseases and fungicide resistance and taught or co-taught more than 3,900 students.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
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Eric Jacques named Thomas M. Murray Family Junior Faculty Fellow , articleJacques has established himself as an outstanding faculty member in the analysis, design, and retrofit of reinforced concrete structures.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
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Matthew R. Eatherton named Montague-Betts Professor in Structural Steel Design , articleEatherton is internationally recognized in the field of steel structures and is acknowledged to be one of the leading researchers in the area of seismically resilient and sustainable structural systems.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
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Scott England named Crofton Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2016, England integrates space plasma physics with traditional aerospace engineering curricula to the benefit of engineering students.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
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Riley Fitzgerald named Ryan and Krista Frederic Junior Faculty Fellow , articleFitzgerald has built a rapidly rising research program in astrodynamics, orbit determination, cislunar operations, and space systems engineering.
Date: May 13, 2024 -
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Matthew Hicks named CACI Faculty Fellow in Cyber Security , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2017, Hicks conducts research, teaches, and mentors students working at the intersection of computer architecture, computer security, and embedded systems.
Date: May 09, 2024 -
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Donna Dunay honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 48 years, Dunay taught generations of architects to work collaboratively and inclusively across disciplines and to think critically while maintaining a spirit of curiosity and experimentation.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Roberta S. 'Robin' Russell honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 40 years, Russell made significant contributions in the fields of operations and supply chain management, health care quality and service operations. She served as interim dean of the Pamplin College of Business from 2022-23.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Gary Whiting honored with emeritus status , articleGary Whiting, professor of practice of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor of practice emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Layne Watson honored with emeritus status , articleWatson helped start the bioinformatics program in computer science, brought the first parallel high-end computer to Virginia Tech, and started the transdisciplinary collaboration that has become a model for the department.
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Arthur Keown honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for 49 years, Keown designed and taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses ranging across the finance curriculum, placing strong emphasis on program development and academic support for student athletes, financial wellness, and literacy for all students.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Cliff Ragsdale honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1990, Ragsdale made significant contributions in the fields of management science and operations management.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to hold virtual meeting May 8 , articleAt 1 p.m., the board will meet in open session and will move to closed session to discuss current litigation and public safety matters. At the conclusion of the closed session, the board will reconvene is open session and conclude the meeting.
Date: May 06, 2024 -
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George Morgan honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 39 years, Morgan focused on financial institution management and regulation, valuation, and risk management.
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Updated response to Graduate Life Center protest , article Date: Apr 29, 2024 -
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Ken Smith honored with emeritus status , articleSmith, who served the Virginia Tech community for more than 26 years in the Office of Budget and Financial Planning, the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, and as chief operating officer of the Innovation Campus, became the chief operating officer of the Virginia Tech Foundation in August.
Date: Apr 26, 2024 -
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Stephen Schoenholtz honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2006, Schoenholtz made significant contributions to the sustainable management of water and soil resources through his research in the U.S. and New Zealand focusing on effects of land use on water and soil quality.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
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Eric Hallerman honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1989, Hallerman has made significant contributions to fisheries science and conservation through his work in genetics.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
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Marcia Feuerstein honored with emerita status , articleFeuerstein arrived in Blacksburg in 1996 and since 2004, taught at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center in Alexandria. She has been an advocate for women in the profession of architecture, correcting the historical record and challenging historical and cultural biases through education and scholarship.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
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Wendy Jacobson honored with emerita status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1991, Jacobson taught design studios and lectured in both undergraduate and graduate-level courses.
Date: Apr 19, 2024 -
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Don Orth honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 43 years, Orth made significant contributions to the conservation and management of fishes through his work in streams and rivers.
Date: Apr 12, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees for 2024-25 , articleThe board approved a 2.9 percent increase in tuition for resident and nonresident undergraduate students for the 2024-25 year after considerable discussion and deliberation to seek a balance between access and affordability to the students and families who must bear this cost with preserving the quality of a Virginia Tech degree.
Date: Apr 09, 2024 -
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Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees, honors three faculty members as Alumni Distinguished Professors , articleAnthony Kwame Harrison, Raman Kumar, and Patricia Raun were recognized with the preeminent faculty appointment that demonstrates extraordinary accomplishments and academic citizenship through substantive scholarly contributions across all three of Virginia Tech’s core mission areas of teaching, research or creative activity, and engagement.
Date: Apr 09, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to meet April 8-9 , articleDuring the two-day meeting, board members will receive reports or updates on the university’s Global Distinction initiative, information technology, and agricultural facilities, and will consider a resolution on 2024-25 tuition and fee rates.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors committee to hold virtual meeting April 3 , articleBoard members will interview candidates for the 2024-25 undergraduate and graduate/professional student representatives to the board.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 -
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Board of Visitors to consider 2024-25 tuition and fees at April 9 meeting; virtual public comment opportunity scheduled for March 26 , articleIn advance of the April board meeting, Virginia Tech will provide a virtual public comment opportunity on Tuesday, March 26, at 11 a.m.
Date: Mar 08, 2024 -
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In memoriam: Maj. Gen. Jerrold P. Allen, former commandant of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets , articleAs the 34th commandant for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Allen led the corps through a significant period of enrollment growth.
Date: Dec 14, 2023 -
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Board of Visitors discusses topics on research growth, campus safety, and operations at November meeting , articleDuring the Finance and Resource Management Committee meeting, it was reported that Virginia Tech’s research awards and expenditures have grown by more than 10 percent.
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors to meet Nov. 5-6 , articleDuring the two-day meeting, board members will receive reports or updates on the university’s strategic plan, university enrollment, the Virginia Business Higher Education Council, the Whole Health initiative, campus sustainability, and the Innovation Campus.
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Chris Byron named C.R. Roberts Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine , articleByron joined the veterinary college in 2014 after completing an equine surgery residency and becoming board certified in veterinary surgery. He worked in both academia and private practice as an equine surgeon prior to coming to Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
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Promotion of Sharon Kurek reflects Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance’s expanded role , articleIn this expanded role, Kurek will continue to report to the Compliance, Audit, and Risk Committee of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and have dual administrative reporting to university President Tim Sands and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Amy Sebring.
Date: Mar 22, 2023 -
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Douglas Cannon honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2010, Cannon was an accredited public relations professional for more than 30 years, with military communication accreditation and certification in crisis communication from the Institute for Crisis Management.
Date: May 20, 2024
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