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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.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
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Grant will help build the future of Central Appalachia’s construction workforce , articleThe Center for Economic and Community Engagement, in partnership with the Virginia Center for Housing Research, received an Appalachian Regional Commission grant to address the affordable housing crisis and promote innovative and sustainable construction practices in the region
Date: Oct 31, 2023 -
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Regional consortium awarded federal Tech Hubs Strategy Development Grant , articleThe proposal heavily leverages the Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s Advanced Manufacturing Team, led by Professor Chris Williams.
Date: Oct 23, 2023 -
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High schoolers get their feet wet in groundbreaking aquaculture program , articleThe shellfish industry has always been a huge part of the economy in Virginia’s Northern Neck and middle peninsula regions. It has been difficult, though, to get young people interested in the field.
Date: Sep 26, 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 -
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With real-world research, economic development capstone students help Virginia communities attract remote workers , articleA collaboration between the Center for Economic and Community Engagement, Main Street America, and Virginia Main Street has grad students doing hands-on experiential learning to discover what makes Virginia towns feel like home sweet home for remote workers.
Date: May 30, 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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Fulbright scholar Joanie Willett studies the secrets of main street success , articleThe University of Exeter lecturer is working with the Center for Economic and Community Engagement to examine how revitalization efforts in Appalachian towns may also work for struggling town centers in England.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive National Science Foundation award to secure vegetable production in a changing environment , articleResearchers in the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture and the Virginia Tech Applied Research Cooperation will use the $750,000 Convergence Accelerator program grant to develop climate-smart, economically efficient, and environmentally sustainable precision agricultural practices.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Center for Economic and Community Engagement helps Mount Rogers region boost outdoor tourism , articleThe project, said Executive Director John Provo, is a great example of the ways the center partners with communities across the commonwealth to help improve their quality of life through the resources of the university.
Date: Feb 23, 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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Strategic partnerships spur economic development, fuel experiential learning opportunities , articleJohn Provo, executive director of the Center for Economic and Community Engagement, knows that payoffs can be big when faculty members collaborate with industry leaders: Companies thrive, communities prosper, and students’ lives are transformed.
Date: Nov 23, 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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High-speed training: Transportation internship gives grad student hands-on learning experience , articleJason Schwartz, a master's student in urban and regional planning, says his work as a graduate assistant for the Center for Economic and Community Engagement prepared him for the challenges of public service.
Date: Oct 21, 2022 -
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner visits Virginia Tech to discuss CHIPS Act potential , articleWarner visited Virginia Tech's campus to brainstorm ways that academic leaders, industry partners, and government can come together to leverage the opportunity of the CHIPS Act.
Date: Sep 26, 2022 -
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Eminent researchers around the country help launch the new Center for Rural Education , articleImagine a gathering of the most innovative and prominent scholarly researchers who are offering their intelligence, experience, and time. That describes the Rural Education Summit, held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on Aug. 26, which officially launched the new Center for Rural Education.
Date: Sep 20, 2022 -
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Students’ dashboard helping alumna’s Hampton Roads nonprofit close Black wealth gap , articleStudents turn to data analytics to help the nonprofit Black BRAND better understand the factors that affect the economic and social progress of Black residents in the region.
Date: Jun 24, 2022
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