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    'Writing saved me': Alumna Vonda Paige makes a masterful pivot , article

    Paige moved from a career in journalism to become an award-winning executive producer/producer of documentary films. Her film "The Woodstock of House" chronicles the rise of Chicago house music and is finishing up a run of 17 film festivals this year.

    Date: Feb 28, 2024
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    Hokies mentor young authors , video

    Neuroscience student Elea-Maria Abisamra has founded the Kids Can Write nonprofit and student organization. Kids Can Write connects Virginia Tech students with local elementary children to guide them through the process of writing and self-publishing their own book.

    Date: Nov 08, 2023
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    Career coach: How to write a resume that gets you noticed , article

    Your resume serves as an elevator pitch that helps get your foot in the door of a potential employer, so it needs to be compelling.

    Date: Oct 09, 2023
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    The changing nature of faculty mentoring , article

    With more than half of Virginia Tech faculty looking for increased support to be good mentors, a monthlong series of events from the Office of Faculty Affairs aims to reestablish what mentoring can — and should — look like.

    Date: Mar 03, 2023
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    An afternoon with Khadijah Queen, poet, author, associate professor , article

    Queen is an associate professor of English and an award-winning author and poet who has written six books. She moved to the New River Valley this past year and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Virginia Tech’s award-winning Master of Fine Arts program.

    Date: Jul 28, 2022
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    The Rule of Opulence: Poetry Reading by Khadijah Queen , video

    Video by Mark Blane. Khadijah Queen is an award-winning author and poet of six books, and an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech. She moved to the New River Valley this past year and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Virginia Tech’s award-winning MFA program, which is consistently ranked among the top 30 in the country by Poets & Writers annual ranking.

    Date: Jul 20, 2022
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    Writing retreat teaches faculty how to get writing done , article

    For many Virginia Tech faculty members, academic writing gets pushed to the bottom of a long to-do list. A three-day retreat sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost gave participants time to write — and strategies for creating a habit of it.

    Date: Mar 02, 2022
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    Hokie defies expectations , video

    Helped by Hokie scholarships and inspired by her mother and sisters, Manisha Sharma carries on her family tradition of defying expectations.

    Date: Dec 11, 2018