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        <description><![CDATA[ From: Division of Facilities     The exterior ADA accessible path and the east side grass area adjacent to the Maroon Loop bus loop will be closed beginning on June 22 through approximately August 14 to accommodate ADA sidewalk improvements.     An alternate path will be provided and is seen in the diagram below.    Pedestrians may utilize the Interactive Campus Map to assist with navigation.     Questions may be directed to vtrepair@vt.edu   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new 1.5-mile test bed along Stroubles Creek in Blacksburg expands the CCI xG Testbed in Arlington into one of the nation’s largest, providing researchers and industry partners such as Verizon, AT&amp;T, Samsung, and Lockheed Martin with cutting-edge infrastructure to advance data and privacy security. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Altizer, retired buildings and grounds director A for the Division of Facilities, passed away on July 18. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Americans with Disabilities Act provides protection from discrimination for individuals with disabilities, extending civil rights protection to employment, transportation, public accommodations, and more.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Feely champions the idea of serving others, using his experiences at Virginia Tech to help better the lives of other students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This year, the Virginia Tech earned its highest score ever through universitywide collaboration focused on key sustainability initiatives.  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Division of Facilities is prepared to assist with all signage needs at the university. For projects that are not funded within a capital or non-capital project, the signage request will go through the Non-Capital Design team or through the Sign Shop. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Teresa Sweeney, waste and recycling manager at Virginia Tech, describes best practices when it comes to recycling on campus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The artists behind the beautiful Blacksburg backdrop are from the Division of Facilities&#39; grounds crew. The team is tasked with the maintenance, care, and beautification of the Blacksburg campus and contributing to the university’s inherent sense of place.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After Aug. 30, 2024, Virginia Tech’s Sign Shop will no longer be accepting or processing name tag orders. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sven Shockey, graduate of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture, leads the team responsible for the contemporary design of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus’ first building in Alexandria.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Custodial Services creates a more sustainable Virginia Tech </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Custodial Services team has incorporated environmentally responsible practices into the everyday items that Hokies reach for.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This summer, the division is undergoing a series of organizational and branding changes to position itself to continue to support Virginia Tech’s land-grant mission.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hamilton was a beloved member of the Custodial Services team.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess universities against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, were released Wednesday, and Virginia Tech ranked in the top 75th percentile of participating world universities in six of the goals. Overall, the university received a top-200 ranking globally out of more than 1,800 schools worldwide. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The board also approved a $2.27 billion university budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year that runs July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On June 11, the committee received a combined design preview and review for a new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant pathway in the North Academic District as well as a presentation on Virginia Tech’s process and progress made toward addressing and prioritizing physical accessibility improvements on the Blacksburg campus.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Starting this summer, the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities&#39; Renovations team will transition to the Non-Capital Construction team.  ]]></description>
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        <title>In memoriam: Jeffrey Pierre Trimble, Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Trimble, moving specialist in the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on April 21. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The YMCA at Virginia Tech program has diverted more than 10 tons of furniture and accessories from the waste stream since 2005. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Dowdy, retired housekeeper, passed away on May 24.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Casey James Reece, former plumber steamfitter in the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on May 13, 2024.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Holden Hall is the 24th Virginia Tech facility to become LEED certified and the ninth to earn LEED Gold certification.  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 02:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Bob Broyden will retire after 30 years of service. The Southwest Virginia native and Hokie alumnus championed the responsible and effective stewardship of university resources to achieve Virginia Tech’s strategic vision. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hokie alumni working in the Division of Campus Planing, Infrastructure, and Facilities reflect on their time as Hokie students and offer advice for spring 2024 graduates.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech&#39;s comprehensive and collaborative approach to sustainability initiatives helps further its Climate Action Commitment. These efforts are just a few examples of the ways Virginia Tech demonstrates impact as a global land-grant university — promoting sustainability in its surrounding communities, through Virginia, and around the world. ]]></description>
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        <title>Arbor Day celebration to take place April 24</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After receiving a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, a group of professors from the College of Engineering are working with Virginia Tech Electric Service on a project that explores ways of burying power lines underground in a safe, cost-effective manner. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Student Affairs celebrates community champions with Good Neighbor Awards</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/sa-goodneighborawards.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ This year&#39;s honorees were alumni Mary and Bob McClelland and Bob Broyden, interim vice president for Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <title>These women students are building the future of the construction industry</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ To celebrate Women’s History Month, students in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction talk about their passion and their reasons for pursuing careers in construction. ]]></description>
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        <title>An Inside Look at Capital Construction</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Melissa Philen, assistant capital project manager, shares her experiences working on the Student Wellness Improvements capital project as well as what led her to pursue a career in construction. ]]></description>
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        <title>Turf enhancement operations to occur March 4-8</title>
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        <title>Equity and Accessibility 2022-23 annual report now available</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/oea-annual-report.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Together, through our daily work, we find ways to overcome the challenges and create space for every individual to feel valued. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Pedestrian impacts: Perry Street Parking Garage elevator outage</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/adm-evergreens/perry-street-elevator.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <title>Procedure for Burruss Hall lighting</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On specific occasions, Burruss will be illuminated in either orange and maroon light or red, white, and blue light to acknowledge special university events or national recognitions. ]]></description>
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        <title>Transportation impacts: Southgate Drive paving operations to occur Jan. 24</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/adm-evergreens/facilities-southgate.html</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/adm-evergreens/facilities-pedestrian-impacts.html</link>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/adm-evergreens/facilities-mitchell-hall.html</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The annual holiday tree decorating performed by Virginia Tech Electric Service. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Price, former housekeeper for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away Nov. 10. ]]></description>
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        <title>Submit requests for summer 2024 renovation projects</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Improved processes spearheaded by the IT Transformation Program are making it easier for Virginia Tech departments to get the software they need, when they need it. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Johnson, retired construction inspector for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on Nov. 4.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new construction projects include a high tunnel installation at the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center and upgrades to the Hahn Horticulture Garden on Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Major General Randal Fullhart, Commandant of the Corps of Cadets, leads the Board of Visitors on a tour of the newly finished Corps Leadership and Military Sciences Building as well as the outside of the Upper Quad Hall North, the new residence hall for the Corp of Cadets, during the November Buildings and Grounds Committee session. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Responsible for the care of Virginia Tech&#39;s urban forest is the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities’ urban forestry team – four individuals with expertise in arboriculture and urban forestry who strive to cultivate a low-risk, sustainable, resilient, and attractive urban forest that current and future generations of Hokies can enjoy.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On Nov. 6., updates on Virginia Tech’s progress toward achieving its Climate Action Commitment and developing its inaugural utilities master plan were shared with the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors&#39; Buildings and Grounds Committee. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ One of the newest buildings on the Blacksburg campus helps bring together students from a variety of disciplines to meet the demands of commercial and government organizations seeking employees with strong data analytics and quantitative research skills.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Preparing for homecoming by talking with alumni Travis Jessee class of &#39;05, Nam Nguyen class of &#39;88, and Sandra Graham class of &#39;96 about their time as students at Virginia Tech, as well as reflecting on their transition to employees within the Division of Campus Planning Infrastructure and Facilities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ “Collectively, they represent our family&#39;s love for this institution — its traditions, our milestones and memories, and a respect for those who&#39;ve been here and those yet to come,” said Hunter Quillen Gresham, one of three siblings whose generosity made the Quillen Spirit Plaza a reality. The Quillen Spirit Plaza will be dedicated on Friday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From the installation of energy-efficient lighting to replacements made to underground water and sewer lines, projects completed by the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities further Virginia Tech’s sustainability goals.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Pedestrian impacts: Davidson Hall work on Sept. 20</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The opening completes the reimagining of Upper Quad for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets with facilities that will accommodate growth and excellence in leader development.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ President Tim Sands, the Commandant of Cadets, and chairmen of the alumni board spoke at the Grand Opening of the Corps Leadership and Military Science Building. The donor-funded building provides a centralized home to the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets administration, Military Science staff, the Rice Center for Leadership Development, a military museum, and Corps and ROTC support and training spaces. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ These projects prepare the physical campus for the future and champion the university’s strategic plan using priorities from the Campus Master Plan.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus will open to students in Alexandria in approximately one year. With the countdown on, construction crews continue to make major progress toward this goal. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meet some of the students who intern with the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities:  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Raines, retired Mechanical Services employee for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on Aug. 9. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors recently approved naming prominent spaces within the university’s long anticipated transdisciplinary Data and Decision Sciences Building  in recognition of gifts made by alumni linked to the professional services firm Deloitte and the accounting and advisory firm EY.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ At its June 6 meeting, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors unanimously approved a resolution to name the new 300-person auditorium at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus the Boeing Auditorium. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As Virginia Tech continues to see upgrades and additions across its campuses, the Office of the University Building Official serves a crucial role in helping to ensure that all construction, renovation, and maintenance projects are completed to university, commonwealth, and national standards for design and construction. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Times Higher Education released its 2023 Impact rankings for sustainability and Virginia Tech again earned a top-100 global ranking. The university&#39;s emphasis on eliminating hunger and food waste, sustainability research, and policies and procedures to help it become carbon neutral by 2030 all played a part in the strong showing   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hodge, retired quarry mason for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on May 17. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Linkous, retired HVAC installation/repair supervisor for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on May 16. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The recognition program highlights the integral roles that A/P faculty, which number approximately 2,700 Virginia Tech employees, hold as they lead and manage a variety of positions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Barnett, retired paint crew supervisor for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on April 23. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Meredith, retired paint crew supervisor for the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities, passed away on April 20. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A decade ago, on Earth Day 2013, a clone of the Henderson Lawn sycamore was planted in the location of its predecessor.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In just two years since the commitment&#39;s approval, significant progress has been made toward achieving a carbon-neutral Blacksburg campus by 2030. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Recent seasonal break work completed by the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities prepares the Blacksburg campus for a successful spring season.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Shanks Hall is a quiet place in the early morning, a space equipped for thoughtfulness and creativity and a space where housekeeping staffer Millie Yopp saw the signs. As she went about her work, she noticed the Department of English’s program advertisements. Those words changed her life’s focus.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A message from Office for Equity and Accessibility Associate Vice President Kelly Oaks. ]]></description>
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        <title>Lost class ring returned after 25 years underground</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ John Leschinskey &#39;97 thought he lost his class ring forever when playing volleyball as a student in the Eggleston Quad. Over 25 years later, it was discovered by the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities&#39; heavy equipment crew in the very place it was lost.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Access and affordability and experiential learning were among the several strategically important topics addressed at the board&#39;s quarterly meeting. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The utilities master plan will draw from the university’s Climate Action Commitment, campus master plan, and Beyond Boundaries vision to create a guide for sustainable and scalable utilities infrastructure that complements the evolving Blacksburg campus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The design process took two years to complete. The student team first looked at the other ambulances to find what qualities were beneficial to patient care before making their modifications. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The challenge, happening now through March 25, is all about reducing the amount of trash thrown away by recycling and other waste conservation efforts. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kyle White, a civil and environmental engineering alumnus, is the project manager on a two-part renovation project on the university’s Blacksburg campus that is slated to be completed when students return from spring break in March. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech celebrates Innovation Campus construction milestone with Topping Out Ceremony</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ More than 275 community members, partners, and friends joined Virginia Tech and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. to celebrate the next milestone for the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus – the “topping out” ceremony.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Construction on the first of a series of high-priority mobility and accessibility improvements will begin at Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus in January 2023. The first priority will include two interconnected twenty-four-seven-access elevator towers that draw on universal design principles to create an accessible pathway in the North Academic District. ]]></description>
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        <title>Participate in national Race to Zero Waste recycling challenge</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mounted on the west side, the new spherical MatSing Lens antennas direct the signals across the field to the east stands, delivering greater capacity to fans, greatly improving signal quality throughout the stadium, and making it possible to enhance service at other campus locations. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Walters, long-time employee of Virginia Tech, passed away on Dec. 7. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new grove of trees on the Blacksburg campus can be found on the western edge of the Drillfield for future generations of Hokies to gather, reflect, and celebrate the university’s resiliency. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For the division, this sesquicentennial celebration signifies a century and a half of building, maintaining, and fostering a unique learning, work, and home environment for all Hokies.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Nearly two years after the university&#39;s Climate Action Commitment was approved, Virginia Tech has made significant progress toward achieving critical milestones that help accomplish a carbon neutral Blacksburg campus by 2030. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Price, retired supervisor of renovations and dedicated family man, passed away on Oct. 27.  ]]></description>
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