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        <description><![CDATA[ Continuing and Professional Education helps water and wastewater operators maintain their licenses, put new research into practice, and protect public health and the environment in communities across Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As associate director of the Virginia Tech Newport News Center, Mallory Tuttle M.S. ’14 builds partnerships and creates opportunity across Hampton Roads — work that recently earned her recognition of one of Virginia&#39;s Forty Under 40. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Secure Energy Future Center at Tech Center Research Park connects researchers, industry, and local leaders working on energy resilience across Hampton Roads. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers, practitioners, and community leaders gather in Roanoke to share strategies and strengthen partnerships supporting recovery across Appalachia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The popular 34-mile rail trail generates more than $61 million annually and supports hundreds of jobs across four counties, reflecting its vital role in the region’s economy as communities rebuild after Hurricane Helene.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A partnership led by the Virginia Tech Southwest Center will prepare residents for careers in land reclamation, environmental restoration, and clean energy, linking local expertise with new regional opportunities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In anticipation of potential wintry weather, Virginia Tech has put snow emergency routes on the Blacksburg campus in effect starting at 5 p.m. Friday. All state vehicles parked along the snow routes must also be moved during this time to ensure streets remain open for emergency use.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 2026 Carnegie classification recognizes the university&#39;s long-standing commitment to community engagement through trusted, reciprocal partnerships, a designation the university has held continuously since 2006. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Early Childhood Education Initiatives relies on a team of faculty, staff, and students to bring new programs and services to working families at Virginia Tech. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Susan E. Short, associate vice president for engagement with Outreach and International Affairs, explains why the most meaningful partnerships involve faculty and students who approach communities with curiosity and respect.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Master’s degree students at the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center increase the region’s access to mental health services while also getting a “heavy dose of reality” through experiences with at-risk youth, underserved communities, and local schools. ]]></description>
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        <title>For 20 years, School Leaders Institute has helped shape the future of education in Virginia</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carrie Kroehler’s impact and dedication to communicating science was recognized with the American Heart Association&#39;s first Roanoke STEM Goes Red, Women in STEM Award, alongside Ashley Sloan, lead instructor of the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab at the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center, at the association&#39;s executive breakfast. ]]></description>
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        <title>Conversations in Richmond take One Small Step toward bridging divides</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ StoryCorps 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. ]]></description>
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        <title>Roanoke Center teams up with area schools to build excitement around STEM </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students 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. ]]></description>
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        <title>Allison Mays tapped to lead Southwest Center in Abingdon</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With 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.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Through 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.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Corporate Research Center-led coalition wins GO Virginia grant to advance green hydrogen in Hampton Roads</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The $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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Emerging 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Aiming 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Across the commonwealth, most towns and cities are led by men. The Virginia Women&#39;s Municipal Leadership Institute hopes to change that by teaching women the skills they need to feel confident pursuing management roles in municipal governments.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Weimer will serve as chief administrator for the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center and the Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With 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. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Penny McCallum has touched thousands of lives in the hills and hollers of the region, changing classrooms through programs that improve instruction and inspire students. ]]></description>
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