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        <title>First-Year Experiences program offers students holistic help, right from the start</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The First-Year Experiences program, now in its 14th year, helps first-year and transfer students thrive by embedding courses directly within each academic college and major. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sible will succeed Rachel Holloway, who announced her retirement after 11 years as vice provost and 36 years of service to Virginia Tech.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new vice provost will replace Rachel Holloway, who announced her retirement after 36 years of leadership and service to Virginia Tech.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Jane Robertson Evia receives a national teaching award for her First-Year Experiences course </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Robertson Evia of the Department of Statistics received the award, Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars, for her work with first-year students and her focus on their well-being. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Through her 36 years at Virginia Tech, Holloway has maintained a singular focus on students and exerted a transformative impact on the undergraduate experience. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new online academy, a community of practice, and an international journal are elevating how undergrads mentor, tutor, and coach students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The largest number of prospective students to date attended the weekend event on March 16-17. Virginia Tech welcomed 2,823 students and guests on Saturday, and 2,837 on Sunday. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Howell was honored at the annual conference of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Four transfer students share their experiences as the university marks National Transfer Student Week from Oct. 16-20.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising recognized excellence in advisors from University Studies and Scholarship Support and the Department of Biological Sciences. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech continues to make work-based experiential learning, which includes internships and similar co-op experiences, central to its hands-on, minds-on approach to undergraduate education.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A deployed friend inspired First-Year Experience instructors in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction to create a Veterans Day project that serves service members. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Natural Resources and Environment’s 8-year-old Advising Center is making a significant impact in setting students up for success in college and future careers. ]]></description>
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        <title>Kendria Mason named First-Year Experiences coordinator</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ “The first year of college can set the trajectory for our students’ education, and my hope in this position is to work with our faculty and campus partners to provide students with the tools to be successful through graduation and the rest of their lives,&#34; Mason said. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As a co-teacher of the physics First-Year Experience course, Robinson works to create an inclusive classroom in STEM and to encourage students to &#34;think like a physicist.&#34;  ]]></description>
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        <title>You Are Here Now: New CAUS course builds community for first-year students through experiencing Blacksburg campus</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The course intends to inform students about campus resources, while also building community and looking at disciplines through the broader perspectives of social, economic, and historical forces. ]]></description>
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        <title>Passport Project will help more students access study abroad</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A grant from the Institute of International Education aims to encourage study abroad by providing free U.S. passports to students. Eligible first-year students are encouraged to apply with the Global Education Office.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Move-Out</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A hybrid between academic advising and financial aid counseling, HUB students receive one-on-one support and meet with mentors to discuss how they frame success and can work on broad goals.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Herbert Bruce has been helping students make the transition to college for almost 20 years. Now, he’s faced the most challenging of starts to a semester yet — and helped students see success along the way. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The VTBound program was created to support virtual learning for international students who are in numerous time zones so they are able to begin their education at Virginia Tech in fall 2020. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university is projected to reach its freshman class target of 6,675 – the second largest incoming class in history – with students representing 46 states and 46 countries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Nasser, a senior double majoring in neuroscience and creative writing, is not sure exactly where he will end up, but he knows he is on his way to becoming a physician. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Advising focus gives Virginia Tech students the opportunity to work one-on-one with an academic advisor to explore, plan, and implement the process of choosing a major. ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/miles-polhamus-ssc-calhoun-scholar.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The new smart and sustainable cities major, which is housed within the School of Public and International Affairs and is now in its second year, blends urban analytics and decision-making with sustainable approaches to development.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ One in five Virginia Tech graduates come to campus as transfer students. While their personal and professional goals vary as much as their majors and intended academic paths, they have in common the support they find and the community they build together as Hokies.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This year’s Fall Family Weekend, Sept. 20-22, allows families the chance to visit their students and experience all that Virginia Tech and Blacksburg have to offer.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Welcome Week activities continue through Saturday</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A packed schedule of Welcome Week events and activities will help students get to know campus and find friends.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The report from the Commission on Fraternity and Sorority Life Culture outlines findings of a year-long study and presents recommendations for improving and enhancing Virginia Tech&#39;s fraternity and sorority programs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The annual institute is a two-day professional development event for faculty, advisors, and other administrators working with Virginia Tech’s First-Year Experience courses, Pathways to General Education, or the HHMI Inclusive Excellence Grant. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ It was a historic weekend for Virginia Tech. Always known for its signature Hokie hospitality, the university campus community pulled out all the stops to welcome close to 9,000 admitted students and families for the largest Hokie Focus event to date.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The National Resource Center for First-Year Experiences and Students in Transition recently honored Lori Blanc of the Virginia Tech College of Science with its 2017-2018 Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars award.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The book explores the lives of two individuals with the same name who grew up in similar neighborhoods in Baltimore. The two Wes Moores’ lives diverge dramatically, one taking a path that ends in incarceration and the other a path that leads to a Rhodes Scholarship.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students submitted essays around the question: What does it mean to you to live a life of service and how do you make life choices that embody this value? ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2016/02/022416-uged-commonbook.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Common Book committee reaffirmed Eric Greiten&#39;s autobiography of his life of service for 2016-17. In addition, the committee is seeking recommendations for the 2017-18 Common Book. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Eric Greitens – a former Navy SEAL, founder of The Mission Continues, best-selling author, and candidate for the governor of Missouri – will visit Virginia Tech next month to discuss his life, part of which is detailed in his book, “The Heart and the Fist,” which was selected as Virginia Tech’s 2015-16 Common Book. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jennifer Helms Culhane has been appointed the new director of first-year academic initiatives.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Launched this fall, the Keystone Experience will give purpose to opportunities students have outside the classroom. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This co-curricular initiative links students&#39; in- and out-of-classroom experiences to strive toward holistic learning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As thousands of new students attend Orientation this July, the Orientation staff works hard to keep up its enthusiasm each day throughout the summer.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Office of First Year Experiences is coordinating a series of events this month to celebrate the university’s Common Book. All of the events are free and open to the public. ]]></description>
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        <title>New academic opportunities for students in 2014-15</title>
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