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        <description><![CDATA[ The Board of Visitors recently awarded the emeritus title to 18 faculty members in recognition of exemplary service to the university.  ]]></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[ Virginia Tech is one of 29 institutions awarded grants to promote character education among their undergraduate populations. The goal is to create a community of practice across Virginia Tech and Colorado School of Mines — two institutions known for their engineering education programs — to cultivate the next generation of STEM professionals. ]]></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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        <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[ The new vice provost will replace Rachel Holloway, who has announced her retirement after 36 years of leadership and service to Virginia Tech.  ]]></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[ The 2024 award, given annually by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, honored efforts to create accessible and engaging undergraduate research programs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Paying for college is not just about tuition, it’s also about housing and food expenses and handling emergent costs when they arise. Scholarships can go a long way to ease the challenge of college for students looking for a world-class education.  ]]></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 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia awards more than $7.4 million to support three Pell Initiative for Virginia projects to help recruit, retain, and graduate students.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The advising director for the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design has been recognized for his success with student retention. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The grants, awarded by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, will help kick-start projects around ecological and biocultural restoration, green infrastructure, rural health and education, whole health, and medical materials. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Through internship programs, Daniel Capelluto&#39;s research lab provides students a place free of distractions with an academic family and mentorship to help them stay focused and have the best chances of being successful. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The program, which is currently accepting applications for the 2024-25 cohort, is part of the university’s efforts to foster continuous leadership development. It aims to cultivate and enhance the skills, attributes, and mindsets of individuals who aspire to be effective leaders, regardless of their current organizational position. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During the April 26 event, students presented posters on 246 projects that addressed wide-ranging real-world problems such as wildlife preservation, cancer treatments, autonomous vehicle algorithms, and world hunger. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The funding from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia will help the university collect and analyze data about how work-based learning experiences like internships lead to positive career outcomes for graduates. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The cohort of prospective transfers for fall 2024 admission — 24.1 percent of whom are first-generation college students — are offered a robust array of resources to ensure both a seamless entry and a supportive campus community. ]]></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[ The annual rankings of veteran-friendly colleges acknowledge the university&#39;s ongoing commitment to support its more than 650 veteran students with resources and recognition of their service. ]]></description>
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        <title>The decision: Nine Hokies share how they chose their major</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ At the Majors and Minors Fair on Oct. 11, students who are passionate about their major explained how they landed on it—and what they hope to do next with what they studied. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech celebrates National Transfer Student Week</title>
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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[ Cowley plans to build on Career and Professional Development’s strong foundation while aligning its services, programs, and resources to prepare students for success in a dynamic and ever-changing workforce. He also is committed to advancing internal and external strategic partnerships that create more equitable access to opportunity and support the growing talent needs of the New River Valley and Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carol Robinson expertly guides students into health professions or postgraduate training — and her dedication earned her the 2023 Undergraduate Advisor of the Year from the national Health Professional Student Association. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The grant will fund programming aimed at increasing access, academic success, and graduation rates for Pell-eligible students from Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With support of a National Science Foundation grant, a team of developers in the Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations program in University Libraries is using virtual reality to develop an interactive universe. In the experience, users become virtual astronauts and move through space to visit all of the celestial bodies in our solar system.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Faculty join effort to make Virginia Tech a Certified Digitally Well University </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A new initiative from Hokie Wellness is showing faculty how to get students — and themselves — offline more often. ]]></description>
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        <title>Pathways General Education receives national recognition</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Five years after its launch, Pathways General Education has been named an exemplary general education program by the Association of General and Liberal Studies, establishing the university as a national leader in curriculum development and structure. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The two-day event on Virginia Tech&#39;s Blacksburg campus highlights research funded by the National Science Foundation. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Office of Undergraduate Research recently hosted the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Meeting of the Minds, a nationally recognized symposium that brought 70 students from nine states to present their work on the Blacksburg campus. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech’s Inclusive Excellence program helps science educators foster institutional change</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/UUA-HHMI-Grant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Through the extension of a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, more than 80 faculty and staff members working as part of the program will continue their efforts to change the university’s climate for marginalized students in the sciences.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new hires come as the department introduces the Faculty Liaison Program, which places faculty mentors for academic integrity in the College of Engineering and College of Science.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Academic Advising Academy inspires advisors to get better together</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Enrolling new participants now, the academy creates a community of advisors to consider challenges like communications, technology, and cultural humility. ]]></description>
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        <title>Should you change your major?</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 150-plus majors at Virginia Tech can leave you second-guessing your decision. Here’s how to decide if you should make a switch. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This summer&#39;s research projects ranged from the neuroscience of addiction to returning the voices of Native women to the historical record to studying the emotional interplay between mothers and children. ]]></description>
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        <title>Why 92 percent of first-year students return to Virginia Tech</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After celebrating their wins at a new event called First Year Finish, four students told us what people and experiences made them want to return to Virginia Tech this fall. ]]></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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        <title>English instructor&#39;s efforts are a win for individuality in the classroom</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Katherine Hall works to create an environment that is welcoming and equitable for all. For these efforts, she received the 2022 Sally Bohland Award for Exceptional Leadership in Access and Inclusion. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The event provides students with an opportunity to step outside of their academic focus and interact with students on different career paths.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A group of faculty members and students participated in an escape room experience that required the competitors to use logic, deduce clues, follow instincts, collaborate, observe, and think outside the box. These are skills that students will need to become great physicians while also dealing with patients&#39; psychological stress resulting from poverty. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Susan and David Keesee Endowment for Undergraduate Research within the University Libraries supports undergraduate research related to government policy and environmental sustainability. This year, the grant was used in part to purchase materials for three workshops involving wood, Rockite, and resin for undergraduate architecture students.      ]]></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>Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy focuses on seven strategies for innovative teaching</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Earlier in February, the university hosted 410 educators from as far as the United Kingdom and the Philippines, many of whom were traveling for the first time since the global pandemic began. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech one of 15 winning institutions for grant challenge to strengthen workforce learning, academic experiences</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university’s winning proposal focuses on expanding the university’s Presidential Scholars scholarship and student support program to reach more students from low-income households. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ To tackle the substance use disorder epidemic, the Appalachian Community Research course gets undergrads emotionally off campus and into communities they can help. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech receives $2.8 million grant from the Department of Defense; Stephanie Travis named director of Senior Military College Cyber Institute </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The grant will be allocated toward supporting scholarships for students interested in careers focused on cybersecurity and critical foreign languages, and supporting experiential learning opportunities. ]]></description>
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        <title>7 questions to reset your semester</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Do your learning habits need a makeover? This simple self-audit — and a session with a peer academic coach — will get you on the right track. ]]></description>
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        <title>Christina Fabrey named director of Student Success Center</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fabrey is responsible for overseeing retention and persistence efforts related to student support, including orientation and ongoing community programming with diverse student populations. ]]></description>
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        <title>Liesl Baum appointed chair of Virginia Tech’s Institutional Review Board</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In her new role as chair, Baum will work closely with the members of the board and the Human Subject Research Protection Program to carry out the mission to protect the rights and welfare of individuals who volunteer to participate in human subjects research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Important information, opportunities to meet other Hokies, and the call: Let’s go! Orientation plans include virtual experiences this summer for new students and families and in-person programs for students when they arrive in August. Live virtual sessions begin this month.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award winners announced</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Students were recognized for sharing complex research and presentations during the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Championing accessibility within disabilities studies</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Carolyn Shivers joined the Virginia Tech faculty with a passion for advocating for the community with disabilities. For her dedication to accessibility, the university has recognized her with multiple awards. ]]></description>
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        <title>Vigilance crucial, despite positive momentum</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During  a virtual town hall on March 18, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands was joined by Rachel Holloway, vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs, and Frank Shushok, vice president for student affairs, to discuss plans for the rest of the spring semester and into the fall.   ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech students organize, host virtual research conference</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference will be held March 25-27.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Rachel Holloway to serve as president-elect of national undergraduate education organization </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Holloway will lead the Reinvention Collaborative - a network of undergraduate vice presidents and provosts who are reinventing undergraduate education at research universities.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Class of 2020: Rowan Wooldridge translates complex research into meaning</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A biochemistry major graduating this fall with a minor in philosophy, Wooldridge was one of three recipients of the inaugural Undergraduate Research Excellence Award. ]]></description>
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        <title>Student voices helping to highlight importance of inclusion in the sciences at Virginia Tech</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/inclusive-excellence-student-fellows.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Inclusive Excellence Student Fellows seek to inspire students of color, transfers, and first-generation students to pursue their goals and learn from the stories of people from diverse backgrounds who have preceded them. ]]></description>
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        <title>Anne Brown earns 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Brown was recognized for her mentorship of the undergraduate research community and exemplifying the university motto of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) through her guidance. ]]></description>
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        <title>Students showcase summer research at the 2020 OUR Virtual Symposium</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Student researchers, representing Virginia Tech and other Virginia universities, embraced the virtual environment and helped pioneer a new format for delivering research for future conference participants. ]]></description>
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        <title>First Destination survey helps map the early careers, impacts of new graduates</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The survey helps the university understand what new graduates do after graduation and helps current students who are still working toward graduation see the diversity of pursuits and the opportunities around the world being afforded to new grads.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Lauren Thomas named director of Academic Advising Initiatives</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Thomas, who has been with AAI since its creation in 2018, will lead the office in providing support, new ideas, and professional development opportunities for the advising community. ]]></description>
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        <title>Mellon Foundation supports creation of a new Pathways minor in Tech for Humanity</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/clahs-mellon-foundation-tech-for-humanity.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The new minor, open to all undergraduates, will emphasize humanistic approaches to technology. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Astrid Meenan has advice for new Virginia Tech students: “Keep an open mind to opportunities. Don’t automatically think it’s not for you or that just ‘other people do that.&#39; Virginia Tech opened so many opportunities for me.” ]]></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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        <description><![CDATA[ Not just for artists – Virginia Tech’s visual arts and society minor makes artistic and creative exploration easily attainable for students of any major. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors are some of its biggest fans. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Office of Undergraduate Research has announced three students who are recipients of experiential learning scholarships this fall: Stephanie Flear for the Jacklyn W. and William R. Jones Jr. Experiential Learning Scholarship, as well as Amber Abbott and Kyle Rega for the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research Scholarship.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Keri Swaby moves to director of undergraduate research, Kara Latopolski to director of undergraduate academic integrity, and Rachel Kinzer Corell to communication manager for undergraduate academic programs. ]]></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[ The workshops are free appointments for students in all majors to plan their class schedules, study abroad trips, internships, and extracurricular involvements. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Laura Beaudet, a junior psychology major, has aspirations for a career in special education. Through her pursuit of a Pathways minor in disabilities studies, she has learned a great deal about herself and the people around her. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ From a pool of 30 creative and diverse proposals, five grants were awarded last spring to fund individual faculty, teams of faculty, and departments to facilitate the development of novel programs.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The group of Virginia Tech students was selected from a variety of disciplines to represent the university and share diverse research topics with their peers.  ]]></description>
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