Carmen Sanders Named Educator of the Year
Virginia Tech will recognize Carmen Sanders as Educator of the Year during the Influential Black Alumni Awards ceremony on April 13. This year’s ceremony is held on the first day of Virginia Tech’s Bl...
Erick King Named Co-Recipient of Ut Prosim Award
Virginia Tech will recognize Erick King as co-recipient of the Ut Prosim Award during the Influential Black Alumni Awards ceremony on April 13. This year’s ceremony is held on the first day of Virgini...
ASPECT to Celebrate Its Tenth Anniversary During Graduate Conference
A party with cake, champagne, and dancing may help mark traditional anniversary celebrations. In the case of ASPECT — the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought — at Virginia Te...
Ardent Hokie Issues Giving Day Challenges for Two Colleges
When Jerry Hulick studied political science in the early 1970s, he was in Virginia Tech’s College of Arts and Sciences. Decades later, when the college divided into two, Hulick remained loyal to...
Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Army Scholarship
When Staff Sergeant Bryanne Peterson turned 17, she had a plan. She would become the first woman in her family to join the military, following in the footsteps of her father and grandfathers. Now ...
School of Education Graduate Leads Delegation to Review Architectural Designs
The ashes of burned books formed piles that looked like small mountain ranges. Melted metal beams lay in heaps, and broken glass littered the ground.
“It was eerie,” said Amanda Milella, one of fiv...
Religion and Culture Graduate Seeks to Build Bridges
Obaid Rehman believes human connectivity can change the world. “Real, meaningful relationships — that is what I think will truly bring about change,” said Rehman, who earned degrees in biological scie...
School of Education Graduate Gives Back to Haiti
In Haiti, the workday starts early, at 4 a.m.
The sun won’t be fully out for several more hours when Mario Calixte, a graduate of Virginia Tech, heads to his day job in the bustle of motorbik...
From Piracy to Poetry
Buccaneers in search of Spanish doubloons had home lives, too. That’s the conclusion of a Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences alumna who spent years studying the private lives of ...
Reading Between the Lines
The stories were raw and honest. Charged with emotion, words pooled out from the study participants, who were parents and teachers involved with educating students with autism in remote, rural Appalac...
Thinkabit Inspires a New Lab
“This was better than Disney World! Do we get to come back?” a Cedar Point Elementary School student exclaimed after visiting the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab at Virginia Tech back in April.
Cedar Point Pr...
Yolanda Avent Named Senior Director of Cultural and Community Centers
Yolanda Avent has been named senior director of Cultural and Community Centers at Virginia Tech.
Avent, who graduated from Virginia Tech in 1998 with a degree in history, is returning to he...
Giving Back to Those Who Serve
The day Paul Austin ’65 and his wife, Linda, met Daniel Crosson ’17 was perfect for tailgating. The temperate autumn breeze complemented the warm October sunshine. Chicago maroon and burnt orange blen...
Major Andrew Prunty Named Miami Game Hokie Hero
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew Prunty, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned a degree in history from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and a minor in leadership studies from ...
How to Be an Inspiration
Kristi Hedges (Communication ’92) is a leadership coach to senior executives and C-level leaders at companies around the world. Recognized for her expertise in leadership communication, sh...
Navy Lieutenant Commander Lauren Lawson Named Duke Game Hokie Hero
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Lauren Lawson, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned a degree in communication from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and a minor in le...
Translating on the Fly
Anna Bolton dodged the cooler of Gatorade aimed at Cleveland Indians shortstop José Ramírez, but she couldn’t avoid the cooler of water that followed. “Bienvenida al equipo,” Indians’ shortstop Franci...
U.S. Army Captain Nate Bier Named Clemson Game Hokie Hero
U.S. Army Capt. Nate Bier, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus who earned a degree in history from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and a minor in leadership studies from the...
A Public Servant Abroad
Kelly Tallman Clements arrived at Virginia Tech knowing she wanted to go into public service. After graduating with a double major in international studies and French in 1988, she went on to earn a ma...
Center for Autism Research to Host Symposium on Technology, Education, and Clinical Care f...
The Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research will host a one-day symposium Sept. 15 in Falls Church, Virginia, bringing experts on autism spectrum disorder from Blacksburg to the National Capital Regi...
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