Thomas W. Broyles, director of the Virginia Governor's School for Agriculture, received the Young Agricultural Alumni Citation from Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Organization. The award was announced at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Homecoming, recently and will be presented at the College Scholarship Banquet, Friday, Oct. 22.

Broyles, from Warrenton, Va., is assistant professor of Agricultural and Extension Education. He has been working with the Virginia Governor's School for Agriculture since 2000 and was named director in 2003. The Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Agriculture provides academically rigorous educational programs for high school students across the state. The students are selected from the top academic level of their schools. They participate in a university atmosphere of studying and living for about four weeks during the summer and work in the areas of agricultural economics, animal science, food science, natural resources, plant sciences, and veterinary medicine.

Broyles was cited for his leadership in making the Governor's School for Agriculture the premier summer residential governor's school in Virginia. He also was cited for his work with the Alumni Organization working with the annual picnic and coordinating industry tours for the Governor's School with members of the Alumni Organization.

Broyles received all three of his degrees at Virginia Tech — his bachelor's, a master's, and a Ph.D. He taught for the Fauquier County Public School system from 1996 to 1999 when he returned to graduate school. He is active in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Association and several professional organizations.

Consistently ranked by the National Science Foundation among the top 10 institutions in agricultural research, Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers students the opportunity to learn from some of the world’s leading agricultural scientists. The college’s comprehensive curriculum gives students a balanced education that ranges from food and fiber production to economics to human health. The college is a national leader in incorporating technology, biotechnology, computer applications, and other recent scientific advances into its teaching program.

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech has grown to become among the largest universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and outreach activities and to fulfilling its vision to be among the top research universities in the nation. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries

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