The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will hold its June meeting at the university’s northern Virginia operations, June 12-13. Immediately following, the board will travel to the Virginia Tech Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA) in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland for a retreat, June 14-16.

The board will tour and meet in various university facilities throughout the National Capital Region. “It is important that our governing body get a sense of the scope of university programming in this region,” said President Charles W. Steger.

After the formal meetings, the board will travel to and tour the facilities used for the university study abroad programs and conduct meetings with presidents from Swiss, German, and Italian universities to discuss potential joint instructional programs and research partnerships. The board will receive presentations from three university presidents including Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Technische Universität Darmstadt, and Politecnico di Milano; hear from European alumni; and tour the Università del Svizzera Italiana.

“This is an excellent opportunity for the university governing body to see and feel the impact of Virginia Tech’s international dimension starting with our European campus, personally hear from European alumni, and learn of partnership options directly from leaders at several Swiss universities,” said Steger.

Board members will pay for their own travel and lodging costs. No formal actions will be taken at the retreat.

Virginia Tech has operated the Center for European Studies and Architecture since 1992. About 100 students study there each year. The Pamplin College of Business, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and the College of Science conduct regular study abroad programs. Other colleges use CESA for periodic programs and it is frequently used for conferences related to international study or research.

The board meeting schedule is as follows:

Sunday, June 12

==> 10:45 a.m.: The full board will tour the Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va..

==> 2:45 p.m.: Finance and Audit Committee and Building and Grounds Committee, National Capital Region Office, 1101 King St. Suite 611, Alexandria, Va. (Finance and Audit will meet in Room 610; Building and Grounds in Room 611).

==> 3 p.m.: Academic Affairs Committee and Student Affairs Committee, Washington Alexandria Center, 1001 Prince Street, Alexandria (Academic Affairs will meet in the VTEL Room; Student Affairs in the Red Room).

Monday, June 13 (Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, Va.)

==> 7:30 a.m.: Research Committee, Room 217.

==> 9 a.m.: Full Board, Room 214

Among topics on the agenda are a new Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural sciences, the Fiscal Year 2006-2012 Capital Outlay Plan, the university and other Fiscal Year 2006 budgets, benefits for part-time faculty, campus and workplace violence prevention policy, new student life policies, a resolution complying with the higher education restructuring act, and election of Fiscal Year 2006 board officers.

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 in 180 academic degree programs.

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