Board of Visitors to meet Nov. 5-6

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will hold its quarterly board meeting at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Nov 6, in the Board Room of Torgersen Hall (Room 2100) on the Blacksburg campus.

In addition, the Executive Committee will meet in closed session on Sunday, Nov. 5 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the New River Room at The Inn at Virginia Tech. The Research Committee will also meet in open session on Sunday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at VT KnowledgeWorks located at the Corporate Research Center (Lakeview Conference Room, Suite 1000, 2200 Kraft Drive) in Blacksburg.

The following committee sessions will be held on Monday, Nov 6 (meetings will be at The Inn at Virginia Tech unless otherwise noted):

• The Academic Affairs Committee will meet in closed session at 8:30 a.m. in the Drillfield Conference Room and open session at 9:15 a.m. At the conclusion of the meeting, the committee will tour the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown.
  
  
• The Buildings and Grounds Committee will depart at 7:45 a.m. from the lobby of The Inn at Virginia Tech for a tour of the quarry operation. They will return to the inn to meet in closed session from 9:15 to 10 a.m. in the New River Conference Room, followed by open session at 10 a.m. in the Huckleberry Room. The Building and Grounds Committee will then join the Finance and Audit Committee at 11:15 a.m. in the Duck Pond Room.
  
  
• The Finance and Audit Committee will meet in closed session at 7:30 a.m. in the 1870 Salon and will meet in open session at 8:30 a.m. in the Duck Pond Room.
  
  
• The Student Affairs Committee will meet with student leaders at Owens Hall and tour the building from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. The committee will meet in open session at 9:15 a.m. in the Cascades Room.

Among the topics to be discussed during the two day meeting are the university’s policy on Virginia Tech-sponsored applications for permanent residency; faculty compensation for special service during state emergencies; revisions to the board of visitors by-laws; summer session enrollment; and the university’s NCAA reaccredidation process.

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech is the most comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and engagement 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 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.