The Wayne Robinson Principles of Community 5K run/walk and one-mile run/walk, sponsored by the Office for Equity and Inclusion and the Montgomery County, Floyd County, and Radford City Branch of the NAACP, are scheduled to take place on campus, Friday, Sept. 5.

Check-in for the run/walk will begin at 4:45 p.m. near the Duck Pond on West Campus Drive. The 5K walk will begin at 5:15 p.m., followed by the 5K run at 5:30 p.m. The one-mile walk will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the one mile run at 6:15 p.m.

The Principles of Community run/walk event is named in honor of Wayne Robinson, a 1980 graduate from Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. Robinson served as captain of the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team from 1976 to 1980 and was part of the Metro Conference Basketball Tournament Championship Team in 1979. He played in the NBA and in Europe from 1980 to 1988. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. Robinson currently serves as a board member for the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and the Multicultural Alumni Advisory Board.

Today, Robinson heads the Diversity Practice Division of Wyndham Mills International Inc., an executive search firm located in Greensboro, N.C. He also serves as senior pastor of the New Millennium Christian Center Inc., a dynamic denominational ministry.

All age groups and experience levels are welcome to participate in the run/walk event that is open to the public. Registration fees for the 5K run/walk are $15 for participants 16 years and over, youth (under the age of 16) $10. Registration fees for those participating in the one-mile run/walk are $10 for those 16 years and over, youth (under the age of 16) $5. Proceeds benefit the Wayne Robinson Endowed Scholarship, which is part of the new Presidential Scholarship Initiative.

You must register to participate in the event. Registration forms are available online. For more information, contact Ray Plaza at (540) 231-7289.

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