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- - High-achieving inaugural cohort set for Calhoun Discovery Program
    The incoming class of Calhoun Discovery Program students, which resulted from thousands of applications and hundreds of hours of interviews, represents the first successful outcome for the pilot; out of the 47 students offered, 41 have selected to join the program this fall.
- - Virginia Tech’s strategic plan approved by Board of Visitors
    The Virginia Tech Difference: Advancing Beyond Boundaries guides initial steps to achieving the university’s Beyond Boundaries vision for becoming a comprehensive global land-grant university.
- - Virginia 4-H agent Hermon Maclin gives youth a voice for the digital age
    Since 2014, Maclin has served as director of Virginia Youth Voices, a program that enables 4-H youth to tell their stories using video projects, including music videos, skits, and spoken-word poetry.
- - Applicants to Virginia Tech exceed 30,000 for second straight year
    The university intends to enroll 6,600 incoming first-year students, a 400-seat increase from last year’s class.
- - Bestselling author and TED Talks presenter Dan Ariely to speak at Virginia Tech
    What causes humans to act irrationally? The behavioral economist will explore decision-making in the annual Distinguished Public Lecture of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
- - Renowned economic theorist shares vision for smart, renewable world
    Jeremy Rifkin’s principles, which he believes would provide for long-term economic security and development, are being implemented across parts of Europe and in China.
- - Cyril Clarke named Virginia Tech executive vice president and provost
    Clarke has served in an interim role since November 2017. Prior to that, he was the dean for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
- - Theresa Mayer outlines success, opportunities for Virginia Tech research
    Mayer, vice president for Research and Innovation, highlighted the ways that research at Virginia Tech has grown over the past few decades and its role in shaping the university’s mission.
- - President Tim Sands highlights research accomplishments, outlines work ahead in State of the University
    Sands encouraged the audience to consider what Virginia Tech will look like in four years, when its sesquicentennial class graduates, and how the university can best serve Virginia in the future.
- - Donations to Virginia Tech top $150 million for a second straight year
    The year’s strong fundraising results continue an important trend. Virginia Tech has raised $100 million or more per year since fiscal 2016.
- - Second year of College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund provides support for innovative faculty research
    Virginia Tech College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund awards for 2018 support faculty research projects in the departments of Psychology, Geosciences , and Biological Sciences.
- - VTCRI researcher, VTCSOM student team up to teach innovative treatment to Vietnamese therapists
    The therapy is based on studies of the effects of prolonged disuse by parts of the brain that may occur as a result of cerebral palsy or after stroke.
- - Luisa Havens Gerardo uses life, service experiences to lead enrollment management
    Havens Gerardo’s journey through education brought her to Virginia Tech in August 2017 as vice provost for enrollment management. She is leading the development, articulation, and implementation of a multidimensional enrollment management strategy that aligns with Virginia Tech’s long-range strategic goals.
- - Adaptive Brain and Behavior DA workshops engage campus for updates, information
    Informational workshops hosted recently by Adaptive Brain and Behavior Destination Area brought together faculty and researchers to learn about work in brain plasticity as it pertains to decision-making, physical and psychological trauma, and development across the lifespan.
- - Destination Area courses, student experiences continue to move Virginia Tech forward
    Destination Area and Strategic Growth Area faculty are developing innovative courses and student experiences through the lens of transdisciplinary engagement.
- - Policy Strategic Growth Area faculty discuss solutions to complex problems at spring forum
    Faculty from across the campus are working together to advance Virginia Tech's Policy Strategic Growth Area through interdisciplinary research discussions and presentations.
- - Dwayne Pinkney named senior vice president for operations and administration
    Pinkney will bring 23 years of financial and administrative management in higher education and state legislative experience to Virginia Tech, spending the last 14 years in progressively higher-level management positions at UNC-Chapel Hill.
- - Virginia Tech cybersecurity team wins first place in Deloitte cyber threat competition
    The interdisciplinary team of Virginia Tech students won the competition for their analysis and incident response approach to a simulated cyberattack.
- - Virginia Tech announces Calhoun Center for Higher Education Innovation
    The gift from David Calhoun will also support the development and implementation of curricula for the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program, a pilot model for collaborative learning within the Honors College that will train graduates for the 21st century’s innovation economy.
- - Virginia Tech alumnus David Calhoun gives historic $20 million to transform honors education
    Calhoun’s $20 million donation supports the launch of a pilot model of collaborative learning within the Honors College. A special event for the media and guests will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Moss Arts Center.

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