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- - Fireworks planned June 8 as part of Reunion Weekend
    Fireworks are planned as part of Reunion Weekend 2019 and are expected to begin at about 8:50 p.m.
- - Susan Day honored with emerita status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community from 2008 to 2018, Day made significant contributions to the field of urban forestry.
- - Department of Biological Science’s Joseph Falkinham honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1974, Falkinham maintained consistent research funding from federal agencies including, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- - Brian Murphy honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1994, Murphy’s scholarship and research focused on fisheries management.
- - Virginia Tech is the ‘glue’ for 2019 Family of the Year
    After a cancer diagnosis and the devastating loss of a loved one, the 2019 Family of the Year shows what a Hokie really is: someone who is there for others and knows — both at games and in life — when to shout, “Let’s Go!”
- - Professional MBA Information Session for VT Employees
- - Kent Nakamoto honored with emeritus status
    Nakamoto served as head of the Department of Marketing in the Pamplin College of Business and as associate dean for research. More recently, he helped lead the college through a successful re-accreditation by AACSB International.
- - JUMP campaign to exhibit Reconstruction-era history
    A former slave connects the six themes of a new exhibit at the American Civil War Museum in Appomattox, Virginia, by Virginia Tech history faculty and students. Through a JUMP crowdfunding campaign, the team seeks to upgrade exhibit materials and make sure the younger generations learn about Virginia Civil War and Reconstruction history.
- - Privacy and Research Data Protections program to host series of town hall meetings
- - Chemistry’s Daniel Crawford honored as University Distinguished Professor
    Crawford, the Ethyl Corporation Chair in Chemistry in the College of Science and director of the Molecular Sciences Software Institute, joined the Virginia Tech College of Science faculty in 2000 and has since been recognized for his groundbreaking work in theoretical and computational chemistry.
- - Thomas Fox honored with emeritus status
    A member of the Virginia Tech community from 2000 to 2017, Fox made significant contributions to the field of forestry through his work in forest soils and silviculture.
- - Board of Visitors bestows highest faculty recognition on four Virginia Tech scholars
    At its quarterly meeting held April 1, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors unanimously approved three new University Distinguished Professor appointments and one Alumni Distinguished Professor appointment.
- - Prize-winning journalist Jodi Kantor to take part in Women’s Center's 25th anniversary celebration
    Known for her work revealing hidden truths about power, gender, technology, politics, and culture, Kantor will share perspectives with the campus and local communities.
- - Virginia Tech to increase staff minimum starting pay to $12 per hour in July
    This increase will raise the annual salary of approximately 225 employees who currently make less than $12 per hour. Approximately 312 employees who make between $12 and $13.50 per hour will also receive a salary increase.
- - In memoriam: J. Donald Rimstidt, professor emeritus of geochemistry in College of Science
    Rimstidt, a professor emeritus of geochemistry and former department head in the College of Science’s Department of Geosciences, died March 24, 2019, after a brief illness. He was 71.
- - Jay Winkeler joins Pamplin to lead Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics
    Winkeler will lead the Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics as it enters a new phase of growth and expansion and contributes more broadly to the university’s critical data and decisions initiative.
- - Three engineering faculty elected as AIAA Fellows
    Three faculty members of the College of Engineering were elected as Fellows in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- - Two College of Science faculty members receive 2019 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award
    Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor with the Department of Geosciences, and Leo Piilonen, a professor with the Department of Physics, are recipients of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2019 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
- - Linsey Marr receives Excellence in Teaching Award
    The award, presented by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, recognizes a faculty member's effective, engaged, and dynamic approaches and achievements as an educator.
- - Matthew Brandon named chief advancement officer for inclusion and diversity
    Brandon will coordinate advancement initiatives, including communications, alumni engagement, and philanthropy, to support inclusion and diversity efforts.

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