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- - Two promoted to associate vice president roles inside Office of the Vice President for Finance
    Timothy Hodge has been promoted to associate vice president for budget and financial planning, and Robert Broyden has been elevated to associate vice president for capital assets and financial management.
- - Virginia Tech receives $15.2M gift to construct Student-Athlete Performance Center
    The largest-ever gift to Virginia Tech athletics will benefit recruiting, nutrition, and performance for all 22 varsity sports.
- - Virginia Tech announces search committee for senior vice president for operations and administration
    The search committee welcomes nominations for the position. Virginia Tech has engaged Russell Reynolds Associates to assist with this search.
- - Experience and commitment highlight staff changes in Office of the President
    A recent staff reorganization will bring a trio with close to a century’s worth of service at Virginia Tech to the Office of the President.
- - Three finalists selected for campus interviews for dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
    University and community members are invited to attend each candidate’s open forum presentation on “Future Trends: Visionary Opportunities for the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies.”
- - Rosemary Blieszner named interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; Elizabeth Spiller to take new post at University of California, Davis
    Blieszner will become interim dean on March 6. She has been a member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1981. A search for a new dean will be launched in fall 2017.
- - Julia Ross named dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech
    Ross currently serves as dean of engineering and information technology at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She will begin at Virginia Tech on July 31.
- - Virginia Tech, Whit Babcock agree in principle to contract extension
    In his first three years at Virginia Tech, Babcock has made four key coaching hires and oversaw the restructuring of the Hokie Club, the athletics department’s fundraising arm.
- - Virginia Tech to expand University Distinguished Professor rank
    A call for nominations will be issued later this spring, with the full nomination and recommendation process occurring in the 2016-17 academic year.
- - Don Taylor to be interim dean of College of Engineering
    Taylor will become a member of the leadership transition team in the college this month and will serve as interim dean when Dean Richard Benson departs for his new position as president of University of Texas at Dallas.
- - University Honors program to begin transition to an Honors College
    President Tim Sands tasked Paul Knox, University Distinguished Professor and senior fellow for international advancement, with providing leadership for the transition. He will convene a steering committee and engage stakeholders from across the university community.
- - Open letter to the university community from Beyond Boundaries co-chairs Thanassis Rikakis, Alan Grant, and Rosemary Blieszner
    Last year President Tim Sands challenged the university community to envision the future Virginia Tech. Since then, four representative committees with dozens of people have been collaborating by pointing their lenses on the future.
- - Graduate School Dean Karen P. DePauw wins outstanding contributions award
- - Theresa Mayer named Virginia Tech’s vice president for research and innovation
    Her appointment is expected to enhance the university's entrepreneurial and innovative culture, grow commercialization opportunities, build relationships with corporate and foundation partners, and continue support of the academic research enterprise, officials said.

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