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Virginia Tech Stamps Scholars give back by building beds for kids in the New River Valley , articleThe Virginia Tech Honors College Stamps Scholars recently took to the top deck of a parking garage to build 24 beds for children in the New River Valley with a national nonprofit organization called Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Creative director for PRISM creates her own path , articleFrom the start, Charlotte Cannon had always known that she wanted to attend Virginia Tech. A passionate art student since childhood, Cannon was determined to pursue an education in both of her passions - graphic design and cello performance.
Date: Dec 16, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Grace Baggett finds her bearings in words , articleFrom the illustrated stories she typed out on old-school technology as a child to her time spent in the publishing realms of Virginia Tech, the English major knows her passion for words, whether her own or those of others, will help her after she graduates.
Date: Dec 16, 2020 -
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Joanie Banks-Hunt: engineer, educator, and trailblazer , articleBanks-Hunt, an instructor in the Virginia Tech Honors College who will complete her Ph.D. in education psychology with engineering education certification this fall at Virginia Tech, is one of six women featured in a new documentary series titled, “Inspire! Six Trailblazing Women Engineers Inspire the Next Generation.”
Date: Nov 24, 2020 -
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Reimagining education for today’s complex and fast-changing world , articleMany educators and employers agree there’s a disconnect between the skills today’s workers need on the job and what they are taught in school. While finding solutions won’t be easy, a group of more than 60 leaders from education and workforce development are looking to make headway.
Date: Oct 28, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Honors College to welcome its largest ever class of Stamps Scholars , articleHailing from four states, they will be the first cohort to arrive since the program was dramatically expanded thanks to the generous support of an Atlanta-based foundation created by philanthropists E. Roe Stamps IV and Penny Stamps.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
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Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children , articleA sociology class in feminist activism took its fundraiser online to support Aarti for Girls in Kadapa, India.
Date: Jun 12, 2020 -
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Commencement 101: Details about this year's ceremony , articleThe university ceremony will be online at vt.edu at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 15, and will be viewable on-demand afterward.
Date: May 11, 2020 -
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James Owens named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Engineering , articleA member of the Virginia Tech Honors College, Owens knew early that he wanted to be involved in research.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Rachel Kanefsky named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , articleKanefsky believes in leading by example. So much so, in fact, that Kanefsky wants to join the Army Veterinary Corps service provision in Africa.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Amber Abbott named 2020 Outstanding Senior for the College of Science , articleAbbott, a senior Honors College member majoring in microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences with a minor in music, will pursue a Ph.D. in the Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in the fall.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Lauren Haacke named 2020 Undergraduate of the Year , articleFive years ago, Haacke suffered a traumatic head injury. Now, she is graduating from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience as the winner of a Fulbright Scholarship and with the honor of being named the 2020 Virginia Tech Undergraduate of the Year.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Shielding medical professionals in the face off with COVID-19 , articleA Virginia Tech team is looking for volunteers who own or have access to 3D printers to help make headpieces for face shields. The shields will be delivered to hospitals in the Roanoke and New River valleys and to local emergency responders.
Date: Apr 29, 2020 -
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Christina McIntyre named vice president of National Collegiate Honors Council , articleThe National Collegiate Honors Council’s mission is to support and strengthen the community of educational institutions, professionals, and students who partake in collegiate honors education worldwide.
Date: Feb 27, 2020 -
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Scholars in Calhoun Discovery Program complete impressive first semester , articleLast fall, 40 first-year students began the inaugural journey into this unique undergraduate learning experience. At the first semester’s end, they shared their most recent work with David Calhoun, as well as the program’s leadership and industry partners.
Date: Jan 30, 2020 -
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Living, learning, and loving it , articleTwo years ago, Associate Professor and John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow Pablo Tarazaga and his family of six left their house in Blacksburg's Woodbine neighborhood to join 325 honors students in a residential hall on Virginia Tech's main campus.
Date: Jan 08, 2020 -
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Student hopes to tackle urban transportation issues through new smart and sustainable cities major, Calhoun Discovery Program , articleThe new smart and sustainable cities major, which is housed within the School of Public and International Affairs and is now in its second year, blends urban analytics and decision-making with sustainable approaches to development.
Date: Dec 10, 2019 -
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Honors College Senior Andrew Pregnall awarded Marshall Scholarship , articlePregnall, driven by his passion to remodel the health care system to improve the health outcomes of the LGBTQ community, is a double-major in microbiology and history. As a Marshall Scholar, Pregnall will continue to pursue his ambition by studying health data science at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.
Date: Dec 09, 2019 -
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Global Education Scholarships awarded to 27 students , articleStudents from every Virginia Tech college were awarded scholarships to support their plans to study in countries around the world.
Date: Nov 27, 2019 -
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Students reap early benefits of Calhoun Discovery Program , articleJust more than two months after they began, a handful of students shared how the Calhoun Discovery Program is already positively affecting their lives.
Date: Nov 20, 2019
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