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- - Christina McIntyre named vice president of National Collegiate Honors Council
    The 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.
- - Scholars in Calhoun Discovery Program complete impressive first semester
    Last 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.
- - Living, learning, and loving it
    Two 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.
- - Student hopes to tackle urban transportation issues through new smart and sustainable cities major, Calhoun Discovery Program
    The 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.
- - Honors College Senior Andrew Pregnall awarded Marshall Scholarship
    Pregnall, 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.
- - Global Education Scholarships awarded to 27 students
    Students from every Virginia Tech college were awarded scholarships to support their plans to study in countries around the world.
- - Students reap early benefits of Calhoun Discovery Program
    Just more than two months after they began, a handful of students shared how the Calhoun Discovery Program is already positively affecting their lives.
- - Jim Owens awarded Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award
    Owens, a senior majoring in chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, will be presented the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship at a lecture by NASA astronaut Daniel C. Brandenstein, on Nov. 15.
- - Workshop to guide adaptive lifelong learning for inclusive knowledge economy
    Virginia Tech is hosting the Adaptive Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive Knowledge Economy workshop from Oct. 25-27 in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
- - Partners explore real-world problems with Calhoun Discovery Scholars
    A handful of organizations have partnered with the Calhoun Discovery Program and recently came to campus for their first joint meeting with the program’s inaugural cohort.
- - Three College of Science faculty receive Luther and Alice Hamlett honors to support research
    Three faculty members in the Virginia Tech College of Science were recently honored with faculty fellowships named for Luther and Alice Hamlet by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
- - Stamps scholarships expanding to offer more opportunities at Honors College
    Since partnering with the university, five Stamps Scholarships have been available each year, resulting in Virginia Tech having a total of 19 Stamps Scholars, eight of whom have graduated. Beginning in the fall 2020, 10 Stamps Scholarships will be available each year.
- - Honors College assistant professor receives grant to improve student access to computational research
    Nikki Lewis has been given a 4-VA grant for $50,000 over the course of two years that provides funding to improve student access to computational research.
- - Virginia Tech launches ‘Tech for Humanity’ to ensure technologies are in service to humanity
    Led by Sylvester Johnson, the initiative reflects Virginia Tech’s commitment to advancing human-centered approaches to technology innovation.
- - 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.
- - Three students win 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
    The Goldwater Scholarship is the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in the United States.
- - Professor seeks solutions for wildfire resilience
    People across the country are tackling the problem of wildland fire through many avenues, from prevention to restoration. But Anne-Lise Velez, collegiate assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the Honors College, argues that communication is key.
- - Caroline Rector named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the Pamplin College of Business
    Rector says the discipline and time management skills she learned at Virginia Tech helped her achieve her goal of earning dual degrees in finance and real estate.
- - Timothy Miles named 2019 Outstanding Senior for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
    An unexpected change in plans helped the religion and culture major forge a new path that will take him to Morocco with the Peace Corps.
- - Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment
    The wildlife conservation major has been involved in research projects that have taken her from the forests of Virginia to the jungles of Belize.

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