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- - Virginia Tech has strong showing in Gilman International Scholarship competition
    The federally funded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship supports undergraduates who might not otherwise study abroad because of financial constraints.
- - Faculty nominations sought for Fulbright National Screening Committee
- - Student leaders needed to welcome exchange peers to campus
- - Virginia Tech taps text message services to assist farmers in developing countries
    Cellphone technology has made it easier and faster for farmers to address pest and disease problems on crops.
- - Women and gender in development conference draws researchers from around the world
    Nearly 200 participants representing 11 countries and 17 academic institutions exchanged ideas on the impacts, experiences, and results of gender research in international development.
- - Program prepares farming communities in Nepal for impacts of a changing climate
    The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management is working to ensure that smallholder farmers in Nepal are prepared for agricultural threats affecting food security.
- - Students explore South Africa through agriculture
    Virginia Tech students spent a portion of winter break learning firsthand about South Africa as part of a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences study abroad course on food security, wildlife, and conservation.
- - Botswana president and first lady visit Centre for Conservation of African Resources
    The center, co-founded by Professor Kathleen Alexander, serves as a base for Alexander’s extensive work in Botswana and provides unique opportunities for students involved in both research projects and outreach efforts.
- - Field trip brings high school students face to face with Virginia Tech experts on European affairs
    A bus full of 75 Blacksburg High School students will roll onto campus in March for the first Essential Europe Symposium at Virginia Tech, a daylong program connecting them with faculty and college students.
- - Afghans team up with Virginia Tech faculty to cultivate agricultural innovation
    At a workshop in India, Afghans begin building mentoring relationships meant to help strengthen their country’s agricultural education system.
- - Virginia Tech increases international exchange participation, makes progress toward 2020 goal
    With more students taking part in the International Student Exchange Program, Virginia Tech’s study abroad participation numbers show promising growth.
- - Argentine Fulbright students get a taste of life as Hokies
    Hosted by the Language and Culture Institute, the Friends of Fulbright Argentina Undergraduate Exchange Program provides a meaningful study abroad experience for participants and brings diverse perspectives into Virginia Tech's classrooms.
- - Virginia Tech investigates how Honduran youth respond to crime and violence
    The study will show how violence affects youth in rural Honduras who often reject agriculture as a career path.
- - Trainings for faculty leading programs abroad
- - New liaison office brings Germany closer to Virginia Tech
    A new office in Blacksburg is a sign of the growing close relationship with the Technical University of Darmstadt.
- - Student veers away from traditional study abroad to spend five months in Morocco
    Andrew Knight was in search of adventure when he planned his study abroad experience. He got more than that during a semester in Morocco.
- - Best-laid graduate plans go wonderfully awry for Fulbright winner
    Initially selected as an alternate for a Fulbright grant, Alex Bala made other plans after he graduated last spring. One email changed all that .
- - Virginia Tech brings together partners in Senegal to tackle youth education, employment
    The Feed the Future Senegal Youth in Agriculture project, managed by Virginia Tech, draws more than 100 people to West Africa meeting.
- - Videos: In Peru, students learn hands-on approach to solving real-world problems
    Fourteen students come face to face with problems of deforestation and the blight of trash in the Peruvian countryside, meeting the people whose lives they work to improve.
- - Alumni networking event in Dubai proves strength of Hokie connections
    More than 85 alumni, students, and friends came together in the United Arab Emirates to meet fellow Hokies living in the Middle East and cheer on Virginia Tech's FutureHAUS team.

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