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- - Alumnus helps kids explore freshwater streams and rivers by getting their feet wet
    Craig Roghair helped jump-start the USDA Forest Service’s freshwater snorkeling program for students from fourth grade through high school.
- - Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador
    Tropical Conservation and Biology, a six-credit course offered at Virginia Tech, is taught in the classroom, followed by a three-week study abroad trip to Ecuador.
- - Save Our Towns: A city shows it’s serious about keeping up appearances
    A new bookstore’s owner finds that complying with the sign ordinance is part of doing business in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
- - Entomologist from Vietnam gains global perspective at Virginia Tech
    Tran Thi My Hanh, a collaborator with Virginia Tech’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management, is learning from university experts.
- - Virginia Tech teams up with researchers in Niger to improve livelihoods
    Virginia Tech is helping to mitigate the pests that contribute to food insecurity in Niger.
- - Global Education Office names assistant director for global safety and risk and management
    Oberoi will be in charge of assessing and mitigating risk for university activities that involve overseas travel. She also will play a key role in coordinating communication regarding global safety and will direct emergency response for university-supported activities abroad.
- - Author inspires donation to encourage studying abroad in India
    Students of any major are eligible for the scholarships. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
- - First-generation students find connections
    The Council for Opportunity in Education recognized the unique situations first-generation college students face and declared Nov. 8 First-Generation Celebration Day.
- - Students tackle wicked problems at Clinton Global Initiative University’s annual meeting
    Seven Virginia Tech students working on four projects submitted proposals to answer CGI U’s charge: develop a novel solution to a pressing global issue and implement a project to create social change.
- - Meet the maverick mayor of Glen Lyn in new Save Our Towns season
    Hellbenders get help and a no-holds-barred mayor spices things up in season five premiere.
- - Virginia Tech to host gender and international development conference
    Open to the university community, including students, the conference offers intensive learning and networking opportunities as well as exposure to prominent experts in international development.
- - Dedication and passion elevate Virginia to second on Champion Trees national register
    The Virginia Tech campus is home to 13 state champion trees.
- - Virginia Tech gets federal grant for business education on East Asia
    The program will integrate the study of Chinese and Korean languages and cultures through coursework in Blacksburg and online, study abroad, and internships with companies.
- - Center for International Research, Education, and Development names communications director
    April Raphiou has been a consultant for the center since 2017 including work on a USAID-funded project in Senegal.
- - Crowdfunding project aims to give underrepresented students a chance to study abroad
    Global Education Office leads October fundraising effort.
- - Trainings required for faculty leading study abroad
- - Center for Geospatial Information Technology builds database to help Virginia’s veterans
    The center’s work will help 15,000 veterans access educational, employment, and support resources across Virginia.
- - Students study sustainability abroad
    Virginia Tech students explored a variety of cities in Europe as part of a trip with the College of Architecture and Urban Studies to examine sustainability policymaking and planning.
- - Virginia Tech researchers make small discovery that could keep millions from going hungry
    Two natural insect predators will be unleashed to curb a pest devastating to crops in Africa.
- - Virginia Tech economics departments build rare partnership with Austrian university
    Graduate students in economics and applied economics will now be able to study and do research at the University of Innsbruck as part of a student exchange program.

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