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- - Forest landowners 'retreat' to the woods
    The retreat, designed for beginning woodland owners, will take place Sept. 20-21 near Providence Forge, Virginia.
- - Scientist’s gift to bring top-flight international lecturers to campus
    The Muniappan endowment will provide the Blacksburg campus and community greater access to speakers who offer fresh thinking on complex worldwide problems.
- - Faculty, staff can take free foreign language classes
- - Brett Shadle named chair of history at Virginia Tech
    With an initiative to make the Department of History more diverse and inclusive, Shadle steps into a new administrative leadership role.
- - Timothy Luke returns as chair of Department of Political Science
    Thirty-eight years ago, Luke joined Virginia Tech as an assistant professor of political science. Since then, his legacy has included university accolades in service, leadership, and program creation. And now, for the fourth time, he has been chosen for a familiar role.
- - Toni Calasanti receives National Institute on Aging grant to study how gender and sexual orientation affect caregiving
    The sociology professor will explore how heterosexual and same-sex spousal and partner caregivers draw upon existing gender identities, skills, and resources formed in relation to the gender division of labor over the life course.
- - Donald Hempson named associate vice president for international affairs
    Hempson will assume one of the key leadership roles in Outreach and International Affairs Sept. 10.
- - University’s global impact on display at international education expo
    Led by the Language and Culture Institute, representatives from across the university show off Virginia Tech’s internationalization efforts at the world’s largest gathering of international education professionals.
- - Wildlife conservation students take on real-world projects in capstone course
    Students in Professor Sarah Karpanty’s senior capstone course synthesize what they’ve learned and apply it to field projects with local agencies and organizations.
- - Marc Stern facilitates local solutions to global climate challenges
    Stern will use a National Science Foundation grant to study and develop workshops that will empower local communities to take action against climate challenges.
- - Inn at Virginia Tech steps up to provide additional support to accommodate student housing needs
    The Inn at Virginia Tech will provide three floors of guest rooms to the university in order to create a learning-centered living environment for approximately 325 students for the 2019-20 academic year.
- - Industry turns to Newport News program to build data science workforce
    The first cohort of 12 graduates will complete the business analytics certificate program on June 22.
- - Remote sensing with ArcGIS Pro workshops offered in Blacksburg and Williamsburg
    This comprehensive workshop is targeted to natural resource professionals, planners, public safety professionals, agricultural operators, educators, and others.
- - Global Entrepreneur Partnership to host students, faculty from around the globe
    During the weeklong program, students explore starting a business while faculty build partnerships.
- - 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.
- - Undergraduate research and study abroad experiences enlighten student’s career direction
    The combination of a study abroad trip and undergraduate research last summer sparked Rose Huenemann's career exploration into the global food industry.
- - David Schmale receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to New Zealand for harmful algal blooms research
    Schmale, a professor in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to improve the security of water systems by developing new remote-sensing capabilities to sense and respond to harmful algal blooms.
- - Virginia Tech creates partnership to build center for frontier materials in India
    The $2 million research center in Patiala, in northern India, will be named the Thapar-Virginia Tech Center of Excellence in Frontier Materials.
- - Virginia Tech, University of Richmond collaborate to offer Beer Brewer Professional Certificate
    The yearlong program will train participants to work in the craft beer industry, aiming to stimulate growth of the industry in the region.
- - Center for International Research, Education, and Development names business development director
    Joshua Anderson comes to Virginia Tech with experience in leading teams that seek funding and in writing proposals at large international humanitarian and development organizations.

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