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J. Pearson wanted to do something to recognize his mother for everything that she did to raise him and his two sisters. When John Dooley, former CEO of the Virginia Tech Foundation, floated the idea of naming the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center’s Performing Arts Complex for Bernice Pearson, her son almost fell on the floor.
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In partnership with the Virginia Department of Education, a new program has been launched to encourage school personnel to participate in regular physical activity.
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The store celebrated a ribbon cutting in the former location of Bed, Bath and Beyond, and donated $5,000 to Wenonah Elementary School.
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The State Fair of Virginia Youth Livestock Sale of Champions raised $83,200 in support of the fair’s long-standing commitment to youth.
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The most in-demand college major for job opportunities in 2023 will be business management.
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A Sept. 23, 2022 article in Smithsonian Magazine examined the movement in the last year to ban books, and determined that advocacy groups were leading the charge, especially against books that contain LGBTQIA+ content.
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The American Federation of Teachers and the Student Borrower Protection Center have demanded that student loan giant Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority “cease and desist from engaging in a range of unlawful loan servicing practices and end the company’s scheme to deny student debt relief to tens of millions of Americans.”
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A group of U.S. lawmakers including Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 35 advocacy groups have asked the U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to extend the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver deadline until July 1, 2023.
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Two Virginia localities will not follow “model policies” that would roll back equal protections for trans students.
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A trip to the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind for one Virginia Tech alum went from a potential lucrative business opportunity to a donation toward a passion project.
