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At 4 a.m. on a recent Saturday, while many residents of Halifax, Virginia, slept, a group of 4-H teens began a two-day journey to Rockport, Texas, for spring break.
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The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has named Cornelia Rutherford as this year’s Unsung Virginian for her tireless efforts to preserve and grow the Virginia Renaissance Faire, a family-friendly event held at Lake Anna Winery over five weekends each spring.
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Graduating seniors at Washington and Lee University on Thursday were reminded of the institution’s long history, and in particular the history of Lee Chapel on the very day of its 150th anniversary, as President William C. Dudley used the chapel as a symbol for the need to create genuine community.
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Scientists at two of Virginia’s largest universities, working with clinicians from the two major health systems and a growing Virginia-based biotechnology company, have teamed up to address an important medical challenge.
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Hundreds gathered at Virginia Tech on Monday afternoon to mourn and remember the life of Virginia Tech President Emeritus Charles Steger, who guided the university into the 21st century as its 15th president.
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The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine graduated 41 students at its fifth commencement on May 5, the last one that Dean Cynda Johnson will preside over before retiring later this year.
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Virginia Tech President Emeritus Charles William Steger Jr., who led Virginia Tech through a period of unprecedented growth and historic transformation into one of the nation’s leading research universities, died Sunday evening, May 6, at his home in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was 70.
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When Virginia Tech electrical engineering alumnus Joe T. May ’62 was in high school, he says he wasn’t exactly on a successful path.
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Shenandoah University’s Office of Academic Affairs announced that music education major Drake Stoughton ’18, of Manassas, Virginia, and global studies and Spanish alumna Niulka Franco Marin ’17, of Winchester, have received prestigious Fulbright Awards.
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Last week the Virginia Department of Forestry dedicated and named its headquarters office the James W. Garner Building. Jim Garner served VDOF for more than four decades. He was appointed Virginia State Forester in 1984 and held that position for 21 years.
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