
$5 million gift from Virginia Tech alum creates pathway for 60 first-generation students per year
When Virginia Tech electrical engineering alumnus Joe T. May ’62 was in high school, he says he wasn’t exactly on a successful path.

When Virginia Tech electrical engineering alumnus Joe T. May ’62 was in high school, he says he wasn’t exactly on a successful path.

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.

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.

Eastern Mennonite University has retained its crown as the RecycleMania champion of Virginia. For the fourth straight year, EMU finished first among Virginia colleges and universities entered in the Competition Division (diversion subcategory) of the annual nationwide contest.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.9 million to Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, and Louisiana State University to detect and control lead in drinking water.

Members of Youth of Virginia Speak Out About Traffic Safety statewide Youth Advisory Council, along with Regional Trainers and students selected to serve as youth leaders for the YOVASO Summer Leadership Retreat, participated in a special training session at the Virginia State Police Driver Training Complex.

The University of Virginia issued a no trespass warning to Jason Kessler of Charlottesville on Thursday evening. The University is in the process of serving Kessler with the warning.

The tallest drone park in the United States officially opened Thursday on Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus.

Governor Ralph Northam announced Monday that Virginia’s signature Medicaid initiative for addressing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders has generated significant results in its first year, increasing access to treatment and reducing the burden on hospital emergency departments.

The VCU Wilder School’s Center for Public Policy and the Virginia secretary of public safety and homeland security are sponsoring a forum on school safety on April 23 that will examine how officials can best assess, investigate and resolve potential threats as well as the evolving role of school resource officers.
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