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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner pressed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to continue an experimental pilot program that has already helped put 41 low-income high school students on the pathway to college by allowing them to take courses for college credit through Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg.
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A $1.2 million gift to the VCU School of Education will be used to create the Anna Lou Schaberg Professorship of Practice in Education, a new faculty position that will concentrate on the theory and implementation of pedagogical practices that can transform a classroom, a school and a child’s education.
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The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at EMU announces a four-session course about police and community justice partnerships this spring.
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of February, is exhibiting in the Cabell/Arehart Gallery the student artworks from The Shenandoah Valley Governor’s School Arts and Humanities Program.
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On Jan. 9, AdvanceVT and the Office for Inclusion and Diversity hosted the 15th Advancing Diversity Workshop at The Inn at Virginia Tech. Around 330 Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and administrators participated in the event.
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The Food Safety Modernization Act will go in effect Jan. 26. Considered the most sweeping update of U.S. food safety laws in more than 70 years, it will affect the nation’s largest-scale produce growers, including some in Virginia.
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Jenny Cox of Verona was recently named Grand Prize winner of the 2017 Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) Try Transit Week giveaway.
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Owners of woodlands large and small can learn how to maximize their property’s potential at the 14th annual Woods and Wildlife Conference. This educational event will be held February 24 at Germanna Community College’s Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper.
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Gov.-elect Ralph Northam today announced key appointments for senior leadership positions within his administration.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $1.1 million in Homeless Reduction Grants through the state’s Housing Trust Fund for 13 projects in Virginia.
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