
Shenandoah University awarded $1.2M to educate military veterans
Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is now at the forefront of identifying and educating military veterans pursuing the field of professional nursing.

Shenandoah University’s Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing is now at the forefront of identifying and educating military veterans pursuing the field of professional nursing.

Longwood University has been designated a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).

A few weeks ago I had the honor of speaking at the National Institute of Cooperative Education Conference at Virginia Tech. Preparing for that speech started me thinking about the successes and benefits of coops, and I realized this was an aspect of agriculture where we don’t always give enough credit.

Dave Diles will become Virginia Military Institute’s new Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Superintendent Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III announced today.

Former Cavalier rower Jenny Shultis has been named an assistant strength and conditioning coach for Virginia athletics. Shultis, a native of Lexington, Va., has served as a graduate assistant in the UVa strength and conditioning department since the fall of 2012.

Bridgewater College welcomes four new full-time faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. The faculty members, who will arrive on campus in late August for meetings before the start of classes on Sept. 3, will join the departments of chemistry, English, mathematics and computer science, and philosophy and religion.

When was the last time you felt like you had set sail on a trip of a lifetime to see the world? What if you knew that for $25 you can taste local Virginia wines and craft brews and get your passport stamped five times on an “international adventure?”

Secure Futures, LLC, a developer of solar energy for non-profit institutions in education and other fields, announced today that it has completed installing a 34-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array on the roof of a low-income housing apartment building in Harrisonburg. This installation is the first solar energy system on low-income housing in the state of Virginia.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has traveled to the Middle East as part of an official Department of Defense delegation visit to U.S. service members stationed in Kuwait and Afghanistan, including members of the Virginia National Guard

Chris Nowinski, whose career as a professional wrestler ended after repeated concussions, will discuss his efforts to alert parents and health care providers to the dangers of sports concussions in children as Commonwealth agencies and community partners come together July 26 for “Brain Injury Report Out Day.”
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