
Northam awards $6M in School Security Equipment Grants
Gov. Ralph Northam has awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to help protect students and teachers in 340 schools in 70 school divisions.

Gov. Ralph Northam has awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to help protect students and teachers in 340 schools in 70 school divisions.

Dan Veach, the founder and editor emeritus of the Atlanta Review, will read from his most recent poetry collection, Lunchboxes, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Bridgewater College.

Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam is encouraging schools and communities to participate in Virginia Farm to School Week from Oct. 7–11, including the annual “Crunch Heard ‘Round the Commonwealth” on Oct. 9.

Four Staunton City Schools remain accredited for the 2019-2020 school year: Bessie Weller Elementary, T.C. McSwain Elementary, A.R. Ware Elementary and Staunton High School.

Virginia Tech is leading a team of Virginia universities to develop a statewide STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education network.

Fishburne Military School has been named to Virginia Living’s list of Top High Schools & Colleges 2019.

Bridgewater College welcomes seven new full-time faculty members for the 2019-20 academic year.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced the Commonwealth’s first annual Women in Innovation conference to celebrate the success of women innovators and honor their achievements.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced the award of high school innovation grants to thirteen school divisions to develop or implement programs that promote Virginia’s 5 C’s.

Findings that may have important implications for regenerative medicine with the goal of one day inducing tissue regrowth for people that have lost limbs were published July 3 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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