
Virginia receives $982K grant to build nutritious school lunches
The Virginia Department of Education has received a $982,827 USDA grant to build and retain a knowledgeable workforce to ensure school lunches are nutritious and meet students’ needs.

The Virginia Department of Education has received a $982,827 USDA grant to build and retain a knowledgeable workforce to ensure school lunches are nutritious and meet students’ needs.

The shortage of baby formula across the United States is being exacerbated by many of the same issues implicated in the global supply chain crisis borne by the COVID pandemic, says a Virginia Tech industrial packaging and shipping expert.

The recent shortage of baby formula has scammers watching. They’re popping up online and on social media, scamming parents and caregivers out of their money for formula that doesn’t exist.

Virginia is in its third year of recognizing Juneteenth as an official state holiday and is celebrating the holiday all month long with events, speaker series, tours, and virtual offerings across the state.

Landing eight of its 10 hits for extra bases on Tuesday night, No. 3 Virginia Tech scored early and often against Kansas State as the Hokies breezed by the Wildcats, 8-2, at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.

Virginia gets four games on its summer trip to Italy, including a pair of games against KK Mega Mozzart, a top Serbian professional team.

After flirting with perfection last week while toeing the rubber against two 30-win programs, Virginia Tech fifth-year graduate student Jordan Geber has been named ACC Pitcher of the Week.

No. 3 Virginia Tech baseball team will begin its final chapter of the 2022 regular season on Tuesday when the Hokies host Kansas State during non-conference play at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.

The 30-plus-year Cold War between the football programs at Tennessee and Virginia caused by the mock trampling of an Elvis impersonator by the UVA Pep Band is finally over.

Virginia Athletics fans who put stock in such things have been vocal about UVA being behind the times on NIL. News from the University about a new NIL venture would seem to be addressing those criticisms.
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