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Virginia Tech is a national leader in outreach and engagement programs that are making differences with individuals, businesses, and communities around the globe. The university's commitment to community engagement is as deep as it is wide. We welcome inquires from communities, companies, and institutions seeking solutions to the perplexing problems of the 21st century. As a land-grant university, we embrace our unique mission and moral responsibility to find new pathways toward human advancement.
The Virginia Tech partnerships in Southside Virginia won the first competitively awarded Magrath/Kellogg Award for Community Engagement given by the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. In 2007, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognized Virginia Tech as an engaged university, including its role in the scholarship of engagment. Virginia Tech's volunteer service initiative, VT-ENGAGE, drew together university and communities, with more than 340,000 hours of volunteer work during its first year. Our Engagement Academy for University Leaders, launched in June 2008, annually attracts upper-level administrators from colleges and universities around the country for a total-immersion learning experience in developing and implementing a strategy for university engagement.
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- Roanoke Center
- Southwest Virginia Center
| Outreach News |
- Strong Roots conference aimed at helping families with special needs children
- University scientists warn Asia of widespread invasive pest threat