- Message from the Vice Provost for Outreach and International Affairs about university outreach efforts.
- Raising the Level of Dialogue Around the World. Virginia Tech's Office of International Research, Education, and Development collaborates with partners around the world to increase food security, reduce the use of harmful pesticides, and promote sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Sidebar on Education Abroad programs.
- Distributed University Research Helps Southside Economy. Virginia Tech partners with Southside, Virginia government, organizations, and educational institutions in a new approach to economic development.
- VT-STEM: A Link Between K-12 Teachers and Campus Programs. Faculty from across the university who are focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education come together to make their work more accessible to teachers.
- Timely Assistance on the Way for the Forest Industry. The new Sloan Foundation Forestry Center will do research to address challenges faced by the industry--and give it a leg up on the competition.
- Animal Shelter Workshop Teaches Simple Steps to Better Care. One hundred animal shelter professionals from the region and 75 via the Internet learned the latest health assessment, sanitation, adoption promotion, and other shelter management skills.
- A Grand Welcome for Our Visitors. The university's two accredited hotel and conference center complexes make university research dissemination at conferences--and travel to Roanoke and Blacksburg--a pleasure.
- News Briefs
- A Master of the Mission. Clifton C. Garvin Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics Romesh Batra teaches practical applications of research at continuing education classes.
- A Place to Call Home: A Mentor's Story. Service-Learning Center Director Michele James-Deramo tells the story of Blacksburg's Somali-Bantu families, from Somalia to Kenya to Southwest Virginia.
- Commonwealth Campus Centers. Virginia Tech's graduate and outreach centers in Abingdon, Hampton Roads, the National Capital Region, Richmond, and Roanoke.
- Contacts for Outreach and International Affairs.
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