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VIRGINIA TECH ENGAGED
Raising awareness and elevating community-engaged scholarship
At Virginia Tech, engagement is in our DNA.
It’s at the core of Virginia Tech’s tripartite land-grant mission of teaching and learning, research and discovery, and outreach and engagement, and Hokies are helping create real solutions and positive impacts across the commonwealth and beyond.
Virginia Tech engagement programs across the commonwealth help to build capacity that are transformative, mutually beneficial, and improves the human condition.
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A century of FFA leadership, born at Virginia Tech , articleThe youth organization founded in 1925 by four agricultural educators is now the nation’s largest student-led organization, with more than 1 million members.
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Study to examine if water filters can improve health for households in rural Appalachia , articleBacked by a National Institutes of Health grant, a four-university research team led by Alasdair Cohen of Virginia Tech will test water filters in approximately 480 households across 10 counties in Southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee.
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Service and stewardship: Graduate student grows her career in Extension , articleThe Master of Natural Resources program's coursework, fieldwork, and global study in New Zealand helped Kloe Rife further develop the skills she uses as an Extension agent in Giles County.
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Engagement leaders across Virginia Tech work every day to develop connections in communities and industries across the commonwealth and beyond.
In fiscal year 2024, units within the Office of Engagement made significant contributions to the university and many diverse communities while receiving $14.9 million in external funds and sponsored research.
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