Virginia Tech Engaged
VIRGINIA TECH ENGAGED
Raising awareness and elevating 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.
SPOTLIGHT
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Children befriend robots in playful after-school research program , articleA team of Virginia Tech researchers is studying the ways that children process technical information while learning the fundamentals of robotics.
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International fellows connect with university faculty, community to address problems at home , articleEmerging leaders from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria visited Virginia Tech to develop the skills to successfully develop and implement projects that will help their communities.
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Prison education program gives inmates purpose, prepares them for life after prison , redirectTen inmates spent four weeks writing and reading as part of a new humanities course, taught by Virginia Tech's Center for Humanities, at River North Correctional Facility in Independence.
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TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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Lynda KingNewport News Center, administrative and program coordinator
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Will SimmonsExecutive Briefing Center, event operations supervisor
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Elaine DensleyRichmond Center, administrative and program manager
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Jazmin Montano AguilarUpward Bound associate director, TRIO Programs
IMPACT
In fiscal year 2022, units within the Office of Engagement made significant contributions to the university and many diverse communities while receiving $5.9 million in external funds and sponsored research.
PARTNERSHIPS
- Catawba Sustainability Center, Roanoke County partner on trail to McAfee Knob
- Center for Economic and Community Engagement helps Roanoke County develop strategic plan
- Continuing and Professional Education partners with Fullstack Academy to bring coding, cybersecurity job training
- ITA International turns to Newport News program to build data analytics workforce
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