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Article ItemVirginia Tech Licensing and Trademarks awarded licensing award and finalist recognition , article
Virginia Tech Licensing and Trademarks received the CLC National Campaign Marketer of the Year award for its College Colors Day campaign.
Date: May 29, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Jason Higgins talks about war veterans and mass incarceration , article
Having interviewed more than 60 veterans whose service ranged from the Vietnam War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Higgins also compares and contrasts their reported experiences and shares some of the efforts veterans are undertaking to support each other.
Date: May 28, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Innovation Campus announces director of veterans center , article
Deborah Bradbard brings over two decades of professional experience working with military and military-connected communities.
Date: May 14, 2024 -
Article ItemClass of 2024: Former Marine Seth Bagbey found home among Hokies , article
After four years serving his country, the wildlife conservation major embraced Ut Prosim — and the joys of Virginia Tech football — to find his place in Blacksburg.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
Video ItemVeterans Day Remembrance Ceremony 2023 , video
The Veterans Day remembrance ceremony was held in the War Memorial Chapel. Then, Executive Vice President and Provost, Cyril Clarke and Maj. Gen. Randal Fullhart, commandant of cadets, placed the memorial wreath in front of the cenotaph on War Memorial Court. The Gregory Guard, the corps’ precision rifle drill team, fired a rifle salute, and a bugler played Taps.
Date: Nov 10, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech earns Best for Vets designation from Military Times , article
The annual rankings of veteran-friendly colleges acknowledge the university's ongoing commitment to support its more than 650 veteran students with resources and recognition of their service.
Date: Nov 09, 2023 -
Article ItemCommunity invited to Virginia Tech’s Veterans Day events , article
A series of events this week, including a traditional Virginia Tech Corps of Cadet ceremony at the Pylons on Nov. 10, will honor the nation's veterans.
Date: Nov 05, 2023 -
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Article ItemStudy aims to remove barriers to veterans seeking mental health services , article
Sergio Ernesto Barrera, assistant economics professor, has received a two-year Suicide Prevention and Opioid Addiction Services Research Grant from the Virginia Department of Veterans Services.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 -
General ItemVeterans panel discussion focuses on transition into civilian workforce Date: Oct 19, 2023
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Article ItemVirginia Tech named a top-20 public university in latest U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Colleges report , article
The U.S. News & World Report 2023-24 Best Colleges rankings came out today, and Virginia Tech was ranked as one of the top public universities nationally. The university also made a big jump in the social mobility category, which factors in the graduation rates of economically disadvantaged students, and received high marks in the areas of engineering and computer science.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 -
Article ItemSkillBridge program prepares service members to enter the civilian workforce , article
The U.S. Department of Defense’s career transition program allows separating service members to explore career opportunities through internships and apprenticeships.
Date: Jun 28, 2023 -
Article ItemEmbracing his newest mission , article
After spending four years in the Marine Corps, Tucker Bruguiere enrolled at Virginia Tech and is using the skills developed in the military to help with research projects in controlled environment agriculture. Bruguiere, who is pursuing a degree in environmental horticulture, hopes to work in the agriculture industry and eventually run his own greenhouse.
Date: Jun 22, 2023 -
Video ItemFormer Marine cultivates new passion in agriculture research , video
Tucker Bruguiere, a veteran, came to Virginia Tech after serving as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is now an undergraduate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and doing controlled research on growing better indoor cultivars of peppers, tomatoes, and lettuce in the greenhouses on campus.
Date: Jun 16, 2023 -
General ItemBurruss Hall to be illuminated red, white, and blue in honor of Memorial Day Date: May 22, 2023
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Article ItemClass of 2023: Coast Guard veteran Heather Skowron forges a nontraditional path to veterinary medicine , article
Unlike many veterinary students, when Skowron was a child growing up in Rhode Island, she didn’t know she wanted to be a veterinarian. After two years of community college, she earned her bachelor's in liberal arts from Rivier University in New Hampshire and began an office job — but at the age of 23, she decided she needed to change direction.
Date: May 09, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: Jumping out of planes teaches Army veteran to conquer the fear of being a nontraditional student , article
As a combat veteran, Jeff Parks was never your average undergraduate — but his service and his studies in the Department of Political Science taught him he can do hard things.
Date: May 03, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech earns top placements in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 online rankings , article
The university’s Master of Information Technology program, which was named No. 3 overall and No. 1 for veterans in the latest rankings, continues to perform well because of its interdisciplinary and customizable course offerings.
Date: Jan 24, 2023 -
General ItemWatch Virginia Tech veterans panel discussion Date: Dec 02, 2022
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Video ItemVeterans Day Remembrance Ceremony 2022 , video
This year's ceremony began in War Memorial Chapel. Capt. Jamie McGrath, director of the Major General W. Thomas Rice Center for Leader Development and a 1990 graduate of the Corps of Cadets, spoke of honoring our armed service members. The program ended with the laying of the ceremonial wreath on War Memorial court by President Tim Sands and Major General Randal Fullhart.
Date: Nov 11, 2022
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