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Virginia Tech Provost retweeted
#VirginiaTech will observe the 2025 Day of Remembrance to honor the students and faculty members who lost their lives on April 16, 2007. #VTWeRemember
Learn more about ways you can participate in virtual and in-person events. ⬇️ news.vt.edu/articles/2025/03…
📣 Exciting news! Rebecca Bott-Knutson will join #VirginiaTech as dean of the @VTHonorsCollege on July 1. With nearly a decade leading the Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State, she brings deep expertise in honors ed. Welcome to VT, Becky! 🎉
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ALT Rebecca Bott-Knutson was recently appointed dean of the Virginia Tech Honors College, effective July 1.
Virginia Tech Provost retweeted
Today marks the first day of Principles of Community Week at #VirginiaTech, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of these principles on March 14, 2005. 🎉
Schedule of events ➡️ brnw.ch/21wRnAN
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The Provost's Office is now on LinkedIn! 🚨
Follow us for updates on academic initiatives, faculty achievements, events, new hires, and the incredible work happening across campus. #VirginiaTech #Hokies #HigherEd
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ALT View of Burruss Hall from the Drillfield, framed by trees in leaf.
Congrats to the 8 outstanding #VirginiaTech faculty members inducted into the Academy of Faculty Leadership and Academy of Faculty Service! Extra kudos to Eileen Van Aken from @VTEngineering—so exceptional she earned a spot in both! 🤩👏
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A new era of innovation begins at #VirginiaTech! We're in awe of our newest hub for cutting-edge research and learning—and loved that the grand opening celebration was as inspiring as the building itself. 🧡
Who's joining us to celebrate the grand opening of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria tomorrow? 🎉
Introducing: Academic Building One in Alexandria 🤩
Academic Building One is a router for our growing network, connecting Blacksburg, Roanoke, Richmond, and other locations around the commonwealth and the world where #Hokies are living and thriving.
#TheCenterofNext
Seven #VirginiaTech faculty members were named to the 2025 class of the National Academy of Inventors for producing game-changing technologies that impact the world. Congratulations on an incredible achievement! news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02…
Become the faculty mentor you wish you had at the VT Mentoring Forum on Wed., March 5, at the Inn. Learn expert strategies to maximize your impact as a #mentor and network with colleagues over a complimentary lunch! See the full schedule and sign up today: faculty.vt.edu/faculty-devel…
ALT One woman helps another with her writing on a computer.
An amazing, record-breaking #VTGivingDay. Thanks for your support, Hokies. 🧡
What happens when you give Hokies around the world 24 hours to step up for Virginia Tech?
More than 24,000 Hokies raise more than $21 million for the things that matter most to them. 🧡
This is one for the records book. THANK YOU for stepping up on #VTGivingDay!
Only 2.5 hours left to make a difference on #VTGivingDay! We've raised $17.1M (and counting!) for Virginia Tech’s transformative programs. Be part of this record-breaking moment—give before noon today! givingday.vt.edu/
Who just broke records? YOU DID! 👏
Hokie Nation, we did it! We just reached more than FIFTEEN MILLION raised for #VTGivingDay, not just breaking last year’s record, but crushing it! Let’s finish strong!
➡️ give.vt.edu/vtgivingday2025
It's here! #VirginiaTech Giving Day is on now, with just 24 hours to power groundbreaking research, student support, and everything else that makes VT extraordinary. Pick your passion and make a difference before noon tomorrow. 🧡givingday.vt.edu
ALT Giving Day/Virginia Tech/Support Hokies!/givingday.vt.edu
Help shape the future of #Blacksburg and the New River Valley by taking a quality-of-life survey from the Partnership for Progress. (Sound familiar? @VTSandsman talked it up during the State of the University last week.) Your experience matters! surveymonkey.com/r/RQ7M68X
ALT People walking on the Huckleberry Trail in autumn.
📢 Date change alert: Feb. 20 is the next #VirginiaTech faculty club pop-up at the Moss. (We had to postpone from Feb. 12 because of weather.) There's still time to sign up to enjoy snacks, drinks, and a chat with colleagues! Details here. ➡️ news.vt.edu/articles/2025/01…
ALT Pitchayaporn Tantihkarnchana from economics chats with new friends.
"We are actively engaged in informing congressional leaders, #VirginiaTech Board of Visitors members, and others in leadership positions about the potential negative consequences" of the proposed changes to research funding. Read the provost's message:
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ALT Blanka Bordas, a translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student in a lab at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
After 11 years as vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs, Rachel Holloway will step into a well-earned retirement this summer. We'll miss her cheerful leadership but wish her the best with all the wildlife spotting she plans to do next. 🐻
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ALT "It is our institutional DNA to take on challenges, work collaboratively, learn by experience, and seek solutions that make an impact. That is why the words Ut Prosim resonate so strongly and have become part of our identity as Hokies.”—President Tim Sands, 2025 Virginia Tech State of the University Address
Learn more about the vision for the future at #VirginiaTech at the 2025 State of the University address, Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 3 p.m. in the @ArtscenteratVT.
#VirginiaTech's Beyond Boundaries vision has been refined to support continuing engagement in a changing higher education environment and the university’s growing network of innovation throughout the commonwealth and the world.
Learn more. ⬇️
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Kudos to @VTNeuro and the VT Language Sciences Program for earning the University Exemplary Department or Program Award! 🏆 Their innovative efforts are making undergraduate research accessible to all students. 👏 @VT_LiberalArts @VT_Science @VT_AAD
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It's 8 degrees on the Drillfield right now, but who's counting? ⛄️ Happy first day of classes, Hokies! Sending you warmest wishes for a great semester. #VirginiaTech
ALT A snowman on the Drillfield with the Pylons in the background.