July 24th and July 28th, 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Blacksburg Community Center, 725 Patrick Henry Drive. Find out about the drafted Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The master plan provides a 20-year vision for the Town of Blacksburg's Parks and Recreation facilities and programs. The plan includes assessments and recommendations for all 540 acres of park land, the Community Center, Aquatic Center, Golf Course, a wide range of programs, and future parks and facility needs for the community. The plan also identifies the top 10 priorities for the town to focus on over the next 20 years. During the open house, citizens will have the opportunity to review the key recommendations of the plan, see a number of conceptual plans for new athletic fields, outdoor pool, greenways, natural areas, and a Nature Study Center.
Written or verbal comments may be given at the meeting or submitted by July 31, 2008, to: Town of Blacksburg – Town Manager’s Office P.O. Box 90003 Blacksburg, VA 24062. Comments may also be emailed to Chris Lawrence, Assistant to the Town Manager at clawrence@blacksburg.gov. Please reference “Parks and Recreation Master Plan Public Comment” as the subject.
The Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, the School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences' Undergraduate Research Institute, and a pair of departments working together, the Department of History and the Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education, will all receive the 2008 University Exemplary Department Award at a ceremony to be held Tuesday, Dec. 2 at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
Intense glacial erosion has not only carved the surface of the highest coastal mountain range on earth, the spectacular St. Elias range in Alaska, but has elicited a structural response from deep within the mountain.
The Virginia Tech Department of Music, of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences presents "A Musical Odyssey: Piano Music by Kent Holliday," a faculty recital featuring the compositions of Kent Holliday on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Squires Recital Salon.
Accounting and information systems associate professor Steve Sheetz has received a grant from accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to investigate why more firms have not adopted XBRL -- eXtensible Business Reporting Language, part of a group of information systems languages used for communicating information between businesses and on the Internet.
Intense glacial erosion has not only carved the surface of the highest coastal mountain range on earth, the spectacular St. Elias range in Alaska, but has elicited a structural response from deep within the mountain.
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus Capt. Eric Keith, who received a degree in psychology from the College of Science in 1999, has been selected as a Hokie Hero.
The Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, the School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences' Undergraduate Research Institute, and a pair of departments working together, the Department of History and the Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education, will all receive the 2008 University Exemplary Department Award at a ceremony to be held Tuesday, Dec. 2 at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
