Date: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 At 05:00:00 PM
Blacksburg's Wonderful First Wednesdays
Come downtown Blacksburg on Wednesday, September 3 and find out about local after school programs!
The Lyric at 135 College Avenue
Mobile Town Hall: 5:00pm to 5:45pm - Chat with Town Council members.
Afterschool foreign language program
The Performing Arts Institute of Virginia Music School
YMCA at VT
Literacy Volunteers of America
Blacksburg High School Team Boosters
Local Artist in Residence – Jessica Wirgau demonstrates Woodblock techniques
Brick Lane showing 7:00pm and 9:15pm
Blacksburg Branch of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library at 200 Miller Street
For Kids: 5:00pm - Make and Take table
Blacksburg Police Department - Back to school safety tips and child ID kits
For adults: 6:00pm to 8:00pm - A knitting circle
Kent Square at 202 South Main Street
Kent Square Condo Tours
Upward Bound
Blacksburg Aquatic Center
Raft Hotline
Project Esperanza
Cooper House at 305 Washington Street
Girl Scouts of America
Shop & Eat
Pee Wee’s: Offering tender pulled pork BBQ, ribs, chicken and much more
Main Street Inn: Located in the heart of Downtown Blacksburg
Fringe Benefit: Labor Day sale extended through First Wednesday, 20% off storewide
Xanadu: All highest heel sandals 50% off
Mish Mish: Storewide back to school sales
Matrix Gallery: Handmade Jewelry, contemporary crafts, pottery, glass, wood and more. Back to School specials
The Lyric: Don’t miss the incomparable and hilarious Second City, Friday, October 3, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25/gold; 20/silver and go on sale September 1! Call the Lyric box office at 540-951-4771 for more information!
Farmer’s Market: Open ‘til late
16 Blocks Tours: Meet at 6 p.m. at the Old Town Hall, RSVP for tours - Terry Nicholson, 540-558-0746 or email tnicholson@blacksburg.gov
For more information, contact the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg at 540-951-0454 or at dmob@downtownblacksburg.com.
Two of Virginia Tech's most distinguished teacher/scholars -- Gary Downey, Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Science and Technology in Society in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Marc Edwards, the Charles Lunsford Professor of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering and 2007 John D. and Catherine MacArthur Fellow -- will deliver the keynote addresses at Virginia Tech's 2008 Fall University and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies to be held Friday, Dec. 19.
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.
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.
