WALK ON OCTOBER 18TH TO BENEFIT THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION Support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention by participating in the Roanoke Out of the Darkness Community Walk on October 18, 2008 in Wasena Park. Proceeds will benefit local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs. Registration will be held at the brick pavilion in Wasena Park at 12 Noon. The walk will begin promptly at 1PM. Walk from Wasena to Smith Park and back. Music performance by Joel Vendetti during registration. Portion of proceeds to provide suicide prevention materials to local high schools and colleges. To register, donate or to learn more, please logon to www.outofthedarkness.org. Local Information 540-904-5456 roanokewalk@yahoo.com
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.
