http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/index.html en Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0500 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-5.html Virginia Tech's College of Engineering has inducted nine new members into its Academy of Engineering Excellence. The college selected these alumni because of their outstanding contributions to the engineering profession. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-5.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-12.html Shannon Turner, of Knoxville, Tenn., director of YMCA Student Programs, has won the Adviser of the Year Award at Virginia Tech. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-12.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-7.html Tamika Jones, of Chesapeake, Va., a senior psychology major in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has received a University Student Leadership Award. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-7.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-8.html BookAid, a non-profit organization that distributes college-level textbooks to third-world countries, has received Virginia Tech's Outstanding Achievement by an Organization Award. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-8.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-9.html The Student Engineers' Council (SEC) has received the 2004 Outstanding Program of the Year and the 2004 Outstanding Service to Campus Award. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-9.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-10.html Circle K has won Virginia Tech's Student Organization of the Year Award for involving Virginia Tech students in campus and community service while developing quality leaders and citizens. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-10.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-11.html The YMCA Student Tutoring Program has received the Outstanding Community Outreach Award for service provided by Virginia Tech students to Blacksburg elementary, middle and high schools. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-11.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-6.html The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER), which is based at Virginia Tech, is leading an interdisciplinary coalition to identify potential carbon sequestration sinks within the Commonwealth of Virginia as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) $2.4 million Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership project. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-6.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-1.html When Pat Artis was a young boy, he built a rocket, launched it, and promptly blew a hole in the family's truck window. His unlikely cohort in the crime - his father - shielded him by telling Pat's mother that a rock hit the vehicle. Pat continued tinkering with rockets and eventually won a research and development award from the National Association of Rocketry. He was still a teenager. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-1.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-2.html Virginia Tech's College of Engineering has inducted nine new members into its Academy of Engineering Excellence. The college selected these alumni because of their outstanding contributions to the engineering profession. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-2.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-3.html James S. Thorp, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, will become the head of Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), effective July 1. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-3.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-4.html When Pat Artis was a young boy, he built a rocket, launched it, and promptly blew a hole in the family's truck window. His unlikely cohort in the crime - his father - shielded him by telling Pat's mother that a rock hit the vehicle. Pat continued tinkering with rockets and eventually won a research and development award from the National Association of Rocketry. He was still a teenager. Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-4.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-253.html The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded graduate studies fellowships to six Virginia Tech seniors, five in the College of Engineering and one in the College of Science. Each fellowship provides three years of funding, including a tuition supplement and a stipend of $30,000 per year. Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-253.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-254.html Emily Sarver, of Richmond, Va., a mining and minerals engineering major in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has won a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship worth more than $30,000 annually. Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-254.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-252.html Virginia Tech has formed the Advisory Council for Campus Environmental Sustainability (ACCES), a universitywide advisory group that will work closely with senior university administrators on issues concerning environmental sustainability. Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-252.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-14.html James Thomas "Tom" Brown of Blacksburg, Va., former interim director of the Office for Student Life and Advocacy, has been named director of the office, which has been renamed the Office for Student Life. The newly named office is responsible for multicultural programs, student advocacy, orientation, parent programs, and response to student emergencies. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-14.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-249.html Mathew Cahill, of Williamsburg, Va. (Lafayette HS), a senior International Studies and German major in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship that combines a study grant with an English teaching assistantship by the Austrian-American Educational Commission. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-249.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-250.html Timothy Work of Virginia Beach, Va.(Virginia Beach - Princess Anne High School), a senior history and art history major in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the Austrian-American Educational Commission. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-250.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-251.html Congressman Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District, helped Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences dedicate a new $3 million livestock teaching arena April 24. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-251.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-20.html Sharron Quisenberry, dean of Virginia Tech'sÊ College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is building a new leadership team, preparing to lead the college in "a new age of agriculture." Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-20.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-15.html Pankaj Gupta of New Delhi, India, chemical engineering graduate student in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has won the Outstanding Graduate Student Leader Award at Virginia Tech. Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-15.html Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-248.html Two Virginia Tech students have won highly competitive Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2004-2005 academic year and intend to play active roles in the future of bionics and biochemistry research. Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-248.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-16.html The Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader Award is one of 10 University Student Leadership Awards given annually by Virginia Tech's Department of Student Activities in the Division of Student Affairs to recognize outstanding members, extraordinary achievements by an organization, advisers, volunteerism, and service-learning experiences. Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-16.html Division of Student Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-19.html Craig L. Nessler has been named associate dean for Research in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. Nessler has been serving as head of the college's department of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science. Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-19.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-245.html Virginia Tech has announced that it will suspend operation of its Mobile Chemistry Laboratory (MCL) for the 2004-05 academic year due to lack of funding. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-245.html College of Science Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-247.html Ransom Hughes of North Garden, Va., a freshman forest resource management major in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, is one of this year's three recipients of the Stuermann Memorial Scholarship. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-247.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-246.html Alex Ritchie, of Amherst, Va., a freshman majoring in Theatre Arts in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, plays the role of Air Shaft Man in the Virginia Tech Theatre Arts Department final main stage production [sic]. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-246.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-17.html Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources has awarded three students full scholarship. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-17.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-18.html The endowed Stuermann Memorial Scholarship is named after Mr. and Mrs. William Stuermann, and students receive $5,000 per year for three years. Recipients are chosen by the head of the forestry department on academic achievement or potential for superior academic achievement, leadership qualities, and desire to pursue a career within the forestry profession. Consideration is also given to financial need. Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-18.html College of Natural Resources and Environment http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-242.html The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets War Memorial Fund will donate $29,000 to Bedford, Va., officials for the city's D-Day Memorial at noon, Saturday, April 24, at the memorial on Overlord Circle in Bedford. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-242.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-240.html Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity and the Virginia Tech Office of Student Programs will team up to give students an outlet to serve the community with the fourth annual Flex Out Hunger program on May 3-5, 2004. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-240.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-241.html The Office of Student Programs at Virginia Tech awarded the 12th annual A. Alan Baird award to two outstanding student leaders, David Moran, of Richmond, Va., and Kelly Williams, of Prospect, Va., during the University Student Leadership Awards Ceremony held April 1. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-241.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-243.html Virginia Tech's Office of Student Programs will thank its customers by throwing a grand Hawaiian luau from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 29, on the Dietrick lawn and at Shultz Dining Center. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-243.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-244.html Veterinary students enrolled in the Virginia Tech Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will present a community "Dogwash" from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at the rear of the veterinary college complex. Signs on Southgate and Duckpond Drive will help guide dogwash participants. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-244.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-237.html Glaciers reached Cape Cod, Mass., in the most recent ice age about 20,000 years ago. But much harsher ice ages hit the Earth in an ancient geological interval known as "the Cryogenian Period" between 750 and 600 million years ago. A team of geologists from China and the United States now report evidence of at least three ice ages during that ancient time. Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-237.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-239.html Congressmen Rick Boucher, D-9th, and Bob Goodlatte, R-6^th, will be featured speakers at a grand opening for Bioinformatics Facility I, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's new facility on Virginia Tech's campus. The event will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 24, at the corner of Washington Street and Duckpond Drive. Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-239.html Research http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-238.html A service dog from Danville was awarded the Omega Tau Delta "Service Dog of the Year" award during recent ceremonies held during the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's annual Open House on Virginia Tech's campus. Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-238.html Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-21.html Harold G. Koenig, M.D., M.H.Sc., will be the keynote speaker at Virginia Tech's Center for Gerontology's Graduate Certificate and Awards Celebration on May 6. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-21.html College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-234.html Virginia Tech Professor Emeritus of Continuing Education Linda Gail Leffel of Blacksburg, who planned, coordinated, and delivered more than 2,500 professional and advanced continuing education programs for the university, died April 8 after a long illness. She was 59. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-234.html Outreach and International Affairs http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-236.html A student and a faculty member from Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business have been selected to participate in the GM Sullivan Fellowship Program that seeks to promote principles of corporate social responsibility developed by the late Rev. Leon H. Sullivan. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-236.html Pamplin College of Business http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-235.html Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will dedicate a new $3 million livestock teaching arena at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 24. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-235.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-22.html Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE), in partnership with the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program, and Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources forestry department, will offer a program to provide Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and GPS supporting software to the 107 local extension offices, the Agriculture Research and Extension Centers, and the 4-H Educational Centers throughout Virginia. Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-22.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-23.html Pablo Davis will give a presentation on "Soul, Salsa, and South Atlantic Migrations," at 3 p.m. Friday, April 30, in Lane 132 on Virginia Tech's campus. The event is free and open to the public. Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-23.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-24.html The Board of Visitors named Marcus C. Ly as its graduate student representative for the 2004-2005 academic year. Ly will serve as a liaison between Virginia Tech's graduate student population and the Board of Visitors. Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-24.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors College of Engineering Graduate studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-25.html The Board of Visitors has named Melinda Cep as its undergraduate student representative for the 2004-2005 academic year. Cep, along with a graduate student representative, will serve as a liaison between Virginia Tech students and the Board of Visitors. Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-25.html Virginia Tech Board of Visitors College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Undergraduate Education http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-26.html Forward-thinking local governments are increasingly looking to new urbanism and smart growth development strategies to accommodate future growth. Peter Katz, Professor in Practice in Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, will speak at 4 p.m. Monday, April 19, in Hancock Hall Auditorium about issues facing communities that are trying to accommodate future growth with new development strategies. Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-26.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-28.html Members of the Virginia Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) were invited by U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Ford Motor Co. to Capitol Hill on March 24 for a demonstration of the team’s entry in FutureTruck 2004, a national competition sponsored by Ford and the U.S. Department of Energy. Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-28.html College of Engineering http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-30.html Virginia Tech will celebrate opening its doors for the 132nd year with its annual Founders Day celebration at 3 p.m. Friday, April 23, in the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center Auditorium. Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-30.html http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-29.html The Office of the University Architect has scheduled a Master Plan open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in Squires' Williamsburg Room (second floor). Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-29.html College of Architecture and Urban Studies http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-31.html Lawrence Grossman of Blacksburg, Va., head of the Department of Geography in Virginia Techas College of Natural Resources, received the 2004 Robert McC. Netting Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers in recognition of distinguished research and professional activities that bridge geography and anthropology. Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2004/04/2004-31.html