Virginia Tech Foundation

WVTF Public Radio, RADIO IQ budget to be reviewed by Virginia Tech Foundation

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The portion of the meeting dealing with WVTF will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m. and is open to the public because a portion of the WVTF budget comes from public funds.

WVTF Public Radio / RADIO IQ's Sandy Hausman receives three prestigious journalism awards

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

WVTF's entry was one of 1,700 received by the society from newspapers, broadcasters, networks and websites. Hausman's report explored the questionable way in which a member of the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors secured naming rights to the university's art museum.

Alumni Distinguished Service Award winners named for 2013

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech will honor Ben J. Davenport Jr. of Chatham and David E. Lowe of Blacksburg with its Alumni Distinguished Service Awards for 2013.

First house in Oak Lane Phase IV opens as Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The Oak Lane community, which features on-campus fraternity and sorority housing, added the new Sigma Phi Epsilon house to the existing 18 houses of Oak Lane built during Phases I, II, and III.

University departments to begin relocation to new North End Center in March

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Located adjacent to campus between Turner Street and North Main Street, the new facility will increase efficiencies through space and funding consolidations and provide better services for staff, faculty, and university customers.

VT Engage announces new grant program

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

VT Engage: The Community Learning Collaborative has established a new grant program, the John E. Dooley Student Engagement Grant. The grant will fund highly motivated students or student teams in implementing community-based civic engagement projects.

John Cusimano named University Treasurer

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

As University Treasurer, John Cusimano will provide overall leadership to the investment and cash management, and debt management functions of the university.

Center for European Studies and Architecture in Switzerland begins expansion, renovation

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Villa Maderni, which houses Virginia Tech's Center for European Studies and Architecture, is undergoing renovations and expansion to improve the living and learning spaces there.

Virginia Tech students invest $500,000 in agricultural commodities

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Virginia Tech students are getting hands-on experience in risk and financial management by using $500,000 in real money to invest in agricultural commodities that could yield high returns for the university's foundation.

University helps drivers go green by installing electric car chargers in Arlington building

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The charging stations were made possible by a grant from the ChargePoint America program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

WVTF Public Radio, RADIO IQ will broadcast statewide news/talk/call-in radio program

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The weekly one-hour program that will focus on timely topics of statewide interest, will air Friday mornings at 9 a.m. on WVTF and RADIO IQ.

Virginia's open access fiber network lights up bandwidth boost to Giles and Craig counties

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

In 2010, the Virginia Tech Foundation received a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program to extend Virginia's open-access fiber optic backbone from Bedford to Blacksburg passing through several rural under-served communities in Montgomery, Giles, Craig, Botetourt, Roanoke, and Bedford counties.

WVTF Radio budget to be reviewed by Virginia Tech Foundation

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Virginia Tech Foundation Executive Committee will consider the annual budget for WVTF Public Radio at its meeting Thursday, June 14.

WVTF Public Radio, RADIO IQ open New River Valley news bureau

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

WVTF Public Radio and RADIO IQ has hired award-winning journalist Robbie Harris as bureau chief to form its New River Valley News Bureau. Harris comes from Chicago to fill the position.

WVTF Public Radio, RADIO IQ announce new programs for spring/summer 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

WVTF Public Radio and RADIO IQ will begin airing new programs and rescheduling current programs beginning May 12.