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Results for: Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
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Article Item2024 CALS Senior Awards and Recognitions , article Date: Apr 25, 2024
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Article ItemVirginia Tech's Edward A. Bouchet Honor Society chapter inducts five new members , article
The honor society was founded in 2005 by Yale and Howard universities and holds an annual Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education at Yale to celebrate inductees.
Date: Apr 12, 2024 -
Article ItemOutstanding alumni and friends honored by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Organization , article
Six alumni and friends received awards honoring their service and impact in the college's annual Celebration of Ut Prosim.
Date: Apr 11, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech to lead multistate training program for small food processors , article
Alexis Hamilton, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science in Technology, is using a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to lead a multistate effort to train small food processors on how to make safe products that comply with state-specific regulations.
Date: Feb 12, 2024 -
Article Item‘Assess, observe, and take in’: Graduate student enhances cultural responsiveness in STEM, agricultural education , article
Ph.D. candidate Kellie Johnson works to help Virginia Tech and the National Science Foundation evaluate how to better serve underrepresented groups, drawing on her own experience working with other cultures.
Date: Feb 07, 2024 -
Article ItemNational FFA Convention & Expo honors 11 Virginians for outstanding contributions to agricultural education , article
Eleven Virginians earned top honors for their longstanding contributions to agricultural education at the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo, held Nov. 3 in Indianapolis.
Date: Nov 13, 2023 -
Article ItemFaculty, staff honored with annual College of Agriculture and Life Sciences awards , article
The college announced its 2023 award winners at the 28th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff picnic.
Date: Oct 27, 2023 -
Article ItemFaculty Affairs names School of Architecture's Aki Ishida as its newest Faculty Fellow , article
Ishida, who's implementing a midcareer mentoring program, joins four other Faculty Fellows developing projects and policies that benefit faculty members.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
Article ItemGrowing more food with less land , article
The Catawba Sustainability Center is implementing alley cropping — a farming practice that uses rows of trees and shrubs to protect crops, diversify farms, and build soil quality.
Date: Sep 18, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech, Virginia State University lead effort to ‘Come to the Table’ , article
To address food system resilience and security, the commonwealth’s land-grant institutions partnered to study the food value chain in the state to affect positive change through Virginia Cooperative Extension’s vast network.
Date: Aug 23, 2023 -
Article ItemAfghan refugees forge ‘a path forward’ in Virginia sheep farming , article
Relocated to Northern Virginia after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, a group of Afghan nationals is starting a sheep farm with the help of Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Date: Jul 28, 2023 -
Article ItemImpact of Virginia Tech agriculture research highlighted before U.S. House subcommittee , article
Alan Grant, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, highlighted USDA’s impact on the college, including the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and Virginia Cooperative Extension, to the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Date: Jun 14, 2023 -
Article ItemSix tips to commercialize deep-tech research , article
The innovation scholars program encourages students to consider tech transfer.
Date: Jun 05, 2023 -
Article ItemCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors students and faculty at the college’s 2023 commencement ceremony , article
Numerous students and faculty will be honored for their outstanding service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 08, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates departmental outstanding seniors , article
Students are honored for their service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Article ItemFuture cybersecurity leaders showcase research , article
Undergraduate and graduate students from across Southwest Virginia presented their cybersecurity research projects at the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Student Researcher Showcase on April 3.
Date: Apr 27, 2023 -
Article ItemAcclaimed author to top off discussion series with look at food, gender, and identity , article
Transcending cultural, gender, political, and geographical divides, food is part of everyone's story. In a series of events in Blacksburg, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau will showcase how research can be guided through conversations in the kitchen.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
Article ItemExperiential learning helps agricultural, leadership, and community education students find career passions , article
Alumni share how internships and study abroad programs prepared them for life after graduation.
Date: Dec 08, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech student Andrew Seibel named president of the National FFA Organization , article
Seibel, a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will spend the next year traveling the globe as a national representative of FFA, an organization with deep ties to Virginia Tech.
Date: Dec 06, 2022 -
Article ItemNew faculty principal joins the Leadership and Social Change Residential College , article
Rick Rudd and Donna Westfall-Rudd step into leadership positions for the residential college at Virginia Tech. “This exceptional opportunity affords us the chance to connect with students on academic, personal, and professional levels," said Rudd.
Date: Nov 09, 2022
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