Jeff Van Doren, a lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in immigration, employment, and labor law, has been named the director of Global Strategic Services, underscoring Virginia Tech’s commitment to strengthening its systems, staffing, and processes for attracting top talent from around the world and developing multifaceted agreements with leading global institutions.
As the instructor of English watched the war play out in her home country of Ukraine, she found she had trouble concentrating on her course materials. But then she realized if she was having trouble focusing, it must be that much worse for her colleagues in Ukraine. She devised a project to help them.
As the Russian and Ukrainian conflict continues on the other side of the world from Blacksburg, Virginia Tech students and faculty from Ukraine are watching in agony, while trying to help their families there find safety.