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  • Actor James Earl Jones To Speak At Virginia Tech
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2003-03-25)
    Celebrated actor James Earl Jones will speak at Virginia Tech on the topic "The Culture Quest: How we Affect Culture and How Culture Affects Us." The event, sponsored by the Virginia Tech Union and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will take place Wednesday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m. in Burruss Auditorium.
  • AdvanceVT selects Leadership Development Program participants, announces recipients for seed grants
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-24)
    AdvanceVT, a National Science Foundation-funded institutional transformation grant designed to increase the representation and accelerate the advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, has selected participants for its leadership development program and recipients of its 2005-06 seed grants.
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    Band, poet to highlight gala at Virginia Tech
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-10-08)
    The Lonnie Davis Quintet, featuring flute player Lonnie Davis, and Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, will be featured at a Renaissance Gala at the Inn at Virginia Tech on Saturday, Oct. 25.
  • Bithell named managing editor of Virginia Tech's Public Policy Magazine
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-04-09)
    Sherry Bithell, of Blacksburg, editor of Virginia Tech Magazine and the electronic alumni newsletter VTNetLetter, has been named managing editor of Virginia Issues & Answers, a public policy magazine published by Virginia Tech primarily for state and local public policymakers.
  • Board of visitors approves promotions, tenure
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-17)
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, continued appointments, and administrative promotions at its June 13 meeting.
  • Brown Announces Retirement as Dean of Natural Resources
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2003-12-09)
    Gregory N. Brown of Blacksburg, Va., dean of the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech since 1992, will retire from the university at the end of June 2004. Brown, the only dean the college has had since it was established, is also associate director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and a tenured professor.
  • BSE, Theatre Arts, History receive Exemplary Department Awards
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-11-19)
    The departments of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE), Theatre Arts, and History received the university's 2004 Exemplary Department Awards during ceremonies on Nov. 4.
  • Building Dedication, Black Reunion Highlight Virginia Tech Celebration
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2003-03-24)
    The dedication of the first building on the Virginia Tech campus named for African Americans and a two-day reunion of black alumni March 28-30 will highlight the university's celebration of black students on campus.
  • Civil War buffs flock to seminar
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-06-14)
    Civil War enthusiasts and history buffs from 20 states will gather in Richmond June 19-26 to hear Civil War historians and visit Civil War sites and museums in the commonwealth as part of the 26th annual Campaigning the Lee seminar. Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies sponsors the annual event.
  • Committee examines core curriculum, seeks faculty, student input on proposed changes
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-03)
    The Ad Hoc Core Curriculum Steering Committee, appointed by University Provost Mark McNamee last fall to examine the university's core curriculum and suggest recommendations and initiatives to make it better meet the demands of the future, will soon be seeking faculty and student input on proposed changes to the core.
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    Comparing the studies of a coal slurry pipeline
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1983-12)
  • Designer of Nation's Presidential Medal of Freedom Dies
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-02-25)
    Col. Harry D. Temple, a Virginia Tech alumnus who wrote a comprehensive history of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and designed the Presidential Medal of Freedom for President John F. Kennedy, died Feb. 24. He was 92.
  • Digital Library and Archives receives part of $1.4 million award to create digital archive of Southern history, culture
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-10-05)
    Digital Library and Archives (DLA), a department in Virginia Tech's University Libraries, will receive $250,000 as part of a $1.4 million partnership that the Library of Congress is awarding to a cooperative of six research libraries to create a MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture, according to an announcement made by the Library of Congress.
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    E. Scott Geller named Alumni Distinguished Professor
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-14)
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors conferred the title Alumni Distinguished Professor (ADP) to E. Scott Geller, professor of psychology, in recognition of his extraordinary academic citizenship and distinguished service within the Virginia Tech community.
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    The Early Years of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Part I
    Cox, Clara B. (Smithfield Preston Foundation, 2015)
    A description of the history of the Olin and Preston institute and the court case that led its transition to Preston and Olin Institute.
  • Eight lectures remain in Distinguished Professor Lecturer Series
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-15)
    Eight presentations remain in Virginia Tech's University Distinguished Professor (UDP)/Alumni Distinguished Professor (ADP) Lecture Series. The half-hour lectures, presented by Virginia Tech's ADPs and UDPs, are part of Tech's "Focus on Distinguished Faculty" initiative.
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    Ezra Brown named Alumni Distinguished Professor
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-14)
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors conferred the title Alumni Distinguished Professor (ADP) to Ezra "Bud" Brown, professor of mathematics in the College of Science, in recognition of his extraordinary academic citizenship and distinguished service within the Virginia Tech community.
  • Final Candidates Named for VP for Research Position;
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-01-14)
    Three final candidates have been named in Virginia Tech's search for a vice president for research, and the university has scheduled their interviews as well as open forums for each candidate to speak on the topic "Expanding Opportunities for Research and Scholarship at Virginia Tech."
  • Final candidates selected for dean of engineering position
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-11)
    Four candidates will be interviewed for the dean of engineering position at Virginia Tech, university Provost Mark McNamee announced today.
  • Forum On Access And Inclusion Scheduled As Part Of 50th Anniversary Celebration At Virginia Tech
    Cox, Clara B. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2003-09-09)
    Virginia Tech will continue its 50th anniversary celebration of blacks at the university on Friday, Sept. 12, with a community forum on access and inclusion. The event, "Delivering on the Promise: Higher Education at the Crossroads," will be held in the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center auditorium beginning at 2:30 p.m.