Browsing by Author "Owczarski, Mark"

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  • $1.5 million gift to expand horticulture garden
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-09-27)
    Blacksburg residents T. Marshall Hahn, president of Virginia Tech from 1962 to 1974, and his wife, Peggy, have jointly pledged a $1 million estate gift and $475,000 in start-up funds for expansion of the university's horticulture garden.
  • 2007 University Exemplary Department Award honors industrial and systems engineering; apparel, housing, and resource management; and University Academic Advising Center
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-26)
    The Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering; the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; and University Academic Advising Center will receive the 2007 University Exemplary Department Awards at ceremonies to be held Tuesday, Nov. 27 at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
  • 2008 Outstanding Performance in a Lab Award winners announced
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-11-11)
    Sandy Hancock, Renee Irvin, Julie Petruska, and Kathy Lowe were presented with Virginia Tech's 2008 Outstanding Performance in a Lab Award on Oct. 2 at the Sixth Annual New Developments in Laboratory Technology Exhibits and Workshops.
  • 2009 University Exemplary Department Award salutes Department of Chemistry, Earth Sustainability project
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-12-04)
    Virginia Tech's Department of Chemistry in the College of Science and the Earth Sustainability project have been recognized as the university's 2009 University Exemplary Department Award winners.
  • 2010 University Exemplary Department Award honors chemical engineering, entomology, and mechanical engineering
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-09-09)

    Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering have been recognized with the 2010 University Exemplary Department Award.

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    A.L. (Tom) Hammett receives 2010 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Education
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-05-05)
    A.L. (Tom) Hammett, professor of wood science and forest products in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech, received the university's 2010 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Education.
  • ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas to deliver 2004 Virginia Tech commencement address
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-02-17)
    ABC News Justice Department Correspondent Pierre Thomas will address the 2004 graduates of Virginia Tech during the University Commencement exercises Friday, May 14 at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field.
  • ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas to deliver 2004 Virginia Tech commencement address
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-05-11)
    ABC News Justice Department Correspondent Pierre Thomas will address the 2004 graduates at Virginia Tech's 132nd commencement ceremonies Friday, May 14.
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    ABC News correspondent Pierre Thomas to give keynote address at 2008 National Capital Region commencement ceremony May 11
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-03-25)
    ABC News Senior Justice Department Correspondent Pierre Thomas will address graduates at Virginia Tech's 28th National Capital Region Commencement Ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, May 11, at the Center for the Arts located at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
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    Alan McDaniel honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-10-12)

    Alan McDaniel, associate professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the "associate professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

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    Ali Nayfeh honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-06-21)
    Ali Nayfeh, University Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the "university distinguished professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
  • Amoz Kats honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-06-16)
    Amoz Kats, professor of economics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
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    'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' selected as Virginia Tech's 2010 Common Book
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-06-17)
    Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life," the tremendously popular, best-selling narrative that tells the story of how the author's family was changed by one year of deliberately eating food produced in the place where they live, has been selected for Virginia Tech's Common Book Project for the 2010-11 academic year.
  • Anita Haney honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-03-27)
    Anita Haney of Blacksburg, college librarian for the humanities for University Libraries at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title, "assistant professor emerita" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting March 26.
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    Ann Turpin receives 2010 President's Award for Excellence
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-05-12)
    Ann Turpin, a housekeeper in the Physical Plant Department at Virginia Tech, received the university's 2010 President's Award for Excellence.
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    Annual Crazy for the Hokies contest announced
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-08-27)
    The Virginia Tech Licensing Department along with the University Bookstore on-campus and off-campus Volume Two Bookstore are asking Hokies around the world to lose their minds and go "crazy for the Hokies" beginning Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Aris Spanos reappointed Wilson E. Schmidt Professor of Economics
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-10-04)

    Aris Spanos, professor of economics in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was recently reappointed the Wilson E. Schmidt Professor of Economics by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.

  • Author Michael Carroll to discuss mindfulness meditation at Virginia Tech April 6
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-03-30)
    Noted author and former business executive Michael Carroll will present on "The Mindful Leader and the Wisdom of 'Achieving Nothing'" on Monday, April 6 at 4 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown.
  • Ben Dixon honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-11-07)
    Benjamin Dixon, of Blacksburg, Va., vice president for multicultural affairs at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title, "vice president emeritus" by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during the board's quarterly meeting Nov 6.
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    Benjamin Johnson honored with emeritus status
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-10-07)

    Benjamin Johnson, professor of landscape architecture in the School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the "professor emeritus" title by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.