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- Securing the Future, togetherFralin, Scott; Schuler-Scott, Arianna; Whittman, Hollis; Hammer, Kelsey; Finney, Trevor; Rosa, Fernanda; Ewing, Tom; Dietz, Kira (2026-02-01)
- Predicting and Preventing the next PandemicFralin, Scott; Murali, T.M.; Thornton-OBrien, Leslie; Auguste, Jonathan; Escobar, Luis; Childs, Lauren; Harris, Brittney (2026-03-20)
- The Strange Story of Furcy Madeleine: traveling exhibitFralin, Scott; Thorp, Dan; Agmon, Danna; Boutier, Jeremy; Peabody, Sue (2026-01-05)
- Study Abroad photo contest 2025Fralin, Scott; Ford, Ginny (2025-09-15)
- College of Architecture, Arts, and Design faculty exhibition 2025-2026Fralin, Scott; Dupre, Karine; Miller, Mitch; Gipe-Lazarou, Andrew; Harrigan, Erin; Jantzen, Ben; Simmons, Maya (2025-10-20)
- Appalachian Moonshine: It Takes a CommunityFralin, Scott; Howell, Isabella (2025-10-01)
- Waugh Comics: A journey through an indigenous multiverseFralin, Scott; Faircloth, Melissa; Krigsvold, Erick (2026-09-10)
- Invasive Species - A Global Dilemma. Exhibits TO GO versionFralin, Scott (Virginia Tech, 2025-11-10)This traveling poster exhibit aims to educate the Virginia Tech community about invasive species –what they are, their impacts, how they can be introduced to new areas, and much more. Perhaps most importantly, this exhibit seeks to empower individual and collective action to better prevent and slow the spread of invasive species in the Commonwealth and beyond. Understanding and addressing the global invasive species dilemma is necessary to create and preserve healthy landscapes for ourselves and future generations of people and wildlife.
- Ode from Oman: Student paintings from VT Arabic AbroadFralin, Scott; Caesar, Anna; Nasseriddine, Ragheda (Virginia Tech, 2024-09-19)This exhibit showcases the paintings of Anna Caesar who, while in Oman studying Arabic and immersing herself in Arabic culture, reflected on her experience through painting. These paintings depict Oman and the study abroad experience in a very personal and unique light.
- 2023-2024 Study Abroad Photo Contest FinalistsFralin, Scott; Schoener, Lauren; Perezous, Janika; Lucier, Emma; Le, Jessica (Virginia Tech, 2024-11-11)These photos, taken by Virginia Tech students and faculty, depict study abroad experiences during the 2023-2024 academic year. The photos represent the four finalists in each of the five categories: Hokies Go Global, The Heart of It, Postcards of the World, Cultural Connections, and Living Textbook (faculty & staff submissions).
- thươngFralin, Scott; Ha, Nina (Virginia Tech, 2025-02-28)The exhibition, thương features video and photography by Việt Lê and Ly Hoàng Ly, two Vietnamese Diasporic artists. Ly is a multidisciplinary artist working across poetry, painting, video, performance art, artist’s book, installation and public art. Việt's creative and critical practice as a queer, disabled artist focuses on sexualities, spiritualities–the physical and the metaphysical. Ly and Việt’s residency and exhibition is supported by the Beyond Boundaries Collaborative District, an AANAPISI Grant supported by the U.S. Department of Education, and co-sponsored with the APIDA + Center and the Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center. Their visit is part of programming for APIDA Heritage Month Commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and the United States, and the 50th anniversary of engagements in Southeast Asia. Special thanks to Co-Organizer Scott Fralin. The exhibition reception is co- sponsored by the Residential College at West Ambler Johnston.
- Statistics and Stories: American Soldiers and the 1918 FluFralin, Scott; Ewing, E. Thomas (Virginia Tech, 2024-11-08)This student-created exhibit in Newman Library (floors 1-4) featured posters researching Virginia soldiers who died from the 1918 flu epidemic during World War I. The project, developed by students in the HIST 2624 class, examines quantitative military medical records and individual soldier stories. This "Statistics and Stories: American Soldiers and the 1918 Flu" exhibit is on display through the semester.
- Ut Prosim Beyond Boundaries: Global Outreach During the PandemicFralin, Scott; Baniya, Sweta; Gautier, Laura (Virginia Tech, 2021-03-12)"Ut Prosim Beyond Boundaries: Global Outreach During the Pandemic" is an exhibition curated by Dr. Sweta Baniya, Laura Gautier, and Scott Fralin to present an example of Virginia Tech’s motto Ut Prosim in action. In this exhibition, we curate our experiences of an online service-learning-based Professional and Technical writing course at the Department of English that aimed at serving rural communities in Nepal to enhance digital literacy. This exhibition curates the multimodal and digital works produced by the students, including their reflections on learning from the partnership. The exhibition will also illustrate the stories and experiences of Dr. Sweta Baniya, her student Laura Gautier, and the community partner Ravi Kumar. The students created a varied range of user documentations, mobile application prototypes, and web interfaces that focused on empowering the rural population by enhancing digital literacy in post-pandemic Nepal. Below we share information on the class followed by our reflections, along with student experiences.
- Good DogsFralin, Scott; Hammer, Kelsey (Virginia Tech, 2025-08-26)When most folks think about campus history they often think of strolling students, spiralling footballs, and fading photos of buildings past – but what about a university’s best friend? Dogs have been a part of campus life for over a century, providing warm support, steadfast skills, and loyal friendship to Hokie students and staff. This exhibit follows the story of these ‘campus canines’ through the historic Bugle and Tin Horn yearbooks. Meet the club mascots, ambassadors, service animals, and beloved pets who taught us about Ut Prosim in ways only they could. This project found around 250 pictures of dogs out of 125 available yearbooks covering 130 years. We believe around 230 dogs are pictured total. This exhibit also includes over 40 additional photos of local dogs from dozens of specialized collections.
- Hold the Phone: Communicating in an Afrofuturist WorldFralin, Scott; Thompson, Tyechia (Virginia Tech, 2019-05-01)Inspired by Zadie Smith's claim that cellphones have become a force of isolation, "Hold the Phone" imagines an Afrofuturist world in which technologies help rather than hinder communication. Afrofuturism is a cultural expression termed in the 1990s but dating back centuries. This exhibit urges us to rethink our modern world and approach the furture with an open mind. A project for ENGL4684: Afrofuturism to Vibranium and Beyond.
- Hybrid Forms: A Literary ShowcaseFralin, Scott; Vollmer, Matthew (Virginia Tech, 2025-05-02)Exhibit highlighting the final projects of students in the creative writing capstone class: Hybrid Forms. Genres dictate the shape, sound, and appearance of our information. And, by setting parameters, defining boundaries, and establishing limitations, they tell our words what to do. For their final project, students designed and built individual installations with help from the library exhibits program and the Prototyping Studio at Newman library. Their creative pieces were featured across sections of unused shelving on the 3rd floor.
- Native at Virginia Tech: Online ExhibitFralin, Scott; Faircloth, Melissa (Virginia Tech, 44287)This online exhibit is an effort to disrupt narratives of erasure and highlight the amazing accomplishments of students, faculty, and staff who have added to the rich history of our campus. Additionally, it seeks to honor Native communities within the Commonwealth, creating awareness around the history and continued presence of Tribes within our state. The American Indian and Indigenous Community Center, and those who tirelessly worked on this project, invite you to learn more about the Native community at Virginia Tech and those tribes of the Commonwealth. We also encourage you to visit Native Lands to learn more about the tribal communities that exist in your area. Finally, we acknowledge and honor the Monacan/Tutelo People and other Indigenous Peoples who historically cared for the Land, Air, and Waters that Virginia Tech now consumes.
- University Libraries Studios Network Spotlight Series: The Comedy ConglomerateFralin, Scott; Spear, Bennett; Frye, Sam (Virginia Tech, 2020-11-02)This is an online exhibit that captures the interdisciplinary relation between the Comedy Conglomerate (ComCon), a student organization at Virginia Tech, and the Media Design Studios at University Libraries. ComCon@VT stays committed to each member’s personal development, whether they are ironing out a stand-up routine, finding creative outlets, or practicing skills for future dream jobs. The Media Design Studios meets those needs with plenty of flexibility and opportunity for new ideas. Bennett Spear, one of the earlier ComCon@VT members, made a series of videos with the tools in Media Design Studio A last year. He started with no experience editing, worked with Studios staff to learn the ropes, and eventually was hired to work in the Media Design Studios. In the time since he joined ComCon@VT, Bennett discovered a love for video editing and performing.
- The Land Speaks: The Monacan Nation and Politics of MemoryFralin, Scott; Taylor, Jessica L.; Reeves, Audrey; Poets, Desirée; Elliott, Rufus; Ferguson, Victoria; Blauvelt, Brady; Ahwee-Marrah, Elena (Virginia Tech, 2020-05-04)This online exhibit was made possible by students in the Virginia Tech ASPECT Spring 2020 graduate course, "the Politics of Memory," who researched the long history of the Monacan Indian Nation. The Monacan Indian Nation are indigenous people from the greater Piedmont and Blue Ridge, with some of their earliest settlements dating to 1000 A.D. Their history is marked by resilience and their tie to this place. Today, the Monacans need help saving the remains of their historic capitol, Rassawek, located at the confluence of the Rivanna and James Rivers, from development. After the initial design planning stage for "The Land Speaks: The Monacan Nation and Politics of Memory," Scott Fralin, exhibits program manager and learning environments librarian, was ready to construct the exhibit physically by hand. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ralph Northam’s statewide stay-at-home directive, and the university’s transition to essential operations. “The Land Speaks” exhibit is a unique product of a transdisciplinary collaboration between Fralin and several faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Desirée Poets and Audrey Reeves, assistant professors of political science, joined Jessica Taylor, an assistant professor of history, in teaching a class, “The Politics of Memory,” under the aegis of the doctoral program ASPECT (Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought). The main goal of the exhibit is to spread the story of the Monacan Indian Nation. This federally recognized tribe includes more than 2,300 members and has a continuous, thousand-year-old history and presence in the area that is now Amherst County in central Virginia.
- Maré from the InsideFralin, Scott; Poets, Desirée; Barnes, Nicholas; Stephenson, Max O. Jr.; Gomes, Henrique; Jorge, Andreza; Klein, Peter; Savell, Stephanie; Sussman, Nadia; Todd, Molly F.; Veneri, Antonello (Virginia Tech, 2021-04-19)"Maré from the Inside" is an interactive visual and textual exhibit developed through the collaboration of Brazilian and U.S.-based artists, activists, and academics. It offers rarely captured views into the lives of residents in Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 contiguous favelas (informal and impoverished working-class neighborhoods) in Rio de Janeiro. The exhibit demonstrates the diversity and creativity of the citizens of these communities while exposing the barriers favela residents confront in their everyday lives. In doing so, Maré from the Inside challenges long-standing and powerful stigmatizing narratives and suggests the need for a fresh set of political and cultural strategies capable of breaking the cycles of exclusion and marginalization experienced by favela communities. Maré from the Inside is comprised of 30 family portraits, 26 street photographs, and 3 documentary films. The photographs draw from the experiences and reflections of Antonello Veneri, an Italian photojournalist, and Henrique Gomes, a cultural producer and resident of Complexo da Maré. The artists collaborated with 30 families to create an intimate visual representation of their homes. Together, the portraits capture the diverse human, familial, and urban identities of the Maré community in a respectful and non-fetishized way.