University Administration and Governance: Recent submissions
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How does IPM 3.0 look like (and why do we need it in Africa)?
(Elsevier, 2022-10)The concept of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was introduced sixty years ago to curb the overuse of agricultural pesticides, whereby its simplest version (IPM 1.0) was aiming at reducing the frequency of applications. ... -
Asian Cultural Engagement Center Annual Report, Academic Year 2021-2022
(Virginia Tech, 2022)This annual report highlights the activities of the Asian Cultural Engagement Center in 2021-2022. -
Growth And Diversification Plan 2021: GO Virginia Region 2
(Virginia Tech, 2021-11)GO Virginia’s objectives, as set by the state, are simple and provide a clear path for action. The program seeks to grow jobs that pay higher than the regional average wage, primarily through investment that is new to ... -
Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority Target Industry Strategic Analysis Report
(Virginia Tech, 2022-08-02)The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority partnered with the Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement to conduct a target industry strategic analysis. CECE sought to offer VCEDA a data-driven ... -
Alleghany Highlands: Regional Lodging Needs Assessment 2022
(Virginia Tech, 2022-09)The Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement, in partnership with the Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce, conducted a regional lodging needs assessment to analyze current trends, challenges, ... -
Feasibility Study Of A Transportation And Logistics Hub In Southwest Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 2018-11-28)In 2018, the Southwest Virginia Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence engaged the Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development (OED) to conduct a feasibility study related to the need and opportunities associated ... -
Halifax County Virginia Strategic Plan For Agriculture And Forestry
(Virginia Tech, 2017-08)In 2016, Halifax County, with the support of its county partners including the Halifax Farm Bureau, commissioned the Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development (OED) to assist in the development of a Strategic Plan for ... -
New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Region 2022 Q3 Quarterly Workforce Report: Reentry Citizens
(Virginia Tech, 2022)CECE examines regional labor supply and labor demand data to inform the public of the evolving workforce landscape for “returning citizens” who have been released from incarceration in the New River/Mount Rogers region. -
New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Region 2022 Q3 Quarterly Workforce Report: Young Adult Populations
(Virginia Tech, 2022-11)CECE examines regional labor supply and labor demand data to inform the public of the evolving workforce landscape for young adults in the New River/Mount Rogers region. -
Orange County works to grow economy based on OED assessment’s findings and recommendations
(Virginia Tech, 2016-05)Folklore says that President James Madison loved craft beer so much, he once tried to appoint a Secretary of Beer to his cabinet. Hundreds of years later and on recommendation of Virginia Tech’s Office of Economic Development ... -
Food, gender, and identity in a global context: An inter-disciplinary conversation with acclaimed culinary writer Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
(Virginia Tech, 2023-04-13)Food reveals a nuanced trail into the history of a region, what makes comfort there, how worship is celebrated; it reveals the labor involved in fields and kitchens, the trees that fruit, and the soils that sustain. Food ... -
Assessing the Impacts of Ability One at Melwood
(Virginia Tech, 2022)In 2021, the nonprofit Melwood contracted with the Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement and the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance (VTIPG) to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of their ... -
Pathways General Education newsletter, Spring 2022
(Virginia Tech, 2022)The newsletter for the Pathways General Education program at Virginia Tech. This issue includes articles about new hires, outreach efforts, and student research. -
Speaking for themselves: The importance of enabling Ugandan women to share their story through photography and community dialogue
(Virginia Tech, 2023-03-16)“Agriculture is the backbone of the country,” is a commonly heard phrase in Uganda. With agriculture making up nearly a quarter of Uganda’s GDP, and nearly 70 percent of the country’s population working in this sector, ... -
Office for Equity & Accessibility 2021-2022 Annual Report
(Virginia Tech, 2022)This annual report illustrates the work of OEA and documents trends, especially those that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the exception of the affirmative action and search exemption information, which is based ... -
Climate Survey Report Virginia Tech 2019
(Virginia Tech, 2019)During the 2018-19 academic year, employees and students across the VT community were invited to participate in surveys designed to measure the overall climate of the institution. Separate survey instruments were administered ... -
Water projects and gender goals in Mozambique: How the technocratic culture of international development conflicts with community perspectives
(Virginia Tech, 2022-02-09)Gender integration and women’s empowerment goals are shaped by a technocratic culture of international development that determines which frameworks, incentives, theories, and methods are valued. Based on 18 months of ... -
Report of the Graduate Assistantship Support Task Force
(Virginia Tech, 2023-02)The Graduate Student Assistantship Support Task Force examined graduate student stipends and made recommendations for providing financial support that addresses rising expenses and minimizes educational debt. -
Designing for Social Interactions in a Virtual Art Gallery
(ACM, 2022-11-02)The dawn of a new digital world has emerged with new ways to communicate and collaborate with other people across the globe. Metaverses and Mirror Worlds have broadened our perspectives on the ways we can utilize 3D virtual ... -
The Keys to an Open, Interoperable Metaverse
(ACM, 2022-11-02)The term ‘Metaverse’ has taken on new interest recently, appearing prominently in the marketing materials of a number of large technology companies. Indeed, many have attempted, or are attempting, to co-opt it for their ...
