Tech's president noted Virginia Tech Athletics is well-positioned for future success, but must invest in that success at a level comparable to its peers.
The referendum asks voters if the method of selecting members of the school board should be changed from appointment by the governing body to direct election by the voters.
Around 200 people stood on the lawn in front of the historic Colonnade to hear speakers talk about attitudes towards minorities at the university as well as say that the name of Confederate general Robert E. Lee should be removed from the school by the Board of Trustees.
Coralie Franklin Cook was born a slave in Lexington at the start of the Civil War, and rose to be a college professor and civil rights advocate in Washington, D.C.
The Joint School Services Committee in charge of working out the details on the merger of the two systems has started an online survey of the community on new names for the schools once the merger has happened.
The Alleghany County school system named a new superintendent last week, and she started the job Monday, facing everything from how to deal with COVID to a merger with the school system in Covington in the coming years.
From books about biracial families to black history, to religious celebration to kids with disabilities, to Appalachian heritage, they're collecting books that represent all cultures and lifestyles.
A challenging year for students at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine brought a moment of celebration. The third Friday in March is Match Day, when students who are preparing to graduate learn where they are heading for residency training.
The Data and Decision Sciences Building will house faculty and classes from multiple colleges, including the College of Engineering, Science, and Business.
Girl Scouts in western Virginia have a new tool to address the gender gap in science and technology, a colorful van that will take STEM education to young women throughout the region.
The one-hundred page report from Barnes & Thornburg law firm said interviews with current and former cadets revealed that racial slurs were “a common experience” in both the past and present, and described delays in the work caused by VMI.
