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Va. Tech Innovation Campus hires communications and marketing director
The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria hired Franki Fitterer as the director of communications and marketing, the university announced Monday. Fitterer joined the campus’ team on Aug. 25. Fitterer will direct marketing and communications strategy for the Innovation Campus and will focus on enrollment marketing and t[...]
Pat Robertson steps down as 700 Club host, effective immediately
Pat Robertson, founder of the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, announced Friday that it was his last day as daily host of “The 700 Club,” on the show’s 60th anniversary broadcast. His son, Gordon P. Robertson, will take over as full-time host, the 91-year-old TV evangelist said. Robertson, o[...]
U.Va. to offer $50M more in scholarships
The University of Virginia will invest another $50 million in matching funds through the Bicentennial Scholarship Fund, U.Va. President Jim Ryan said last week. Established in 2016 with an initial $100 million investment, the fund matches philanthropic commitments toward scholarships, both need- and merit-based. Donors have comm[...]
Building up
Over the next several years, the Hampton Roads area will need about 8,000 more people ready to take skilled jobs in the maritime industry, officials at the Maritime Industrial Base Ecosystem estimate. Leaders from higher education and other organizations across the Hampton Roads area are stepping up to make sure those positions [...]
Catching up
As he completed his senior project last spring at Old Dominion University’s Batten College of Engineering & Technology, Kristal Sunuwar researched the development of the global offshore wind industry. Learning how China, South Korea, Japan and European nations had developed their offshore wind programs, Sunuwar reached an [...]
Va. Tech launches National Security Institute
Virginia Tech has launched a research institute focused on national security with presences in Blacksburg and the Washington, D.C., metro area, the university announced Tuesday. The Virginia Tech National Security Institute aspires to become “the nation’s preeminent academic organization at the nexus of interdiscipli[...]
ODU board names new rector, other officers
The Old Dominion University Board of Visitors has elected a new slate of officers, including former newspaper executive Bruce Bradley as rector, the university announced Monday. Bradley was the president of Landmark Publishing Group and executive vice president of Landmark Media Enterprises LLC before he retired, and he was prev[...]
VCU Massey Cancer Center wins $3.3M grant for lung cancer research center
The Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center won a $3.3 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to establish a research center on lung cancer disparities from the National Cancer Institute last week. The Translational Research Center in Lung Cancer Disparities (TRACER) will study the disprop[...]
JMU SVP of administration and finance announces retirement
Charlie King, James Madison University’s senior vice president of administration and finance for the past 25 years, has announced he will retire in December, the university said Monday. “On behalf of the entire university community, I congratulate Charlie on his retirement and share deep appreciation for the foundation he ha[...]
CNU President Paul Trible to retire in August
Christopher Newport University President Paul S. Trible Jr. announced Friday he plans to retire as president next August. He will then serve as chancellor for the next academic year, and Adelia Thompson, university’s chief of staff and acting CEO, will be CNU’s interim president. Trible, a former U.S. senator and mem[...]
U.Va. receives $50M gift for new performing arts center
The University of Virginia announced Friday it has received a $50 million lead gift to build a performing arts center, a donation by Tessa Ader, a prominent Charlottesville-area philanthropist who serves on the Fralin Museum of Art advisory board at U.Va. “My late husband, Richard, and I long felt that a state-of-the-art perfo[...]
Thomas Nelson Community College renamed Va. Peninsula
Thomas Nelson Community College, based in Hampton and James City County, will soon be called Virginia Peninsula Community College, the Virginia Community College System’s state board voted Thursday. In February, the college’s local advisory board voted unanimously to change the school’s name, bestowed to honor [...]
