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life sciences research has grown to To attract those students, Virginia India. Closer to home, the university become the largest component of a Tech has altered it academic canvas has helped communities in South- research portfolio that has more than by expanding the Honors Program, side Virginia develop new economic doubled during this decade and ranks bolstering hands-on learning, opportunities to replace the fading 44th in the country. That expanded emphasizing “green” science, industries of tobacco and textiles. life sciences expertise, combined with integrating learning technology into Ten years ago when I gratefully was at the beginning of the decade Tech’s ability to create alliances with virtually every course, and offering Finally, in my inaugural comments agreed to take on the task of helping (adjusted for inflation). businesses, also resulted in the Vir- more undergraduate research. This I alluded to a planned fundraising guide this special community into ginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine past year, in a project that combined campaign. We initiated the Cam- Nonetheless, in 2009-10, Virginia the future, I noted that the structure and Research Institute, which selected environmental creativity, technologi- paign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Tech can look back and see enormous Future in 2003 and, as you’ll see in message from the president of higher education was in transition its first class in 2009-10. cal expertise, and aesthetic appeal, progress toward goals we set at the and that Virginia Tech faced chal- students put together Lumenhaus, this report, we finished 2009-10 on Charles W. Steger start of this administration through lenges and a changing landscape that The caliber and composition of the a solar house that won the Solar schedule to achieve our $1 billion our collective strategic planning. would demand innovation to navigate. student body has continued to change. Decathlon Europe. Other students goal. In addition, annual private That predicted transition has indeed When I took office we could claim a designed the car that triumphed in giving has risen. During this report- Virginia Tech has long been recog- occurred and in startlingly rapid very capable and bright student body. a national challenge to allow a blind ing year we raised the third-highest- nized for its mastery of the hard fashion. That remains true in 2009-10, but person to drive, and the Robotics and ever annual total despite troubled sciences, but I also pledged at my this freshman class averaged nearly Mechanisms Laboratory is turning out economic times. inauguration and in the university’s As the years have gone by, the a 4.0 high school GPA. But the bigger useful robots that would be at home strategic plan to upgrade inadequate In April 2000, I noted, “The key to innovation required to adapt to the change is in the graduate student in a “Star Wars” sequel. fine and performing arts spaces to accelerating pace of change has body, which has expanded to a size success is changing things at the better educate the whole person. Ut Prosim become more and more of an art. The more befitting a major research Fulfilling our land-grant mission and right time in order to preserve those Improvement came through the interweaving of disciplines necessary university. In fall 2009, the Graduate (That I May Serve) promise essentials that define us.” As we university-wide Arts Initiative, and in to reach a research or academic School achieved our goal one year has also required more creative look back on the past decade, this 2009-10 we not only opened Theatre goal has become more complicated early to add 900 graduate students thinking. Today’s global environment grand project we call Virginia Tech 101 as part of the renovated Hen- and challenging. Finding adequate this decade, enrolling its largest-ever requires an international presence, has done well due to the talented derson Hall, but also finalized plans research and operating revenue and class of 4,114 master’s students and and Tech has spread its knowledge and innovative people who have and broke ground for the initiative’s attracting a high-caliber of students 2,833 doctoral students. Graduate to — and consequently learned worked together to achieve lofty masterpiece, the Center for the Arts at — both graduate and undergraduate students now make up 22 percent of from — a mosaic of countries, most goals. Our institution has remained Virginia Tech. — to maintain the level of excellence the overall student body. recently such locations as Egypt and on trajectory to reach new levels of excellence, while remaining true to we’ve come to expect has required Back in 2000, we saw that Tech could our well tested land-grant university a symphony of talents. Assigning not simply maintain our academic mission. expertise and resources to the areas and research position. We would have that will most benefit the university’s to aggressively pursue innovation mission requires an artistic touch, to forge ahead and become stronger Theatre 101 particularly in an era when state by using our various strengths while support per Virginia student has developing new ones to capitalize on plummeted to about half of what it emerging opportunities. As a result,

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Innovative learning in the creative arts at Virginia Tech took two huge Students honored across strides in 2009-10 with the opening of one important facility and then with combined expertise and learning from ration, construction, transportation, campus and beyond the final plans and groundbreaking for a second facility that will serve as the four colleges — the College of Archi- communications, media relations, centerpiece for the university’s heralded Arts Initiative. tecture and Urban Studies, College of operations, and evaluation. Students in numerous fields garnered The Arts Initiative at Virginia Tech is envisioned as a path to new ways of Engineering, Pamplin College of Busi- Where most energy-conscious houses awards, recognition, and scholarships learning at the intersections between the arts and other disciplines. This ness, and College of Liberal Arts and are closed with strategic openings to forCollegiate their accomplishments Times in 2009-10. investment will initiate and nurture dynamic collaborations on campus Human Sciences. Caleb Fleming resist heat transfer, Lumenhaus has and beyond, enabling the university to strengthen its performance, visual, The students and faculty members open, flowing spaces linking occu- writer , and creative arts programs while enhancing programming and scholarship worked individually, in groups, and pants to each other within the house a junior majoring in economics in the university-wide. It will also act as a catalyst for economic and community side-by-side to expand their knowl- and to nature outside. Inspired by the College of Science, was development, driving tourism, entrepreneurship, and innovation. edge and develop innovative strate- Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der named the top college gies of design, research, and appli- Rohe, the north and south walls are reporter in the country cation. Driven by the demands of a all glass, maximizing the exposure by the Associated Collegiate Press, the Illuminating the future competitive process that called for to bright, natural daylight. It uses an concrete deliverables that had to meet advanced building façade compris- highest individual But to accomplish this, the arts at Also during the year, the board of visi- specific performance criteria, students ing two layers: a metal shutter shade honor for a collegiate Virginia Tech had to have expanded tors approved and ground was broken developed teamwork and communica- and a translucent insulating panel. journalist. A student project that melded art and space. The first new facility, the en- for the cornerstone for the Arts Initia- tion skills, as well as a deep apprecia- The shutter shade slides, providing innovation won international acclaim Fleming’s award was based on sig- vironmentally friendly Theatre 101 tive, the $89 million, 130,000-square- tion for alternative modes of working protection from direct sunlight while in 2009-10. nificance and newsworthiness of the building nestled in the L-shape of a foot Center for the Arts at Virginia offered by various disciplines. simultaneously allowing for indirect, renovated Henderson Hall, opened in Tech. stories; quality and depth of reporting Lumenhaus, Virginia Tech’s entry natural lighting and privacy to those 2009-10. The two-year, student-centered proj- and quality of quotes; and the qual- in the Solar Decathlon Europe, was inside. “As a university, we must strive to ect required strong student leadership ity of writing, editing, and Associated declared the most-efficient structure “This versatile building will be used educate the whole person — to pre- and collaboration. The resulting stu- Sustainable features include passive Press style usage. in the decathlon, beating out 16 other for both classroom work and pro- pare students for life at work as well dent experiences spanned the breadth energy systems, radiant heating, and solar houses from seven countries on The student wrote an in-depth article ductions,” said Patty Raun, chair of as for life beyond work,” said Virginia of research, ideation, design, proto- building materials from renewable three continents. Lumenhaus placed called “Decade-long disappearance” the Department of Theatre Arts and Tech President Charles W. Steger. “The typing, fabrication, industry collabo- and recyclable sources. Cinema and director of the School of study of the arts helps us achieve this in almost all of the 10 judging catego- about Robert Kovack, a Virginia Tech Lumenhaus, Virginia Tech’s entry in the Solar Decathlon Europe Performing Arts and Cinema. “The goal, and our new Center for the Arts ries, including tying for first in archi- graduate student who disappeared new performance space is ideal for a will be our home for the fine and per- tecture, taking second in communica- 10 years ago. Fleming spent much of variety of sets and provides an inti- forming arts. It will enrich the lives of tion and social awareness, and placing the 2008-09 school year interview- mate focus on the theatre piece.” our students, and the entire university third in industrialization and market ing friends, family, faculty, and law community as well, for generations to viability and in lighting. enforcement about the disappearance, Theatre 101 is 8,500 square feet and come.” which is still unresolved. Fleming was the first facility that Virginia Tech “We were successful over a number also wrote stories about Virginia Tech registered with the U.S. Green Build- Scheduled to open in 2013 at the cor- of first-rate, world-class teams with athletics, environmental issues, and ing Council and its green-building ner of North Main Street and Alumni excellent resources and expertise,” campus crime. rating system, Leadership in Energy Mall, the center will house a 1,260- said Robert Dunay, professor in the Lumenhaus In commenting on Fleming’s work, the and Environmental Design. In order to seat performance hall for music, the- College of Architecture and Urban judges said, “We felt the Virginia Tech minimize the project’s environmental atre, and dance performances; visual Studies and one of the faculty leaders entry presented the best reporting, in footprint, the project team reduced arts galleries for traditional, digital, on the project. both quality and depth, and included projected water and energy use, in- and new media exhibitions; and cre- a balance of sources. It was clear the stalled equipment to provide superior ative technology laboratory spaces for The team of undergraduate and writer has a grasp of what it takes to indoor air quality, and conserved the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and graduate students and faculty mem- effectively let their sources tell readers materials. Technology. bers that designed and built the house

2 2009-10 2009-10 3 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT Inspiring World-class teachers make a difference As most students or professors know, effective teaching requires constant innovation and — despite continuing research into what does and doesn’t a story, and also back that up with cor- award categories at an international May 2010, was awarded a Fulbright work — is more art than science. Jessicaresponding Lu research.” design competition that included English Teaching Assistantship to The creative art of teaching and the dedication Virginia Tech teachers professional designs. The competition teach English to high school students demonstrate is evident throughout the university. And those qualities are , a chemistry graduate was sponsored by Ardica, a clothing in the German state of Hessen. At earning more and more recognition for talented faculty members. student in the College of Science, company focused on portable, minia- Tech, Prisley volunteered with the was awarded a prestigious Fulbright turized power- and heat-integrated Cranwell International Center, where scholarship to pursue part of her Ph.D. apparel. In the competition, eight fi- she helped to organize social events Commonwealth research in Israel studying aerosols nalist groups, chosen from among 100 and expos designed to foster rela- honors the best framework that will allow Virginians Virginia Outstanding Faculty Rising and their impact on the environment. entries, were charged with designing tions among students and community to understand the costs and benefits Star Awards in 2010. Candidates for Lu is looking into optical property an outdoor product that integrated members. changes in nitrogen dioxide and ozone Romeshof uranium C. miningBatra in the state. the Rising Star Award must dem- the Moshi Power Pack, which is a flat, Virginia realizes the value of excep- to help determine their role in global The Soil Judging Team from the onstrate superior accomplishment flexible battery system that weighs tional teachers and researchers and , pro- climate change. Kyle McCrory Patrice Hsia College of Agriculture and Life Sci- in four areas of scholarly endeavor: Ryan Shaw Brit- less than one pound. A team made up so recognizes them in various catego- fessor of engineering Greg Lefevere ences won first place overall at the teaching, discovery, integration of tany Gianetti of , , and ries every year. Three Virginia Tech science and mechanics, Two students, and 50th American Society of Agronomy knowledge, and service. designed the first-prize professors earned top state honors in received the 2010 Vir- , won highly competitive National Soil Judging Contest. It was winner, the “Voltage” sleeping bag. 2009-10. ginia Outstanding Fac- Borrego’s award comes on top of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for Crosby Reinders the third national championship for the 2009–10 academic year. Shaw was Two other Hokie teams took second William Robert J. Bodnar’s ulty Award, sponsored 2008 Presidential Early Career Award Virginia Tech and the second since University Distinguished Professor a junior majoring in chemical engi- and third, and won “Randy” Cosby James Currie Dan by the State Council of for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2005. Team members were neering and mathematics. He also has the Student Design Award. Johnson Nina O’Malley Heather Higher Education for for the development of methods that , , innovative work in a minor in chemistry. Gianetti was a Taylor Katie Wooten Virginia (SCHEV) and will better prepare fac- , , geochemistry led to his sophomore honors student in biologi- Dominion, an energy company. ulty and graduate stu- , and . being named Virginia’s cal sciences and biochemistry. The dents for interdisciplin- Outstanding Scientist Batra, who holds Virginia Tech’s scholarships cover the cost of tuition, A student team from the College of ary research. Borrego’s 2010 by Gov. Bob Mc- Clifton C. Garvin Professorship, is fees, books, and room and board up to Engineering won first place in the award represented the Donnell and the Science world-renowned for his research on a maximum of $7,500 per year. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and first PECASE honor Thao Do Museum of Virginia. the strength of materials. His ef- Exploration/National Stone, Sand, given to an engineer in , a mechanical engineering forts have earned numerous awards, and Gravel Association Student Bodnar, the C.C. Garvin the area of engineering senior in the College of Engineering, including the prestigious Alexander Design Competition for the third Professor of Geochemistry in the education research. She was selected as a National Institutes The first-place team Blane Bowers von Humboldt Award in 1992 for his consecutive year. Members of the Department of Geosciences in the also received a National Science Ben Fahrman Ricky Rose Scott pioneering work in developing an un- of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholar. winning team were , College of Science, is internationally Foundation (NSF) Early Career Devel- Bonnie Fairbanks Hutchins Dan Sadtler Susie derstanding of the failure of materials The scholar program provides accel- , , recognized as a leader in the field opment (CAREER) award in 2006. Underwood due to extreme loads. erated, individualized doctoral train- , a graduate student , , and of fluid inclusions, which are micro- In Borrego’s SCHEV nomination ing for outstanding science students in biological sciences, was awarded a . scopic droplets that are trapped in The addition of the SCHEV teaching packet, the editor of the top-ranked committed to biomedical research. Fulbright scholarship to pursue her minerals when they form beneath award is a special honor for Batra. “I The Virginia Tech Dairy Cattle Judg- science, technology, engineering, and Do’s career goal is to find noninvasive research in Botswana studying tuber- Earth’s surface. Bodnar uses fluid developed a passion for teaching and Journal of Engineering Education ing Team finished first among 19 mathematics (STEM) education jour- methods to detect and treat breast culosis in mongoose populations. The inclusions to study volcanic eruptions sharing knowledge with others during teams at the 89th Intercollegiate nal, , cancer and to work with biomedi- research may offer insight into the and to predict explosiveness of future my high school and college days,” Ba- Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at the Jack Lohmann, vice provost for fac- cal engineering researchers around spread of the disease among humans. eruptions. tra recalled. In order to attend college, World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., ulty and academic development and the globe. She was also a Goldwater Fairbanks is working on a doctorate in he lived with his single elder brother and first at the Eastern States Expo- professor of industrial and systems Scholar in 2009 and 2010. Elizabeththe College Prisley of Science. Bodnar’s work focuses on the forma- in a large city in India rather than with the sition in West Springfield, Mass. The tion of and exploration for economi- engineering at the Georgia Institute Paula Craun Derek Heizer Maurahis parents Borrego in their small hometown. Four teams of students from the in- , who earned a mas- national-champion team members of Technology, described her as “ Hannah Smith Parker Welch. cally important mineral deposits of dustrial design program in the School ter of arts in English from the College included , , copper, gold, lead, zinc, silver, and , assistant professor of leading young researcher in engineer- of Architecture + Design swept the five of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences in , and uranium. He’s creating a scientific engineering education, won a SCHEV ing education worldwide.”

4 2009-10 2009-10 5 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT Giti Khodaparast studies quantum states and interactions in semiconductor materials.

CAREER opportunities multiply Virginia Tech educators garnered a number of NSF CAREER Awards in 2009-10. CAREER awards go to outstanding young faculty members is developing tools to help ship design- who present career development plans that effectively integrate the ers better understand ship motions excitement of research with inspired teaching. Recipients are expected and, thus, better prevent capsizing and to become academic leaders, and Tech faculty members have been other dangers resulting from vessel recognized in this way more and more in recent years. Cornelinstabilities. Sultan , assistant professor of Aditya Johri aerospace and ocean engineering in the College of Engineering, received , an assistant professor in that will differentiate human-user Laboratory, received his CAREER award to continue looking called the “holey scaffold.” Typically the engineering educa- computer interaction from that of a CAREER grant to at biological discoveries to develop made from biodegradable synthet- tion department, won his malware. Millions of support her study of new controllable structures that, in ics or biological materials, such as research and edu- CAREER award to study computers worldwide circadian control of cell engineering terms, have “tensional collagen, the scaffold promotes tissue cational activities to work practices of global are infected annually by division and homeostasis. The goal is integrity.” This research could lead to growth. Patrick Huber better understand engineering profession- malicious software. Ex- to address how circadian factors sense improvements in the understanding of als. Johri hopes that his metabolic changes and act in cell-fate quantum states and interactions in isting malware-detection the connection between heart disease Physicist was one of research will advance decisions. Finkielstein’s research also semiconductor materials, important approaches are limited and a cell’s structure, aid tissue and just 69 people nationally to receive understanding of how involves training high school students for developing concepts for the next in their ability to identify organ reconstruction research, and a prestigious Early Career Research engineers work in teams and college undergraduates through Padmageneration Rajagopalan of technological devices. and discern malicious explain how nature controls motion in Award from the U.S. Department of spread across the world bots from legitimate and research internships. Edward Valeev Marissaa fast and Nichole energy-efficient Rylander manner. Energy for his research on neutrinos, , an assistant using information technology, and benign ones. Yao also will increase which play a critical role in under- professor in the Department of lead to insights that can help educa- , assistant professor of , an as- general awareness of cyber-security standing the expansion of the uni- Chemical Engineering and a core tors better prepare future engineers. chemistry, received a CAREER grant sistant professor in the Department Yangissues Cao in schools. verse, the emergence of ordinary mat- faculty member with the Virginia Such international collaboration in the to further his research toward accu- of Mechanical Engineering and the ter, and nuclear reactions. The physics Tech–Wake Forest University School classroom can transform how engi- , a member of the compu- rate quantum-mechanical predictions Virginia Tech–Wake Forest University department’s neutrino group is one of of Biomedical Engineering and neering students are educated. tational biology and bioinformatics of molecules and materials proper- School of Biomedical Engineering Bingyu Zhao the largest and most visible neutrino Sciences, won her CAREER award for group in Tech’s computer science ties. His research group’s main focus and Sciences, will use research groupsGiti Khodaparast in the world. studies that could provide new , assistant professor of department, was awarded a CAREER is on the development of mathemati- her CAREER grant to horticulture in the College of Agricul- insights into tumor metastasis, wound grant for interdisciplinary compu- cal and numerical models and their develop a novel sensing Physicist received a ture and Life Sciences, is healing, and developmental biology. tational biology work implementation in computer pro- system she co-invented CAREER grant to support her investigating a disease- that integrates bio- grams. resistant gene in corn logical discovery with Leigh McCue-Weil Several faculty members Another major national award went that prevents bacteria mathematical modeling join first class of Fellows to , an assistant from invading distantly and simulation. The professor in the College related plant species. methods developed in of Engineering’s Depart- Zhao hopes to discover Cao’s project will help Five of the more than 150 individuals ment of Aerospace and how to transfer disease- with understanding the named to the inaugural class of Ocean Engineering, who resistant genes from molecular mechanisms American Chemical Society (ACS) received a Presidential ’ model plant species into regulating the cell cycle, Fellows were from Virginia Tech. ACS Early Career Award for Danfengeconomically Yao important crops. a major challenge of contemporary is the world s largest scientific society Scientists and Engineers, Carlacell biology. Finkielstein and is dedicated to the advancement , an assistant professor the highest U.S. honor of the chemical enterprise and career in the computer science department , assistant profes- bestowed on outstand- development across all fields of in the College of Engineering, will use sor of biological sciences and director ing scientists and engineers beginning Marissa Nichole Rylander chemistry. her CAREER grant to develop software of the Integrated Cellular Responses their independent careers. McCue-Weil will use her CAREER grant to study tissue growth. 6 2009-10 2009-10 7 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT E xploring Discovering new frontiers

Cliff T. Ragsdale Groundbreaking research is often the engine that drives innovative, Neal creative teaching and brings bright, inspired students to Virginia Tech. Honored for excellence in chemis- Association for Management of Tech- , Bank of America Castagnoli Jr. Timothy E. Long, James try and service to society were nology’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement Professor of Information Technology McGrath S. Richard Turner , Award. Badawy was recognized for in the Pamplin College of Business, , and , profes- his “internationally acclaimed work, Kevin Edgar was named a Fellow of the Decision So it was good news, in a year that In addition, Virginia Tech Intellectual sors in the College of Science’s chemis- pioneering leadership, distinguished Sciences Institute. He is one of only seemed to bring nothing but gloomy Properties added 37 U.S. patents and try department, and , pro- research, dedicated service, and 108 scholars worldwide to receive economic tidings, that Virginia Tech seven foreign ones. Virginia Tech– fessor of biomaterial and bioprocessing institutional building in advancing the Judythis distinction. S. Riffle research expenditures (as of June 30, developed intellectual property gener- in the College of Natural Resources and technology management discipline.” Anne Khademian 2009) reported to the National Science ated licensing income of more than Environment’s wood science and forest , professor of chemistry Foundation (NSF) approached $400 $3.3 million during the year. products department. , a professor with and director of the macromolecular million for the first time ever. The the Center for Public Administration science and engineering program, “The new award from the NIH will Castagnoli’s research is devoted to $396.7 million figure represented an Battling global and Policy in the School of Public and was one of only three chemists allow us to continue our work to the study of molecular mechanisms of increase of $23.4 million, or 6.27 per- infectious disease ’ International Affairs, was elected a worldwide to be elected a Fellow in support infectious disease research drug metabolism and pharmacologi- cent, over fiscal year 2008. For 2009, National Academy of Public Adminis- the Polymeric Materials Science and and the development of vaccine, cal action. Edgar s research focuses on Tech’s expenditures ranked 44th in Rosstration Angel Fellow. Engineering Division of the American diagnostic, or therapeutic targets for the synthesis, analysis, and structure- the nation, up from 46th in 2008. The 2009-10 fiscal year saw some property-performance evaluation of , research professor of Chemical Society in 2010. major research awards (a number countermeasures,” said Bruno Sobral, polysaccharide derivatives. Long’s geosciences and adjunct professor of “Competitive research awards contin- of which are detailed in other parts professor and director of CIG and The American Poultry Historical research focus is the synthesis and biological sciences, was selected to Paul Siegel ued to grow thanks to the efforts of of this report), including the largest, principal investigator of the project. Society awarded the poultry indus- characterization of novel macromol- receive the 2011 Dana Medal from our faculty,” said Robert Walters, vice one-time federal award in the history “As we move ahead, we will be work- try’s highest honor to , ecules for applications ranging from the Mineralogical Society of America president for research. “Sponsored of Virginia Tech. ing hand-in-hand with a wide range of University Distinguished Professor biology to materials and electrome- for “sustained, outstanding contribu- research activity is more than money; partners, including medical schools Emeritus of Animal and Poultry chanical devices. tions through original research in the it represents the Virginia Tech faculty’s Congressman Rick Boucher, of Virgin- and public health institutions inter- Sciences in the College of Agriculture ia, joined Tech officials to announce a ested in translating the very latest T.mineralogical Daniel Crawford sciences.” outstanding scholarship and expertise McGrath is a University Distinguished and Life Sciences, by inducting him and their efforts to address important $27.6 million award from the National scientific discoveries and innovation Professor and the Ethyl Chaired Profes- , professor of into the American Poultry Industry societal problems.” Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National into practical health benefits for sor of Chemistry and a member of the theoretical chemistry, was awarded Hall of Fame. Siegel has devoted more Institute of Allergy and Infectious society at large.” National Academy of Engineering. He the 2010 Dirac Medal for the world’s than 60 years to researching and More than half of the growth was from Diseases to the Virginia Bioinformat- has mentored hundreds of students federal funding, which grew from outstanding computational chemist Shuhaiteaching Xiao poultry science. ics Institute (VBI). The funding will Research looks for and provided ACS short courses to under the age of 40 for his advances $135.6 million to $148.4 million. But be used by VBI’s Cyberinfrastructure new heart and cancer , professor of geobiology thousands of professionals. in theoretical chemistry. Much of the federal funding increase was partly Group (CIG) to support infectious medications Crawford’s research is focused on in the College of Science, was named offset by a $4.8 million reduction in disease research across the globe, pri- Turner, director of the Macromolecules developing ways to enhance the ef- a Guggenheim Fellow. The award will Commonwealth Research Initiative marily to integrate vital information and Interfaces Institute, is an organic fectiveness of drug development. support his research in Arctic Siberia revenue. Industry funding dropped on pathogens, provide key resources polymer chemist specializing in syn- The NIH also gave Theresa Reineke, that will augment his years of study slightly from $20.47 million to $20.44 and tools to scientists, and help re- associate professor of chemistry, a thesis and characterization of various Four professors from the School of in South China to understand the million. Institutional and other fund- searchers to analyze data arising from $2.3 million New Innovator Award polymers. He holds more than 100 U.S. Architecture + Design were among 25 co-evolution of the environment and ing, such as cost sharing and revenue infectious disease research. grant to conduct research that will aid patents.Other awards and faculty members in North America ’ Carlearly Griffey animals 600 million years ago. from foundations, grew from $116.9 in the development of new heart dis- honors abound named Most Admired Educators of “Virginia Tech is a leader in bioinfor- million to $127.6 million. ease and cancer medicines that have 2010 in the 11th annual America s , professor of crop and matics related to infectious diseases, Michael Badawy DesignIntelligence fewer side effects. Best Architecture and Design Schools soil environmental sciences in the “We feel good about the direction in and the work the Virginia Bioinfor- Brian Katen Ronald Kemnitzer , professor of man- study by . They College of Agriculture and Life Sci- which we’re moving,” said Roderick matics Institute performs is extremely Reineke’s research group is creating Patrick Miller Lisa Tucker agement in the Pamplin College of were , , ences, was elected Fellow of the Hall, associate vice president for valuable not only for Virginia Tech but carbohydrate-based polymers for the Business, received the International , and . American Society of Agronomy. research. for the nation,” said Boucher. delivery of genetic drugs to combat

8 2009-10 2009-10 9 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT Doctoral student Vijay Taori with Theresa Marie Reineke, associate professor, chemistry, in her Corporate Research Center lab

Tomatoes are the single most valu- For example, “Satellites experience the Arctic, but due primarily to the able horticultural crop in the world. the disruptive effects of energetic “extreme Antarctic climate and lack of By introducing a package of agricul- charged particles and electrical charg- manned facilities with the necessary tural strategies, the program expects ing across the satellite structure infrastructure to support facilities, the to improve production. The project during various weather conditions. Due to their versatility, computa- southern polar region is not,” Clauer will also promote quality assur- Astronauts are vulnerable to energetic tional models of the human body said. ance among small farmers and build radiation that may occur at space sta- have emerged as a promising avenue sustainable national capacity for tion altitudes. Navigation signals from Clauer’s office is located at the Na- for research aimed at improving the pesticide residue analysis as a means global positioning satellites are affect- tional Institute of Aerospace (NIA), a effectiveness of vehicle safety systems for meeting international agricultural ed by irregularities in the ionosphere consortium of universities established and mitigating crash-related injuries trade standards and reducing sanitary that develop under some conditions, in 2002 to develop excellence in across all age groups. One component barriers to trade. and massive disruption in electric research and education in a spectrum of this research program investigates power distribution systems can be of aerospace-related areas of study, in- brain injury mechanisms and post- OIRED also won renewal of two triggered by geomagnetic storms,” ter for Injury Biomechanics to partner cluding space science. The NIA teams both cancer and heart disease. The injury biochemical cascades. $15 million grants from USAID to explained Robert Clauer, professor of with NASA Langley Research Center in newly developed molecules can travel with the Virginia Tech Transporta- enhance global food and livelihood electrical and computer engineering. Hampton, Va., to conduct some of the into cells, and also can be tracked so tion Institute (VTTI) and the Virginia “The knowledge gained from this security while limiting negative nation’s most advanced aerospace and that scientists can follow the mol- Tech-Wake Forest University School of study will lead to a better understand- effects on natural resources through The northern hemisphere is already Biomedical Engineering and Sciences ing of injury tolerance and more effec- prudent environmental steward- covered by a number of stations in atmospheric research. Proceedingsecules’ movement of the Nationalin living systems.Academy to generate gender- and age-specific tive approaches to injury prediction, ship and conservation agriculture in ofHer Sciences research was featured in the models for prediction of injury in mitigation, diagnosis, and treatment,” developing countries. Virginia Tech . motor-vehicle crashes. said Warren Hardy, director of the is the only university managing two Center for Injury Biomechanics. USAID Collaborative Research “This grant will allow us to gain a “Given the continuing, unacceptably Support Programs. better understanding of the cellular high crash rate in the U.S., it is criti- Fighting hunger mechanisms involved in the delivery cal that we continue to be diligent in Monitoring space of polymeric drug carriers for both our efforts to find ways to predict and illnesses,” Reineke said. “These studies mitigate injury from motor-vehicle The U.S. Agency for International will ultimately lead to the develop- crashes, thereby effecting policy Development (USAID) awarded Tech Members of Virginia Tech’s Space@VT ment of medicines that are more change to ultimately save lives,” said a $2.5 million contract for a program research group received a $2 million specific to their disease targets and VTTI Director Tom Dingus. that will promote agriculture-led grant from the NSF to build a chain of therefore are less toxic to other parts growth, increase rural incomes, and space weather instrument stations in Increased life expectancy and declin- of the human system.” reduce hunger in Mali. The Office of Antarctica. ing birth rates are projected to raise International Research, Education, Space weather affects a variety of Reineke’s New Innovator Award was the portion of the U.S. population over and Development (OIRED) will man- everyday consumer technologies, one of just 55 across the nation. age 65, creating an urgent need for age the effort. further research into the biomechan- including GPS devices, satellites for Saving lives on the ics of the aging body. The decreased One focus of the program will be television reception, and cellular highway skeletal and physiological resilience improving tomato production, an inte- phones. Also, understanding space of the elderly make trauma and its gral part of the rice-based agriculture weather is critical to space programs. aftereffects one of the top 10 causes of in Mali. The rice-tomato crop rota- A weather map generated by a radar system shows space weather patterns. The National Highway Traffic Safety death among those 65 and over, with tion is often found in the region, with Administration awarded $3 million motor vehicle crashes as one of the rice providing family sustenance and over five years to Virginia Tech’s Cen- most common sources of such trauma. tomatoes providing cash.

10 2009-10 2009-10 11 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT Innovating Paving the technological path to the future Virginia Tech has long prided itself on leading the way in technological innovation. That leadership is even moving into fields where the university The students retrofitted a four-wheel The Virginia Tech Transportation Insti- On the other hand, VTTI’s naturalistic barely had a presence a decade ago. dirt buggy using laser range finders, an tute (VTTI) has worked in recent years driving studies refuted various driving instant voice command interface, and to provide a clearer picture of one of simulator studies that suggested a host of other innovative technologies those hazards — driver distraction talking and listening are as dangerous to guide blind drivers as they steer, caused by cell phone use. The research as visually distracting cell phone tasks. Nowhere is this more evident than “Though we still have a long way to go brake, and accelerate. Although DAVID has resulted in worldwide recognition The VTTI results showed conclusively in Associate Professor Dennis Hong’s to catch up with them, RoMeLa always is still in the early testing stages, the of the problem. that a real key to significantly improv- Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory approaches the problem in fresh new National Federation of the Blind (NFB) ing safety is keeping one’s eyes on the VTTI has conducted several large-scale, (RoMeLa). Worldwide, the robotics innovative ways, and we believe we can considers the vehicle a major break- road. naturalistic driving studies using so- field is dominated by South Korea and create new technologies and solutions Technical Conference. The Cable-sus- through for independent living of the Popular phisticated cameras and instrumenta- Japan, but Hong and his students are that can leapfrog the ‘traditional’ ap- pended Limbed Intelligent Matching visually impaired. Foundation to extend Science tion in participants’ personal vehicles. working hard to catch up. In a proaches.” Behavior Robot (CLIMBeR) scales fiber-optic backbone “It was great!” said Wes Majerus, the Combined, these studies continuously cover story on robotics, editors steep cliffs and is rugged enough to RoMeLa is filled with robots that would first blind person to drive the buggy observed drivers for more than 6 mil- dubbed RoMeLa’s Cognitive Human- handle the terrain on Mars. fit into a “Star Wars” sequel. For on a closed course. He is an access lion miles of driving. oid Autonomous Robot with Learning The Virginia Tech Foundation received example, a Robotic Air Powered Hand Intelligent Mobility Platform with technology specialist with the NFB’s Intelligence (CHARLI), the first autono- “Given recent catastrophic crash events a grant from the U.S. Department of with Elastic Ligaments (RAPHaEL) Active Spoke System (IMPASS) is a Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, which mous, full-sized, walking, humanoid ro- and disturbing trends, there is an Commerce Broadband Technologies uses compressed air to move and could robot with a circle of spokes that in 2004 challenged university research bot with four moving limbs and a head alarming amount of misinformation Opportunities Program (BTOP) to ex- one day help improve prosthetics. The individually move in and out so it can teams to develop a vehicle that would built in the United States, “the loneliest and confusion regarding cell phone tend Virginia’s open-access fiber optic updated version won first place in the walk and roll. Hyper-redundant one day allow the blind to drive. Virgin- humanoid in America.” and texting use while behind the wheel backbone into the central Appalachian American Society of Mechanical Discrete Robotic Articulated Serpen- ia Tech was the only university in the of a vehicle,” said Tom Dingus, direc- region of the state. “CHARLI is just the start, to quickly get Engineers Student Mechanism and tine (HyDRAS) snakes its way up nation to accept the nonprofit’s call. tor of the institute. “The findings from our foot into this exclusive internation- Robot Design Competition at the dangerous scaffolding. Another upcom- Popular Science’s All of this innovation led to Hong being our research at VTTI can help begin to “This project will enhance opportuni- al club of humanoid robots,” Hong said. International Design Engineering ing project is a firefighting robot. named named to clear up these misconceptions as it is ties for research, economic develop- In another project, called the Blind eighth annual Brilliant 10. The listing based on real-world driving data. We ment, and public service, which are Driver Challenge, a Virginia Tech honors top U.S. scientists younger than conduct transportation safety research core to the university mission,” said student team developed the first pro- 40 years old. Honorees are chosen in an effort to equip the public with Raymond D. Smoot Jr., chief executive totype car that can be driven by the from among hundreds of nominees information that can save lives.” officer of the Virginia Tech Foundation. blind. The vehicle’s name is DAVID, an each year. Past honors for Hong include “The total project budget is $6.925 mil- In VTTI’s studies, manual manipulation acronym for Demonstrative Automo- the National Science Foundation’s lion, with $5.54 million provided from of phones led to a substantial increase bile for the Visually Impaired Driver. Early Career Development award. He federal grant assistance.” also has won several international in the risk of being involved in a crash Over the past decade, Virginia has in- awards related to his work in robotic or near-crash. However, talking or vested funds from the tobacco indem- competitions, including the DARPA listening increased risk much less for nification settlement and federal fund- Urban Challenge. light vehicles and not at all for trucks. Text-messaging on a cell phone was ing sources to build high-performance associated with the highest risk of all. fiber-optic networks throughout the RoMeLa students assemble CHARLI. Technology and driving In fact, drivers of heavy vehicles or rural, tobacco-growing regions in the don’t always mix trucks were 23.2 times more likely to Southside and Southwest areas of the be in a crash or near-crash as a result commonwealth. This grant will enable of texting while driving. Texting while extension of the network outside the Technology has been a boon to humans driving at 55 mph can equate to a tobacco region. The new path will add in many ways, but it can also be dan- driver traveling the length of a football 110 miles of fiber to the system begin- gerous when used in the wrong way. field without looking at the roadway. ning at an existing node in Bedford and

12 2009-10 2009-10 13 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT Arabidopsis thaliana

stretching through Bedford, Roanoke, director with Virginia Tech’s Informa- malware across wireless computer Students work with , Shannon Beasley, a teacher at the Central adopt and nurture. Unlike communities Botetourt, Craig, Giles, and Montgom- tion Technology division. “The univer- networks. The same framework could a relative of the mustard plant, which Virginia Governor’s School for Science that seek to attract industries or oppor- ery counties to reach Blacksburg and sity was instrumental in conceiving and also determine how a blackout on one was the first plant to have its genome and Technology, in Lynchburg, Va., said of tunities from the outside, the students Virginia Tech. promoting the state’s investment in major power grid can cause a cascade sequenced. Plant scientists are systemat- PREP, “The students are able to directly learned that no “smokestack chasing” open-access fiber starting in the of additional neighboring networks ically — one at a time — removing genes contribute to science that is current. would be allowed. Officials wanted to Virginia Tech will use the fiber to late 1990s.” to fail. The grant is funded by the U.S. from the plant, and then growing the There are not many opportunities for use methods of development produced, Arabidopsis thaliana enhance research, development, public students to work with universities and for originated, or grown from within. Professor to track Department of Energy’s Early Career result to determine the role of the miss- safety, health care, and education Principal Investigator program. ing gene. But has scientists to get data.” “The students faced the challenge of programs throughout the region. The pandemics in humans and 25,000 genes, which means an enormous Vullikanti’s methods are expected to The goal of the Science Education working within constraints,” said John university also plans to use the fiber to computers number of environmental variables have detect vulnerabilities and improve Partnership Award is to expand those Provo, associate director of Virginia Tech’s improve access to national and inter- to be tested. opportunities. Dolan hopes it will help national high-performance networks robustness in the areas of health care, Office of Economic Development, who PREP collaborate better with people at teaches the studio class. “The businesses required for high-end science and Anil Vullikanti, an assistant professor computer networking, and power grid “We have lots of high school students, a geographic distance and involve low they proposed were required to promote engineering research. in the department of computer science controls. He also will develop realistic and they can stress the plants in ways and average achievers. “Because low-and and a member of the Virginia Bioin- models and scalable, efficient simula- we can’t even imagine. So the scientists economic development, reduce envi- average-achieving students are used to “Virginia Tech has a long history of en- formatics Institute, won a $750,000 tion tools for understanding diffusion are knocking out genes of interest and ronmental impacts, and improve social not getting quick answers, they may be hancing information technology avail- federal grant to formulate a mathemati- processes within complex network giving the seeds to the students, who are well-being.” more creative in their approach and may ability for Virginia through large-scale cal framework that can track the spread systems vital to the Department of designing environments to study plants’ blossom doing research where there is The class came up with four recom- prototypes,” said Jeff Crowder, program of pandemics among populations and Energy. reactions,” said Dolan. “Students have not a quick answer,” said Dolan. “Finally, mended green businesses: wood pellet made discoveries that are acknowledged we want to build the capacity for sci- manufacturing for wood-burning stoves, in grant proposals and publications.” entists and teachers from all over the a micro dairy that could produce simple Plant Physiol- For instance, in an article her group country to mentor high school students in cheeses along with yogurt and butter, ervice ogy published in the journal research.” flooring and countertops manufacturing S by Floyd’s artisans, and a “sustainable liv- Lending a helping hand in May 2008, Virginia Tech biology Helping define opportunities Professor Brenda Winkel acknowledged ing” training-and-education center. Community service, outreach, and engagement can take any for rural, sustainable growth by name the students in Cheryl Weidow’s number of forms, some of them less recognizable than others. Feasibility studies must be carried out fall 2006 biotechnology class at Louisa while investors are sought. But according County High School, who first pointed Not far from Tech’s main campus, stu- to Provo, even if the community doesn’t out the enhanced pigmentation pheno- dents are helping Floyd, Va., a small rural adopt the students’ blueprints, the team’s For instance, an innovative educational administrative supplement from NCRR type of plants she had provided for study. town that carries a rich sense of place work is part of a solid foundation for the outreach program that has more than to expand benefits to more students and has a reputation for its creative cadre “The students noticed that the mutant town’s economic future. “And what’s cool 12,000 high-school students doing and more high schools and to conduct of artists, identify possible economic plants were redder than normal. We is we can replicate this process for other research and providing results that a rigorous study of PREP’s impacts on opportunities. As in other rural Virginia were able to quantify the difference and communities,” he said. scientists can use has energized legions student learning. communities, farmers and others struggle showed that it was real,” said Winkel. “It Working to spread the of kids across the state. As a side benefit, “It is part of the Fralin Institute’s out- to create a vibrant future, said Lydeana PREP was started in 2004 by Erin Dolan, is easy for us [the scientists] to overlook the program also attracted a $1.3 million reach work with high school students and Martin, Floyd County’s community and university motto associate professor of biochemistry subtle differences in the appearance of Science Education Partnership Award teachers to involve them in molecular life economic development director. in the College of Agriculture and Life a plant when we are focused on under- from the National Center for Research science. We have the Biotech-in-a-Box pro- Sciences and outreach director for the standing how things work at a molecular The Floyd project became the primary Resources (NCRR) in 2009-10. gram, professional development programs Fall 2009 saw the start of the newest Fralin Institute, in collaboration with for teachers, and partnership opportuni- level. The students are quite astute. It assignment of a class called Economic themed housing program at Tech, Stu- The Fralin Life Science Institute’s Part- Frans Tax at the University of Arizona ties,” said Dolan. “PREP began when some demonstrates how working with dif- Development Studio @ Virginia Tech. The dents Engaging and Responding through nership for Research and Education in and Eric Brooks at Buena High School in of the high school students we were work- ferent perspectives can move things students proposed new green business Volunteer Experiences (SERVE), which Plants (PREP) also received a $200,000 Sierra Vista, Ariz. ing with wanted to collect real data.” forward.” opportunities that entrepreneurs could was launched by the Center for Student

14 2009-10 2009-10 15 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT U t Prosim Recognizing the university’s best Every year Virginia Tech recognizes alumni and friends who contribute time, expertise, and resources to Engagement and Community Partner- One such Hokie was interdisciplinary After the quake, Strock flew to Haiti with the future of the university and who therefore best ships to more effectively promote the studies major Annie MacKimmie. “I PIH as part of a small team at the general Ut Prosim exemplify the motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). university’s land-grant mission and to went outside to get the paper and just hospital in Port-au-Prince helping to set Garnett E. Smith Lance Smith Jim Shuler E. Ann Spencer help students live (That I May started crying at this photo of a girl with up temporary operating rooms and restore Serve). [pulverized concrete] on her face,” she electricity to the facility. “The hospital was Garnett E. Smith Lance recalled. “You feel so helpless in America, the only public teaching facility, and in one Smith , of Moneta, Va., Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Spencer maintains a strong commit- SERVE creates an environment where but that’s when I called Brandon [Carroll, of the buildings, 20 nurses were taking an received the 2010 William H. Ruffner , an alumnus of the Pamplin ment to Tech. She is past president of the first-year students can volunteer Student Government Association presi- exam when the earthquake struck.” Medal, Tech’s highest honor. His career Virginia Tech Alumni Association and a throughout the New River Valley, getting dent] and said, ‘What can I do?’” College of Business, was recognized to know both themselves and the local With the assistance of PIH, a 180-bed confirms that hard work and determina- with the 2010 University Distinguished member of the Pamplin College of Busi- community better through the process. At the next meeting of Hokies United, referral hospital that Strock had begun tion make it possible to achieve any goal. Achievement Award. ness Advisory Council, the Women in a student-driven movement to help working on before the earthquake, will be After the death of his mother, at age 13 Leadership and Philanthropy Council, and In the pilot year, 19 students lived relieve tragedies worldwide, Carroll, finished by January 2011 and will be used he began bagging groceries. While in Smith served as commander of the U.S. the Ut Prosim Society. together on the third floor of Pritchard MacKimmie, student T.J. Loeffler, and as a temporary teaching facility. “Ameri- high school, he worked shifts at the local Joint Forces Command and as NATO’s Hall, serving the community, and learn- Spencer earned her bachelor’s degree in many others, decided to raise funds for cans are privileged,” Strock said. “It is our newspaper, taking breaks to return to supreme allied commander for trans- ing in courses emphasizing communities, accounting from Virginia Tech in 1976 and Partners in Health (PIH), a nonprofit responsibility to use our creativity to school for basketball practice. With his formation from November 2005 to citizenship, and servant leadership. The an M.B.A. from the university in 1984. based in Boston, Mass., with a long- correct systematic problems.” high-school education in hand, Smith November 2007. He retired from the faculty and students involved in SERVE standing presence in Haiti. began a 43-year career at Advance Auto Air Force in 2008 after 38 years. Shuler is a native of Rockingham County say they believe that commitment to civic Martin Luther King Jr. Parts, rising until he became president and a member of the Virginia General As- engagement is critical. A Virginia native, Smith earned his “PIH was our best option in terms of re- and COO in 1985 and CEO in 1997. He sembly, representing the 12th District. He remembered with service bachelor’s in business administration ceiving our donations because we knew retired in 2000. was the founder and operator of Blacks- In small teams, SERVE volunteered with in 1969 and the following year received the money would be used appropriately,” burg’s Companion Animal Clinic and is local nonprofits like the Christiansburg Smith’s career and life are built on the his commission as a second lieutenant said Loeffler. Hokies United acted as a On Jan. 23, 2010, Virginia Tech’s Center for now retired from his practice. Shuler has Institute, which focuses on historical principle of giving recognition and guid- in the Air Force. As a command pilot, middleman through which organiza- Student Engagement and Community Part- been a strong advocate for agriculture, preservation of the town’s African- ance to others. In 2001, he was named Smith logged more than 3,000 flight tions, businesses, and clubs donated nerships celebrated Martin Luther King veterinary medicine, and the Virginia- American legacy, and Feeding America one of Roanoke’s 50 Most Influential hours. He flew more than 150 combat money to PIH. Jr.’s 81st birthday (which was eight days Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Southwest Virginia, a local food bank. People. He served on the W.E. Skelton missions, including in Vietnam, Laos, Students also pursue their own volunteer earlier) by deploying teams of volunteers Medicine. Allison Jarnagin (art ’07), a Web and 4-H Educational Conference Center Iraq, and Afghanistan. He earned three projects, such as NRV Stage, a community to help the region’s daycare centers. graphic designer for the Poverty Aware- Board of Directors for 35 years. Silver Stars, three Distinguished Flying He has been a member, advocate, and theatre group. ness Coalition for Equality (PACÉ), an The 2010 Martin Luther King Daycare Crosses, 10 Air Medals, and the Purple leader of veterinary organizations. He At Virginia Tech, Smith has served on the organization started in 2006 as a forum Facelift Project targeted 20 of the neediest Heart. has also worked with numerous business Haiti earthquake energizes Virginia Tech Foundation board and as a Del. Jim to discuss global issues, found a high- daycare centers in the New River Valley, and professional organizations, including Hokies volunteer for The Campaign for Virginia Shuler tech way to raise money. “When the including seven Head Start centers, to Virginia General Assembly serving as a member of the board for both Tech: Invent the Future. His generosity earthquake hit,” said Jarnagin, who is paint walls, fences, and wall murals, and and Virginia Tech Associate Vice the National Bank of Blacksburg and the and that of his wife, Patsy, has benefited E. Ann Spen- also a graphic designer for Virginia also to carry out construction and land- President Emerita for Personal and Community Foundation of the New River On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earth- the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Confer- cer Tech’s Athletics Department, “we began scaping projects. Each team had about Administrative Services Valley. He was inducted into the veterinary quake struck 15 miles outside the Hai- ence Center, athletics, University Librar- grassroots fundraising through social $100 to spend on materials and supplies were the university’s 2010 Alumni college’s John Dalton Society, and was on tian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing an ies, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, media, which has been really successful.” based on a grant from Campus Compact Distinguished Service Award winners. the original executive board of the Citizens estimated 230,000 people and destroy- the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical and funding provided by Tech President Committee for the Veterinary College that ing or damaging 280,000 buildings. Many One founding member of PACÉ, Chris Center, the Virginia-Maryland Regional While serving as an associate vice Charles W. Steger. helped bring the college into existence. Hokies were already engaged in humani- Strock, also a civil and environmental College of Veterinary Medicine, the president, Spencer reorganized person- tarian efforts in Haiti before the quake, engineering doctoral student, had been “Childcare has been identified by our com- Holtzman Alumni Center, and the Skelton nel services, started an employee well- Shuler earned a bachelor’s degree in and afterward others felt called to join involved with Haiti since 2005. He munity leaders as a key step in helping to Conference Center. Smith and his wife ness program, and was responsible for animal science from Virginia Tech in 1966 their ranks, engaging in activities from helped build a bridge that spans the river break the cycle of poverty,” said Karen Gil- are the namesakes of the Virginia Tech installing the university’s first compre- and a doctorate of veterinary medicine fundraising to helping build a hospital. Fonlanfè. bert, an assistant director with the center. Smith Career Center. hensive human-resource system. from the University of Georgia in 1970.

16 2009-10 2009-10 17 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VirginiaTechCarilion School of Medicine and Research Institute Rankings Creating innovative physicians for tomorrow Research in various aspects of life sciences has been a growing and Undergraduate rankings ongoing commitment across the Virginia Tech campus since Charles U.S. News & World Report Architecture and Design Schools W. Steger became president. Creative collaboration and an eye toward study on behalf of the Design Fu- the art of the possible are essential elements of that growth. tures Council. Both the architecture In 2009-10, Virginia Tech ranked and interior design programs were 30th among national public univer- ranked fourth, and the undergradu- sities. Among national universities, ate industrial design program was dents to be able to face — and lead — medicine to a patient as a reassuring Nowhere is that more on display including such private institutions as rankedThe Princeton No. 11. Review than in the new Virginia Tech Caril- this unknown world of medicine.” placebo, even without evidence to Harvard and Yale, Tech ranked 71st. ion School of Medicine and Research support its effectiveness. ranked Vir- Even the method for winnowing the Institute (VTC), which announced its The College of Engineering under- ginia Tech eighth nationally among inaugural class from 1,650 appli- The MMI identifies students who first class of 42 students in the graduate program ranked 14th in public universities in its “Best Value cants to just 42 future physicians was don’t “necessarily take the party line summer of 2010 and was putting the the nation among all accredited Colleges” for 2010. The publication unique. Interviewers culled applica- final touches on opening prepara- at face value,” said Stephen Workman, engineering schools that offer picked 50 public institutions and tions for students who wanted to tions. director of admissions. “They will be doctorates. It was seventh among 50 private ones for its rankings. serve others through medicine; who inquiring. They will examine the evi- engineering schools at public The medical school itself is a bold, showed a driving interest in academ- dence. They will ask when evidence universities. Nine of the college’s Virginia Tech ranked 16th nation- first-of-its-kind public-private part- ics, music, athletics, research, and is in absence. We think that will be undergraduate engineering pro- ally among public colleges and nership between Tech and Carilion more; and who pushed themselves to reflective of their ability to be a better grams ranked among the top 20 of universities for offering Kiplinger’sa first-class Clinic, a regional health care net- excel. physician down the road.” educational experience at a bar- their peer programs. Personal Finance Affairs in the College of Architecture work. The curriculum is built around gain price, according to and Urban Studies ranked 27th in Once classes started, six teams of The Pamplin College of Business magazine. problem-based learning, a faculty- the nation. intensive and demanding approach seven students each were given an ac- undergraduate program ranked tual patient case. Students then work where students will learn through a 42nd among the nation’s undergrad- Graduate rankings Three programs within the College through the case together, guided by a guided, self-taught approach focused uate business programs and 24th U.S. News & World Report of Science were rated among the faculty facilitator, researching specific on the patient’s perspective. Just 15 among public institutions. Pamplin’s best in the nation. In the geosci- topics to present to the team at the overall ranking places it in the top percent of U.S. medical colleges use ences department, the paleontology next session. The week culminates 10 percent of the approximately 524 this method. The College of Engineering’s overall program ranked ninth and the earth with a private session for students to U.S. undergraduate programs graduate program moved up two sciences program ranked 28th. The VTC envisions that these physicians interact with the physician and the accredited by the Association to places to 25th among all schools clinical psychology program ranked of tomorrow will be “thought lead- actual patient. Advance Collegiate Schools of of engineering, the first time the 33rd. ers,” intellectually nimble, research- Business International. program made the top 25. Four About 230 hopefuls were then invited Adding to the buzz surrounding the minded doctors adept at bringing departments within the College of The Pamplin College of Business to Roanoke to face multiple mini inter- medical school is the Virginia Tech Virginia Tech was also recognized as the latest knowledge to bear for the Engineering finished in the top 10 ranked 41st among the nation’s best views (MMI), a technique only a half- Carilion Research Institute, which having one of the top 14 cooperative benefit of each patient. of their respective categories. part-time M.B.A. schools. dozen U.S. medical colleges employ will eventually house hundreds of education and internship programs “What is the future? This is the chal- researchers while giving Virginia Tech in the nation. (the Virginia-Maryland Regional Col- The Career and Technical Edu- Other graduate rankings lenging part of starting a medical lege of Veterinary Medicine has also students an outlet for conducting pri- cation graduate program in the school, because we don’t know what started using the technique). Similar mary research of their own. Students Other rankings College of Liberal Arts and Human DesignIntelligence this future is going to look like,” said to speed-dating, students rotated and faculty members will carve out Sciences School of Education tied DesignIntelligence ranked Tech’s Cynda Johnson, the school’s founding through 10 interview stations to react the time for meaningful involvement for fourth among vocational and graduate architecture program dean. “So that is why our school is to various scenarios posted on the in research. “It’s not just going to be ranked the un- technical specialties for the second sixth in the nation. It also ranked based on the mission of developing door of each room. For instance, one dabbling,” said Michael Friedlander, dergraduate landscape architecture year in a row. ‘physician thought leaders,’ through practice question asked applicants the institute’s founding executive program in the School of Architec- the graduate landscape architecture inquiry, research, and discovery. to discuss the ethical implications of director. “They’re going to be fully ture + Design No. 1 in North America The public affairs program in the program second and the graduate We’re going to be training these stu- a doctor prescribing homeopathic engaged in research.” in the 11th annual America’s Best School of Public and International interior design program seventh.

18 2009-10 2009-10 19 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT University Highlights 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Student Admissions TOTAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED (INCLUDES TRANSFERS) Undergraduate 20,281 21,570 22,126 23,351 23,781 Graduate 6,503 6,878 7,462 8,457 9,397 hilanthropy OFFERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS P Undergraduate (freshmen only) 68.2 65.6 65.4 64.0 65.3 Graduate 37.8 40.6 38.0 37.3 34.1 NEW ENROLLMENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF OFFERS Undergraduate (freshmen only) 41.7 41.8 42.0 43.1 38.5 Graduate 65.3 65.2 67.7 62.9 63.6 The year in giving Total Student Enrollment ENROLLMENT BY CLASSIFICATION (head count) Undergraduate 21,627 21,997 23,041 23,567 23,558 Total private giving to Virginia Tech in fiscal year 2010 totaled nearly Graduate and first professional 6,352 6,473 6,857 7,172 7,312 ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS $81.8 million, a 3.3 percent increase over fiscal year 2009. Blacksburg campus 25,915 26,371 27,572 28,259 28,432 Northern Virginia Center 1,030 1,013 1,073 1,107 1,077 The general trend in private giving at Virginia Tech has moved upward Other off-campus locations 1,034 1,086 1,253 1,373 1,361 ENROLLMENT BY RESIDENCE during the past decade, with a peak in 2008 before the recession Virginia 19,246 19,817 20,917 21,337 21,557 Other states 6,707 6,654 6,811 7,168 7,047 began to affect charitable giving nationwide. Although the nation’s Other countries 2,026 1,999 2,170 2,234 2,266 DEGREES CONFERRED economy is still having an impact on giving, 2009-10’s gift total is the Undergraduate 4,913 4,887 5,050 5,308 5,523 Graduate and first professional 1,908 1,807 1,954 1,940 2,038 third-highest in Virginia Tech history. According to The Chronicle of Faculty and Staff Full-time instructional faculty 1,304 1,340 1,371 1,369 1,364 Higher Education, charitable giving to educational organizations fell Other faculty and research associates 1,568 1,649 1,690 1,761 1,913 Part-time, temporary faculty (P14 faculty) 211 233 217 229 224 by 3.6 percent in 2009. Virginia Tech’s friends and alumni are bucking Support staff 3,606 3,698 3,774 3,816 3,603 that trend. Total faculty and support staff 6,689 6,920 7,052 7,175 7,104 Percent of instructional faculty tenured 66.0 65.3 63.4 61.9 62.8 $13,962 $16,447 $18,972 $18,216 $12,523 $13,273 $15,310 $12,375 $15,130 $16,646 Individuals gave more than $52.5 million to Virginia Tech in 2009-10, 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 University Financial Highlights For the years ended June 30, 2006 - 2010 (all dollars are in millions; square feet in thousands) accounting for about 65 percent of total giving to the university. The Endowment Per Revenues, Expenses, and Operating revenues $ 543.8 $ 592.7 $ 633.7 $ 684.5 $ 715.1 rest of the donations came from foundations, corporations, and other Changes in Net Assets (1) Operating expenses 815.2 883.8 945.6 970.1 967.3 Full-Time Student Operating loss (2) $ (271.4) $ (291.1) $ (311.9) $ (285.6) $ (252.2) organizations. Non-operating revenues and expenses (2) 284.7 317.1 326.7 299.0 291.8 Other revenues, expenses, gains, or losses 26.1 122.3 25.2 46.1 90.1 Net increase (decrease) in net assets $ 39.4 $ 148.3 $ 40.0 $ 59.5 $ 129.7 There are some particular successes worth noting. Support for capital University Net Assets (1) Invested in capital assets, net of related debt $ 496.8 $ 568.9 $ 622.9 $ 669.7 $ 734.9 facilities was up 16.3 percent over last year. Such support means Restricted $ 100.0 $ 159.4 $ 118.9 $ 113.1 $ 135.3 Unrestricted $ 72.3 $ 91.7 $ 117.7 $ 136.2 $ 178.5 Tech can continue to provide students and faculty with the best re- Assets and Facilities Total university assets (1) $ 1,078.1 $ 1,298.8 $ 1,339.3 $ 1,429.5 $ 1,654.0 search space and equipment, enabling them to make great strides in Capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation (1) $ 733.2 $ 814.5 $ 871.5 $ 972.2 $ 1,095.5 Facilities-owned gross square feet 8,454 8,498 8,551 8,946 9,011 everything from nanotechnology to cancer research. Facilities-leased square feet 604 682 684 858 863 Sponsored Programs Number of awards received 2,122 2,131 2,263 2,384 2,516 Value of awards received $ 195.9 $ 203.1 $ 227.6 $ 232.3 $ 312.4 Also, just over $3 million was donated to the Annual Fund during the Research expenditures reported to NSF (3) $ 321.7 $ 367.0 $ 373.3 $ 396.7 N/A year, and support for the university’s endowment remained strong as Virginia Tech Foundation Gifts and bequests received $ 81.8 $ 78.5 $ 91.6 $ 65.1 $ 86.9 Expended in support of the university $ 102.4 $ 107.3 $ 127.1 $ 124.8 $ 126.5 well. Donors created 86 endowed funds in 2009-10. Total assets and managed funds $ 728.0 $ 940.9 $ 925.6 $ 942.1 $ 1,023.6 Endowments Owned by Virginia Tech Foundation (VTF) $ 398.3 $ 469.4 $ 475.5 $ 410.7 $ 452.7 While the private giving total represents actual dollars given to Vir- (At Market Value) Owned by Virginia Tech 42.6 47.8 45.1 35.6 44.4 $7,119 $8,108 $8,487 $7,975 $7,689 $9,501 $8,005 $7,765 $9,429 Managed by VTF under agency agreements 6.9 7.9 7.4 5.8 6.0 $6,859 ginia Tech during the year, the Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Total endowments supporting the university $ 447.8 $ 525.1 $ 528.0 $ 452.1 $ 503.1 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Future also accounts for pledges and deferred gifts. Virginia Tech’s Student Financial Aid (4) STUDENTS RECEIVING SELECTED TYPES OF FINANCIAL AID Loans 11,146 11,072 11,382 12,085 12,896 State Funding Per campaign giving was also up, with a total of $136 million in gifts and Grants, scholarships, and waivers (5) 15,947 17,028 17,635 18,406 27,134 Full-Time In-state Student Employment opportunities 8,234 8,260 8,836 8,734 8,514 pledges, a 7.8 percent increase over the previous year’s campaign TOTAL AMOUNTS BY MAJOR CATEGORY NOTE: Figures in the state funding chart for Loans $ 101.6 $ 102.2 $ 106.1 $ 128.0 $ 139.9 giving. all years will differ slightly from numbers Grants, scholarships, and waivers 88.3 101.5 119.2 134.2 155.7 in annual reports before 2008-09 because Employment opportunities 52.0 55.0 60.2 62.0 63.4 past figures have reflected a method that As has been true throughout the campaign, Tech was ahead of sched- Total Financial Aid $ 241.9 $ 258.7 $ 285.5 $ 324.2 $ 359.0 used fall registration to calculate the full-time equivalent headcount. The numbers in this ule in pursuit of its $1 billion goal. At the 93 percent mark in time (1) The university adopted the new Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) reporting model in fiscal year 2002 as required by GASB Statement Number 35, Basic Financial year’s report instead reflect an annualized Statement—and Management’s Discussion and Analysis—for Public Colleges and Universities. head count. (2) The university will always be expected to show an operating loss since significant recurring revenues are shown as non-operating. Major revenue sources reported as non-operating include elapsed, the campaign had hit 95 percent of its goal. state appropriations, gifts, and investment income. These revenue sources are used for general operations in support of the learning, discovery, and engagement missions of the university. Source: Virginia Tech Office of Budget and (3) Total research expenditures reported to the National Science Foundation were not available at publication date. (4) Amounts for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 reflect any applicable restatements. Financial Planning (5) Grants, scholarships and waivers for FY2010 include undergraduate Virginia residents who received ARRA tuition mitigation grants.

20 2009-10 2009-10 21 VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT VIRGINIA TECH ANNUAL REPORT T imeline 2009 JULY AUGUST Libraries’ Special Collections. Army ROTC takes first Edward Via Virginia College when the university renovated Hilscher Memorial Classroom identify a body found in a The collection includes place in D.C. race of Osteopathic Medicine the second floor of the west Renovation Fund to renovate farm field as that of Morgan SCHEV gives VTC go-ahead Tech earns commuter biographies and memoirs, For the second year in a row, (VCOM) team up to launch wing of Norris Hall, is renamed educational space in the hall Harrington, a Virginia Tech The Virginia Tech Carilion recognition sheet music, programs from the Virginia Tech Army ROTC a cooperative two-degree the Dr. Liviu Librescu Student and create a permanent tribute junior who disappeared from School of Medicine and Virginia Tech is designated performances and festivals, unit takes first place in the program that allows students Engagement Center in memory to Hilscher. near the University of Virginia Research Institute (VTC) one of the Best Workplaces funeral programs, photographs, ROTC division of the Army to earn both the doctor of Librescu, who lost his life campus in October 2009 while receives approval from the for Commuters by the U.S. newspaper and magazine 10-miler race in Washington, of osteopathic medicine saving students in his class on attending a rock concert. Police State Council of Higher Environmental Protection articles, and other family D.C. Tech’s second team also and master of business April 16, 2007. Librescu was 2010 rule her death a homicide Education for Virginia Agency and U.S. Department memorabilia. does well with an eighth-place administration degrees. a highly esteemed researcher JANUARY and as of a year later are still (SCHEV) to operate a of Transportation. Best finish. Under the program, VCOM in the field of aeronautical looking for her killer. postsecondary institution in Workplaces for Commuters, a BOV names biomechanics students will complete the engineering. McDonnell invites Highty- the Commonwealth of Virginia. voluntary program designed lab for Kevin P. Granata Sacrifices of law M.B.A. requirements between Tighties to inaugural FEBRUARY Certification by SCHEV gives to cut traffic congestion and The Virginia Tech Board enforcement dogs their third and fourth years of parade VTC degree-granting authority traffic-related air pollution, of Visitors names the new remembered medical school. DECEMBER Governor-elect Bob McDonnell Research funding rises and makes the school eligible recognizes employers that biomechanics research The Virginia-Maryland invites the Highty-Tighties and Research expenditures for to apply for scholarship and provide environmentally laboratory in room 208 of Regional College of Graduate school welcomes Peggy Hahn dies the corps Color Guard to march fiscal year 2009 rise to $396.7 grant funding. friendly commuter benefits to Norris Hall the Kevin P. Granata Veterinary Medicine honors largest class in history Peggy Lee Hahn, a major in his inaugural parade. In million, an increase of $23.4 employees. Biomechanics Laboratory as law enforcement dogs with The Virginia Tech Graduate university benefactor and addition, 20 cadets volunteer million from the previous New CALS dean is named a tribute to the engineering a memorial consisting of School enrolls a total of 6,947 wife of university President to serve as VIP escorts during year. More than half of the Virginia Tech names Alan Campus mourns two professor who lost his life on a life-size bronze German students from all campuses, Emeritus T. Marshall Hahn Jr., the parade and swearing-in growth ($12.8 million) comes Grant the new dean of the murdered students April 16, 2007. shepherd police dog sculpted its largest class ever. There are dies at age 85. The university’s ceremony. The Highty-Tighties from federal agencies. The College of Agriculture and Life The Montgomery County by Blacksburg artist Larry 4,114 master’s students and first lady from 1962 to 1974 have performed in the past federal funding increase is Sciences. Grant, who comes Sheriff’s Department confirms OCTOBER Bechtel. Located adjacent 2,833 doctoral students. This had a talent for maintaining four Virginia gubernatorial offset by a further reduction to Blacksburg from Purdue that David Metzler, of to the main entrance of the growth highlights the steady relationships with stakeholders inaugural parades. in Commonwealth Research University, succeeds Interim Lynchburg, Va., a sophomore Engineering tops recruiting college’s Veterinary Teaching increase in doctoral students, that helped transform the Initiative funding. Dean L.T. Kok. Recognized as industrial and systems rankings Hospital, the statue is which now make up more than institution into a major Tech ranks among top a University Faculty Scholar at engineering major, and Virginia Tech’s College of attached to a granite base 40 percent of the Graduate research university. The Hahn public colleges 24/7 Wall St. praises Purdue, Grant received several Heidi Childs, of Forest, Va., Engineering is named as the that lists the names of the 12 School community. Overall, Horticulture Garden, a garden Virginia Tech once again endowment management teaching awards over the years a sophomore majoring in No. 1 U.S. school for industry Virginia dogs that have lost graduate students constitute pavilion, and a meadow garden ranks among the top public The 24/7 Wall St. website ranks and oversaw capital projects, biochemistry, were victims of workforce recruiting by Aviation their lives in the line of duty. 22.5 percent of the total are all named in her honor. colleges and universities in the Virginia Tech second-best in the including a $2.3 million swine a double homicide at Caldwell Week & Space Technology student population. nation, according to Kiplinger’s nation among universities for environmental research Fields, a popular outdoor spot magazine. The 2009 magazine 100 years of class rings New residential and office Personal Finance magazine. management of its endowment building and the renovation of about 15 miles from campus. ranking is a first for the The Class of 2011 celebrates VP for equity and inclusion building has grand opening Tech ranks 16th among 100 during the fiscal year ending research laboratories. engineering college. In recent the centennial anniversary departs Virginia Tech’s newest institutions that combine June 30, 2009. Although the Students have two more years, Tech ranked either No. of the Virginia Tech ring Kevin McDonald, vice residential and office building, economic value with top- endowment loses 14 percent Tech names first director of housing options 2 or No. 3, behind Penn State, tradition by premiering the president for equity and New Hall West, located quality education. Since 2006, of its value during that period, Center for the Arts The university offers two new Purdue University, and the 100th collection of rings in inclusion since 2007, accepts between Harper and the Kiplinger has ranked Virginia the decline was less than the Ruth Waalkes, director of artistic themed housing communities, University of Illinois. the university’s history. Since a position as chief equity Student Services building on Tech among the top 20 public broad investment markets and initiatives at the Clarice Smith SERVE and Green. SERVE, 1911, each Virginia Tech class officer for the Rochester West Campus Drive, officially universities in this annual most university endowments. Performing Arts Center at the which stands for Students Former cadet is killed in has designed a ring distinctive Institute of Technology. opens. The co-ed halls feature survey. The endowment’s long-term University of Maryland, becomes Engaging and Responding action and unique to the class. Among his accomplishments modern study lounges, break performance ranks among the the first executive director through Volunteer Experiences, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Today, Tech is one of only a during his tenure, McDonald rooms, and kitchens. The first University takes third in top 25 percent over the past of the Center for the Arts at focuses on service-learning, Seth Mitchell, a 2001 graduate few colleges and universities oversaw the creation of the floor of the building houses challenge five years. Virginia Tech. Waalkes, who has and Green educates students of Tech and an alumnus of the in the nation that designs a Presidential Scholarship student affairs staff members. Virginia Tech places third in a broad array of experience in about sustainable living. Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, distinctive ring collection each Initiative, partnered with the Green Commonwealth MARCH the arts in higher education, will dies in action while supporting year. The 2011 ring is the first the An Achievable Dream Student lounge named in Challenge issued by Gov. oversee center programming SEPTEMBER combat operations in Helmand to offer Hokie Stone as a gem organization, and established honor of fallen student Timothy M. Kaine, in which he Governor taps Hokie for and operations. Slated to open Province, Afghanistan. Mitchell, choice. the Conflict Resolution The university names a student challenged state agencies to education post in 2013, the Center for the Arts Carter and Cash originally from Loveland, Ohio, Program. lounge in Litton-Reaves Hall in reduce pollution and become Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will support the Institute for memorabilia arrives at is the fourth member of the NOVEMBER honor of Emily Jane Hilscher, a more sustainable. Tech is the announces that Laura Fornash, Creativity, Arts, and Technology, library corps’ Class of 2001 lost since Center is named in honored freshman animal and poultry only university among the top- director of state government which will bring together the Materials from the musically graduation. Mitchell earned Pamplin and VCOM partner of beloved professor sciences major who died on scoring participants. relations for Virginia Tech, will visual and performing arts with famous Carter and Cash a degree in English, was a to offer dual-degree The Engineering Science April 16, 2007. Jacques Klempf serve as deputy secretary of Virginia Tech’s strong scientific, families, including June member of the German Club, program and Mechanics Student of Jacksonville, Fla., the Missing student’s body education. Fornash is a long- computing, and engineering Carter and Johnny Cash, are and was the male member-at- Virginia Tech’s Pamplin Engagement Center, one of owner of Dixie Egg Company, found time member of the Virginia capabilities. now available at University large for the Class of 2001. College of Business and the the six new rooms created established the Emily Jane Albemarle County authorities Tech community.

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President Charles W. Steger Senior Vice President and Provost Mark G. McNamee

Vice President for Administrative Services Sherwood G. Wilson BOV approves Greek in state support, the Virginia served as the Third Battalion family of former President housing expansion Tech Board of Visitors academics officer for the T. Marshall Hahn Jr. in Vice President for Alumni Relations The Virginia Tech Board of Executive Committee sets spring semester of his senior recognition of their generosity Thomas C. Tillar Visitors approves a plan to tuition and fees for the 2010- year. and long-standing influence Vice President for Development and University Relations expand the existing Greek 11 academic year, raising on Virginia Tech athletics. Elizabeth A. Flanagan housing community, Oak Lane, the in-state total by $854 to MAY Interim Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion through a partnership between $9,589. Adjusted for inflation, JUNE Karen E. Sanders the university and individual state support per Virginia Publications director updates Tech history Lumenhaus design wins Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer fraternity and sorority chapters. student is about half what it M. Dwight Shelton Jr. Each interested fraternity or was at the beginning of the publication Solar Decathlon Europe sorority chapter will work with decade. The History and Historical Virginia Tech’s entry in Solar Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education Karen P. DePauw the university to design its own Data of Virginia Tech, an Decathlon Europe wins the house, allowing chapters to Program celebrates updated and expanded 10-day competition in Madrid, Vice President for Information Technology occupy on-campus houses that 25 years edition of the Historical Data Spain. After being inspected Earving L. Blythe are uniquely theirs while still The Appalachian Studies Book first available in 1972, in different categories each Vice President and Executive Director for the National Capital Region adhering to Commonwealth Program at Virginia is published online. The day, the solar house is James Bohland online version is compiled, declared the most efficient Virginia Tech Board of Visitors of Virginia construction Tech celebrates its 25th Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs written, and edited by Clara structure in the decathlon. standards. anniversary through a series John E. Dooley of public events. Started B. Cox, the university’s John R. Lawson II, Rector publications director, University breaks ground Vice President for Research George Nolen, Vice Rector VTC research institute in 1985 in the Department Robert Walters names director of Religion and Culture in expanding upon the original on new arts center Michael Anzilotti Michael J. Friedlander, the College of Liberal Arts book by the late Jenkins Virginia Tech begins Vice President for Student Affairs Frederick J. Cobb the Wilhelmina Robertson and Human Sciences, the M. Robertson. “This is an construction on its $89 Edward F.D. Spencer Beverley Dalton Professor, chair of the Appalachian studies minor extraordinary compilation,” million Center for the Arts, Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education Ben J. Davenport Jr. Department of Neuroscience, provides students with the says Larry Hincker, associate the cornerstone project of the Daniel A. Wubah Michele L. Duke and the director of opportunity to investigate vice president for university university’s Arts Initiative. Douglas R. Fahl Neuroscience Initiatives at the complex social, political, relations. University Treasurer and Chief Executive Officer for the Calvin Donnell Jamison Sr. Baylor College of Medicine, economic, and environmental BOV approves college’s Virginia Tech Foundation Sandra Stiner Lowe is named founding executive issues important to the region. APLU honors Steger name change Raymond D. Smoot Jr. James W. Severt Sr. Virginia Tech President The Virginia Tech Board of James R. Smith director of the Virginia Tech University Legal Counsel Lori L. Wagner Carilion Research Institute. Center addresses Charles W. Steger is among Visitors approves changing Kay Heidbreder U.S. security the three recipients of the the name of the College of Paul Rogers, Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services Representative APRIL The university establishes the 2010 Michael P. Malone Natural Resources to the Ted and Karyn Hume Center International Leadership College of Natural Resources Gary Long Engineering grad program for National Security and Award, sponsored by the and Environment to more Deans Faculty Representative reaches new heights Technology