First Year Experiences: Specialized courses help students start on the right...
More than 3,000 of the university's new students will take a Pathways to Success course funded by the Office of First Year Experiences, designed to help students transition to college and their...
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A transitioning course in the college takes many forms, but has a singular goal of providing academic support to freshman and transfer students.
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Transitional course gives undergraduates research...
Interdisciplinary First Year Experiences course in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences helps students springboard into undergraduate research projects.
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: College of Natural Resources and Environment known...
The College of Natural Resources and Environment First Year Experiences program welcomes students with the personalized, collegial atmosphere of learning.
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Living-learning communities connect discipline of...
Students living in the Da Vinci and Curie living-learning communities will take a First Year Experiences course designed to help with the transition from high school to college.
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Pamplin first-year students get a quick start to...
"This class really gets you thinking about the direction of your future," says one student, of the Quick-Start to Business course.
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Introduction to Building Construction lays...
A two-semester course for first-year students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies' Department of Building Construction combines an introduction to the university with an overview of...
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Course makes long-term impressions on physics students
The First Year Experiences course offered through the Department of Physics allows new students to learn about ongoing research from scientists in the field and prepare themselves for opportunities as...
View ArticleFirst Year Experiences: Hokie Horizons helps set University Studies students...
The Pathways to Success course gives students practical experiences for success in their other classes and develops skills identified by employers as important for college students to learn.
View ArticleNew York Times best-selling author Conor Grennan to speak at the university...
Grennan will give a presentation in the auditorium of Burruss Hall on Nov. 11, 2013, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and university community. Following his talk, Grennan will...
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Photos: Author Conor Grennan visits with students
New York Times best-selling author Conor Grennan visited campus to discuss this year’s Common Book, “Little Princes.”
View Article$11,000 raised for charities through lemonade stand project in First Year...
The first-year business students said the class helped set them up for success as they now move beyond their first semester of college into the rest of their academic and professional career.
View Article'Little Princes' reaffirmed as the university's 2014-15 Common Book
The Common Book Project committee chose to reuse "Little Princes" after the book "sparked valuable conversations among our faculty and students." Workshops will be offered to help faculty develop plans...
View ArticleLori A. Blanc receives 2014 Diggs Teaching Scholars Award
Among her teaching roles, Lori A. Blanc is the director of the Da Vinci Living Learning Community, a First-Year Experience seminar designed to help biological and life science freshmen successfully...
View ArticleNew academic opportunities for students in 2014-15
Undergraduate students have more than a dozen new majors to choose from, in addition to several new minors, while graduate students have several new degree options. In addition, there are new centers,...
View ArticleCommon Book Project Committee seeks suggestions for next year's book
Suggestions are welcome for the 2015-16 Common Book. In addition, events are being planned to celebrate and enhance the teaching and learning opportunities for the university's current Common Book,...
View ArticleVirginia Tech celebrates its Common Book
The Office of First Year Experiences is coordinating a series of events this month to celebrate the university’s Common Book. All of the events are free and open to the public.
View ArticleCommon Book inspires student to volunteer in Nepal
On a plane to Nepal the truth set in, and Shannon Mann was alone and preparing to volunteer in a foreign country. This was a journey that started in the pages of the Virginia Tech Common Book, "Little...
View Article‘The Heart and the Fist’ selected as 2015-16 Common Book
The book, which details the scholarly and humanitarian efforts that led author Eric Greitens to join the Navy SEALS, was selected because it "strongly linked to Virginia Tech's core values and mission...
View ArticleStudent orientation staff works hard to introduce new Hokies to Virginia Tech
Orientation for first-year students begins July 6 and continues through July 24. The orientation staff works hard to keep up its enthusiasm each day throughout the summer.
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