Updates
News, Articles, and Campus Notices
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| Ergonomic resources for teleworking employees |
Setting up a home office? Those working remotely can implement easy ergonomic principles that will help deliver a boost to wellbeing, comfort, and productivity. Make individual adjustments, based on personal preference and comfort. |
Date:
04/08/2020
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| Alumnus John Ross helps educators continue teaching during pandemic |
Ross was traveling in Iceland when he heard the news that the COVID-19 pandemic was causing most learning environments to go online. As an instructional designer, he knew just how to help. |
Date:
04/08/2020
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| Self-care key during crisis |
The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented troubling experiences that span the globe. Virginia Tech’s Hokie Wellness strives to equip students and employees with the tools and endurance necessary for finding a path through exactly this type of situation. |
Date:
04/08/2020
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| A message to students from President Tim Sands |
Every day I speak with a student or parent who is adjusting to experiential learning opportunities that have been postponed or a hands-on laboratory or clinical experience that may not be possible. |
Date:
04/08/2020
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| Expert webinar discusses COVID-19 impact, signs of resilience |
Virginia Tech’s university motto, expressing the Hokie service ethic, offers a path forward during the pandemic. Staying home and limiting shopping trips helps to protect service workers and those who are more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. |
Date:
04/07/2020
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| COVID-19 update: Checklist available for returning faculty, staff, and students |
Students, faculty, and staff who have arrived or will be returning from a CDC Warning Level 2 or 3 travel notice area or other areas of risk identified by the university, whether studying abroad, teaching, conducting research, or on spring break, should complete the following Virginia Tech Emergency Management form to share self-quarantine plans with the university. |
Date:
03/09/2020
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| A message to the Virginia Tech community |
Amid growing concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 infections across the world and the United States, it is important for us to pause for a moment and consider how our thoughts, our words, and our actions influence others in our community who are equally affected by this global health crisis. |
Date:
03/06/2020
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| A message to the Virginia Tech community regarding COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) |
Guided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Tech’s Schiffert Health Center, a number of important actions are in the process of being planned and implemented. |
Date:
03/03/2020
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| Open letter to the Virginia Tech community: University suspending participation in all activities in Italy |
Because of the continued growth in the number of COVID-19 cases in Italy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a “Warning Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel” for Italy earlier this afternoon. Given this development, and in accordance with Policy 1070, Virginia Tech is suspending participation in all activities in Italy immediately. |
Date:
02/28/2020
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