Updates

News, Articles, and Campus Notices

Title	Description	Info
As fall semester classes begin, use these spaces for study and work	During the summer months, the university converted outdoor spaces for studying, set aside designated indoor spaces, and boosted Wi-Fi connections for greater productivity.	Date: 08/21/2020
A message to students from Byron Hughes, dean of students	"Each and every one of us must do our part. In its simplest terms, it means always wear a mask. It means keep your physical distance to others and do not gather in large groups. These are not only life-saving ideas, they are current behavioral requirements all students are required to follow."	Date: 08/20/2020
TECH Together Campaign announces winners and finalists	After the TECH Together Campaign launched in July, a whopping 76 applications from 20 different colleges and departments were submitted. Of those, 10 finalists and 5 winners have been chosen to implement their creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for the reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall.	Date: 08/20/2020
Goal of transparency drives launch of university dashboard for COVID-19 test results	To ensure an appropriate degree of transparency, a new online dashboard will be updated each Monday to report the number of COVID-19 test results – the positive test results and total tests – among students and employees, based on the previous week’s information.	Date: 08/20/2020
President Tim Sands updates community on testing and reopening	Although it is too early to draw firm conclusions, the evidence suggests that aggressive and rapid testing, effective contact tracing, and sufficient capacity for quarantine and isolation are effective and essential.	Date: 08/18/2020