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Conference Helps Strengthen University and Community Partnerships
How do communities define engagement with institutions of higher education? What does it mean for communities to choose to engage with higher education? And what are the implications when communities call forth their university partners?

These are a few of the questions that challenged the thinking of the participants of the forth annual university-community partnership conference. "The Community Calls Forth the University," was the theme of the July campus event. .................more

Engagement Academy Developed for University Leaders
Plans are underway for the first Engagement Academy, a program designed to help university leaders across the country be responsive to critical societal issues during this time of unprecedented global economic competition.

Engagement Academy for University Leaders will be held June 9-13, 2008 at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center and is being offered by Virginia Tech's Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement. .................more

New Leadership for Continuing and Professional Education
It was a new setting and different faces, but many familiar challenges and opportunities greeted Mark Bernhard when he arrived at Virginia Tech several months ago. As the director of Continuing and Professional Education (CPE), Bernhard has been focusing on expansion and diversification of programs and services. ...................more