Timothy D. Sands joined Virginia Tech as its 16th president on June 1, 2014. The installation of President Sands will be held Oct. 16-18.
We have a large number of faculty participating in the installation in the Experience Virginia Tech: Learn, Explore, Engage portion on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon.
This special event will highlight Virginia Tech’s teaching, research, and outreach while offering learning and fun for all interests and ages! Lectures from dynamic faculty, interdisciplinary panels, hands-on demonstrations, and engaging displays will transform The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center into an open classroom.
- Brenda Davy, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, will participate in The Water We Drink panel
- Renee Boyer, Virginia Cooperative Extension, will moderate the The Food We Eat panel
- Ozzie Abaye, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, will participate in The Food We Eat panel
- Justin Barone, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, will participate in The Energy We Use panel
- David Kuhn, Department of Food Science and Technology, will participate in The Water display
- Stephanie Houston, Ph.D. student in Department of Biological Systems Engineering (on behalf of W. Hession), will participate in The Water display
- Kang Xia, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, will participate in The Water display
- Melissa Chase, Department of Food Science and Technology, will participate in The Food display
- Joe Eifert, Department of Food Science and Technology, will participate in The Food Display
- Chun You and JaeEung Kim, Ph.D. student (on behalf of Percival Zhang), Department of Biological Systems Engineering, will participate in The Energy display
- Elena Serrano, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, presenting on Healthy Kids