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OSU Wrestling: Cowboys Set to Host Virginia Tech This Upcoming Season
David Taylor is bringing an ACC foe to Stillwater. Virginia Tech on Monday announced that the Hokies will come to Gallagher-Iba Arena to wrestle Oklahoma State on Dec. 19. It’s just the second time the two programs will wrestle in a dual, with the other coming in 2011, a dual Virginia Tech won 18-16.
Virginia Tech women's tennis places seven on ITA's Scholar-Athletes list
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced its 2024 Division I Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams on Monday, revealing seven Virginia Tech student-athletes. Dariya Radulova, Erika Cheng, Katie Andreini, Michaela Hegarty, Sabina Richtrova, Samantha Tepes and Semra Aksu made up the Tech representatives. To be...
J'Zavien Currence has Hokies near top-of-mind
Top four-star safety J’Zavien Currence of Rock Hill, S.C. has a couple of top schools in mind, and head coach Brent Pry and Virginia Tech are among the programs on the early wish list for the 6-foot-3, 190-pound athlete ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 6 at the position.
Meet the Small but Mighty Virginia Tech Intercollegiate Eventing Team
Last fall while competing at the Virginia Horse Center Eventing Fall Horse Trials, Mandolin Whitten and her Virginia Tech teammates won the intercollegiate challenge and started to get some exciting ideas. It had been nearly three years since the school had fielded a team at the USEA Intercollegiate Eventing Championship,...
Kyprianou Hires Kappeler as Assistant Coach for Cross Country and Track
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Director of track, field and cross country Petros Kyprianou announced on Monday (July 22) the hiring of Chase Kappeler, who will be an assistant coach for cross country and track, as well as assisting in operations duties. Kappeler comes to Illinois after spending the last four...
State grant to fund renovations at Jersey Park Apartments
A Maryland developer of affordable housing has received $2.3 million in state funding to acquire and renovate Smithfield’s Jersey Park Apartments on West Main Street. Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on July 10 that the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development had awarded Affordable and Special Needs Housing funds to Salisbury-based Green Street Housing for […]
Majority of JMU class of 2023 employed within six months, report finds
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – James Madison University announced this morning that over 2,500 undergraduates from the class of 2023 found work within six months of receiving their degrees, and more than 1,500 of them filled jobs in Virginia. That is according to the university’s annual career outcomes report....
VDOE looks for input on cell phone restrictions in classrooms
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is looking for input on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 33. Youngkin issued the order earlier this month to “establish a cell phone free education.” It will be the first statewide initiative to eliminate or severely restrict cell phone use for all the state's public schools.
Family and consumer sciences teachers Professional Development Institute held at Hotel Madison
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Virginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (VATFACS) is holding its annual Professional Development Institute conference at Hotel Madison in Harrisonburg this week. The conference aims to empower family and consumer science teachers around Virginia by providing them with resources and lesson plans...
North Carolina will receive over $50 million from EPA to address climate change and support conservation
The grant is intended to reduce greenhouse gas admissions across North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia, and preserve and restore thousands of acres of coastal wetlands and forests.
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