May 25, 2011
On May 2, President Charles Steger and Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen signed a memorandum of understanding, allowing honorably discharged Marines to apply to Virginia Tech.
Charles W. Steger
Charles Steger (June 16, 1947 - ) has been president of Virginia Tech since Jan. 7, 2000. He is the university's 15th president.
Steger's relationship with Virginia Tech has spanned four decades, having been student, faculty, department head, dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, vice president for Development and University Relations and, finally, president.
As a student, Steger received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1970, master of architecture in 1971 and Ph.D. in environmental science and engineering in 1978, all from Virginia Tech.
Steger has been married to his wife, Janet, since 1969. They have two children.
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Tech to phase out some April 16 victim benefits
March 18, 2011
Virginia Tech is altering the way it deals with the victims of the April 16, 2007, campus shootings and their families.
Ring tradition inspired class gift
September 23, 2010
Virginia Tech's class of 2011 unveiled its class gift Thursday - a four-foot tall bronze casting of the first and 2011 version of the university's class ring weighing more than 400 pounds.
Officials break ground on CRC expansion
September 20, 2010
Virginia Tech administrators and local politicians talked economic development as the university broke ground on the second phase of its Corporate Research Center Monday.
State funding eyed in Virginia Tech Board of Visitors meeting
August 31, 2010
Virginia Tech's financial future and growth plans were high on the agenda as the university's Board of Visitors met Sunday and Monday.
Subcommittee of McDonnell's commission visits CRC
August 16, 2010
Virginia Tech played host to a handful of state decision-makers Monday as a subcommittee of Gov. Bob McDonnell's commission on higher education, reform, innovation and investment considered business and research models in place at Tech and in the region.
Ceremony celebrates ties in future Center for the Arts
June 23, 2010
Virginia Tech marked an important milestone for the $89 million Center for the Arts Monday during an official groundbreaking ceremony.
Virginia Tech secures initial funding for first American extension campus in India
April 26, 2010
Virginia Tech plans to expand the university by building one of the first foreign campuses on Indian soil.
April 16: Benches dedicated to April 16 survivors
April 15, 2010
University officials and families affected by the April 16, 2007 shootings gathered Thursday afternoon to add a new aspect to the April 16 memorial.
House of Delegates should pass legislation that works
April 6, 2010
Nearly three years after the massacre at Virginia Tech, the lower house of the Virginia legislature has neither the will nor the backbone to pass truly effective legislation to make the state's college campuses safer. In a state that has suffered two of t