Local campaigning gears up
September 10, 2012
Phones and paper litter the tables from a recent phone bank, and Romney/Ryan posters take up every wall in the space. It is the closest campaign office to a college campus in the state of Virginia, and yet many people have no idea it’s there.
Connect to the Virginia Tech community through pilot volunteer database
January 20, 2011
Did you know there are more than 50 service organizations registered with Student Affairs that host their own projects each semester?
Volunteering in college: who, what and where
September 22, 2010
First and foremost, we need to take a moment of silence for Fighting Gravity getting knocked out early on "America's Got Talent." I promised my co-workers I wouldn't make this article about Fighting Gravity, but I think I speak for all of us when I say th
Students, refugee kids take part in summer camp
June 30, 2010
This past week, myself and a group of six other Mexican summer exchange students, a Virginia Tech student, and a couple of volunteers learned a valuable life lesson: No matter where they are from, 2-year-olds cannot be reasoned with.
Open your eyes to reality around you
June 30, 2010
In her essay "Seeing," Annie Dillard tells an anecdote of newly sighted patients, blind from birth, who have had cataract operations that restored their sight.
Get a jump-start to fighting hunger in NRV
June 23, 2010
There is a woman in Radford. She is 39 years old.
Students experience 'Aha moment'
June 16, 2010
In the heart of Christiansburg, just up the road from Blacksburg, sits a brick building.
International students assist refugees
June 16, 2010
My name is Laura Garca. I come from Monterrey, Mexico - two flights and a 3-hour drive away.
Cassell to host Special Olympics Saturday
February 11, 2009
At first glimpse, it seems as though the day every Hokie fan dreads has finally come: "Enter Sandman" thunders out the speakers of Cassell Coliseum, and A.D. Vassallo and Malcolm Delaney do not sprint onto the floor. But for the players who do take to the