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Youngkin announces $8.1M in GO Virginia grants
17 projects include funding to study small modular reactors
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A variety of projects around the state intended to spur economic and workforce development will get a boost from $8.1 million in state GO Virginia grants, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced
UR alumni couple donates $25M for student learning center
Gift from Carole and Marcus Weinstein is second largest in school's history
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Carole and Marcus Weinstein, alumni of the University of Richmond, have donated $25 million — the second-largest single gift in the Richmond university’s history — to support a center focused
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Goodwill Industries of the Valleys names chief people officer
Rachel Putman comes to Roanoke from South Carolina
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Roanoke-based Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has named Rachel Putman as its chief people officer. In her new role, which was effective Feb. 20, Putman will lead mission services and
UMW alumna gives $30M to support research, scholarships
Gift is largest in UMW's history
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A 1959 graduate of the University of Mary Washington has bequeathed $30 million to her alma mater — the largest donation in the Fredericksburg university’s 115-year history — to support
Liberty to pay off $189M in bonds early
Documents set redemption date in April
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Liberty University plans to pay off more than $189 million in taxable bonds next month, according to paperwork filed Wednesday by the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. NA.
Civilian life
Community colleges train veterans for new careers
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Paul Valentine is on a winding career path. After leaving the Army more than a decade ago, he got his commercial driver’s license at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers
The big freeze
Governor flattens state tuition rates
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Given pandemic-caused interruptions, college students have been through a lot so far this decade, but one silver lining at many Virginia schools has been frozen tuition. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin
Va. Tech names new biz school dean
Saonee Sarker to start July 1
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Saonee Sarker, a professor at Sweden’s Lund University, will serve as the next dean of the Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business following an international search. Virginia Tech announced Sarker’s new role
Angela and Carl Reddix donate $1.1M to JMU
Gift from ARDX CEO and spouse to support first-generation college students
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James Madison University alumni Angela and Carl Reddix have made a $1.1 million commitment to their alma mater to support first-generation college students, JMU announced Friday. Founder, president and CEO
Va. Tech names College of Architecture, Arts and Design dean
Tsai Lu Liu comes from North Carolina State University
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Virginia Tech has named a new dean to lead its College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD) following an international search. Tsai Lu Liu will start July 1. He has