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100 People to Meet in 2024: Educators
As leaders in our K-12 and higher education workforce, these teachers, professors, deans and university administrators are passing on their knowledge to the next generation of Virginians. William Kelly President,
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NNS funding helps launch ODU engineering program
Shipbuilder makes 5-year gift to graduate more engineers
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Newport News Shipbuilding will be the lead industry sponsor of Old Dominion University’s program to graduate more engineers, the two organizations announced Tuesday. NNS, a division of Newport News-based Fortune
Ellucian to buy UK software company for $210M
Deal will help expand product capability
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Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian has agreed to buy United Kingdom-based Tribal Group, which also provides education services software, in an all-cash deal that values the company at up
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Three Va. universities land on top patents list
U.Va., VCU, GMU ranked by National Academy of Inventors
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Three Virginia research universities have made the National Academy of Inventors’ new list ranking the nation’s universities that were granted the most patents in 2022. The University of Virginia, Virginia
MBU program makes college more affordable
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Entering her senior year at Waynesboro High School last fall, Emma Clark did not know whether higher education was in her future. The youngest of eight children, she was mindful
Money machine
How much is a college degree really worth?
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In 2009, Donald Hart found himself in an enviable position. Leading up to his graduation from Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Hart had been accepted to a slew
TCC expands Skilled Trades Academy
Portsmouth program trains future skilled trades workers
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Tidewater Community College has kicked off the expansion of its Skilled Trades Academy, adding more space and more courses to its Portsmouth facility. The academy opened in 2019 with 20,000
Va. Tech’s Center for Biz Analytics names director
Jennifer Havens is a Tech alumna
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Jennifer Havens has been named director of the Center for Business Analytics at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, the university announced Wednesday. Havens joins Virginia Tech from Amazon.com Inc.,
Small yet mighty
VTCSOM is state’s most competitive medical school
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Way back when, Roanoke was a train city — the headquarters for Norfolk and Western Railway and a late-1800s hub for the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. The scenic mountain community, however,
NSU receives $1M donation for chair endowment
Retired Dominion Enterprises CEO Conrad M. Hall is donor
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Retired Dominion Enterprises Inc. President and CEO Conrad M. Hall has donated $1 million to Norfolk State University, the university announced Friday. The gift from Hall, who serves on NSU’s