Engagement

The Women’s Center recognizes the unprecedented challenges that are facing caregivers. Faculty, staff and student caregivers are under incredible amounts of stress as we try to juggle our caregiving responsibilities with our work and school responsibilities. Learn more about the caregiving support available. Please reach out to us if we may be of support by contacting Christine Dennis Smith.

Virginia Tech supports the mission of The Virginia Network through VT Women Connect (VTWC). VTWC is an informal network that promotes, develops and supports Virginia Tech’s professional women by providing a forum to forge relationships, develop supportive networks, and share ideas and information. We engage with women who are in leadership and management roles, as well as those who aspire to these roles, Mary Grace Campos, Director of the College Access Collaborative and Heidi Lane, Assistant Dean of Clinical Skills at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, serve as VT’s Institutional Representatives to the Virginia Network and catalysts for activities here on the Virginia Tech campus.  

The goal of The Virginia Network is to promote women's leadership in higher education and throughout society as a whole; to create an educational, social, and political climate in which women, in all their diversity, can participate equally with men in setting public agendas; to facilitate connections among women in various sectors of higher education and with other organizations and networks with shared goals on the institutional, state, regional, professional, national, and international levels; and to foster strategic alliances and facilitate effective partnerships between women and men in the workplace.

Learn more about VT Women Connect.

The Women's Caucus is currently vetting a new mission and vision statements.  Please view them here. 

The goal of the Women's Center Newsletter is to provide you with timely updates on information, support resources, and programs that are available to help support you in both your professional and personal life. Get the newsletters directly in your inbox by subscribing. We are currently in the process of transitioning platforms for our newsletter. If you would like to be added to the distribution list, please email wcprograms@vt.edu.

Drop in and visit us at the Women's Center! Drop in Hours are dedicated to building community and connections for all at VT. There are always snacks and activities to break the ice. We look forward to seeing you in our space.