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  • Cranwell International Center: Cranwell International Center is committed to the university's globalization initiatives and serves as the primary support service for the international community. Cranwell International Center promotes intercultural exchange, fosters a welcoming environment, and enhances the experience of all university and community participants. They support the university's focus on teaching and learning, research and discovery, and outreach and engagement through our commitment to quality programming, strong advocacy, collaboration, a dedicated facility, and valuable services.
  • Dean of Student's Office: The Dean of Student's Office creates a campus climate which promotes the personal and intellectual development of students by offering both support and challenge. The office provides support for the transition to college life, for the creation of a campus community which is welcoming to all and which celebrates diversity, through coordination of access and accommodation for students with disabilities, through leading the response to student emergencies, and by serving as a voice for student concerns within the broader campus community. The office serves as the primary link between students, parents, faculty, and the administration of the university. It offers a first line of response for parents and students in addressing issues in any area of student life.
  • Office for Civil Rights Compliance and Prevention Education: The Office for Civil Rights Compliance and Prevention Education promotes a learning and working environment free from harassment and discrimination for employees and students. We strengthen the university’s institutional values through civility, compliance and education while mitigating risks. This office is responsible for the university’s:
    • Americans with Disability Act and section 504 compliance.
    • Compliance related trainings and conflict resolution program
    • Prevention efforts as well as response to discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct.
  • Hokie Wellness: Hokie Wellness is designed to deliver programming and information which focuses on the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial well-being of all University employees, thereby increasing employee health and productivity.
  • Lactation Rooms: The Lactation Room Project was initiated in the fall of 1999 soon after the creation of a lactation facility in Newman Library. The Newman facility was built as the result of lobbying by two women in the building. Interest in a formalized plan identifying additional campus spaces for nursing/pumping mothers resulted in a meeting attended by some 35 student, staff, and faculty women from across the university. Women shared stories of their difficult and often unfruitful quest for a clean, private, and appropriate space in which to pump breast milk. The Lactation Room Project is a collaboration between the VT Women’s Center, the Office of Family and Work/Life Resources, and the VT Coordinating Council on Women’s Concerns.
  • Cultural and Community Centers (CCC): The mission of Cultural and Community Centers is to promote the academic, personal, and social success of all students, particularly those from under-represented and historically marginalized populations. Cultural and Community Centers values diversity and strives to transform the Virginia Tech community through cross-cultural exchange. They increase multicultural competencies as a means of achieving educational excellence.
  • Student Conduct: Student Conduct seeks to promote a civil learning environment that fosters personal growth and the development of life skills by holding students and student organizations accountable for conduct inconsistent with the expectations of the university community. The Student Conduct system educates students about appropriate behavior and fosters a community in which academic success can occur.
  • CARES (Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education for Survivors) Program: A confidential resource that provides support services to students, faculty and staff who have been impacted by experiences such as sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking/harassment and many other forms of violence. The CARES Program is a part of the Dean of Students Office.

History

  • Architecture Archives: The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), established in 1985, is a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The purpose of the archive is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's architectural organizations, from around the world.
  • Black Women at Virginia Tech History Project: The Black Women at Virginia Tech History Project is a multi-phase research and education program initiated by Elaine Carter in 1994. Ms. Carter was a graduate assistant at the Women's Community Center and worked in conjunction with Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist, to research and record the experiences of the six African American women who entered Virginia Tech in the fall of 1966. The project continues, collecting narratives and oral histories of other pioneers in VT's history. Visit the Project's website for more information.
  • History of Women at Virginia Tech: The History of Women at Virginia Tech digital timeline project is a collaborative effort to showcase women’s history at this university through archival documents, photographs, interviews, and more. The project team has worked since 2015 to conduct research, gather documents and artifacts, and collect oral histories. This digital exhibit is in progress and new content is being added all the time. Please visit regularly.

Services

  • Services for Students with Disabilities: The Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office exists to assist the university with its mission of promoting students' academic success, personal growth, and development of life skills. SSD works to ensure that students with disabilities receive equal access to curricular and co-curricular opportunities in the academic community, in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
  • University ADA Services: University ADA Services offers equal access through individualized accommodation, consultations, physical and programmatic access, education, and review of policies and procedures.
  • Cook Counseling Center: Cook Counseling Center provides individual counseling and group counseling for enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at Virginia Tech. Consultation and outreach services are provided for Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and student organizations.
  • Schiffert Health Center: In support of Virginia Tech's mission to educate the whole person, Schiffert Health Center promotes the current and future well being of students through the provision of primary health care and health education.
  • Virginia Tech Police: The Virginia Tech Police Department is a fully licensed law enforcement agency whose primary responsibility is maintaining the safety and well-being of the Virginia Tech community. They offer crime prevention services, including an escort service and the Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) program.

Scholarship

  • Women's and Gender Studies at Virginia Tech: The Women's and Gender Studies Program at Virginia Tech is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural program aimed at cultivating an understanding of the complex ways in which gender is defined in relation to social structure, history, culture, and technology. Contact: Katy Powell, Director of Women's and Gender Studies, 540-231-5076