FINANCIAL FRONT
McClure as the programs for the Compliance and Risk College of Science. Administration Officer/ Training Officer. She will also be based at the Bank’s Care Center in Buchanan. She joins the Bank with more than ten years of industry experience in numerous departments.
Chapman
Bank of Botetourt has welcomed Robert Chapman as AVP Senior Systems Administrator within the Bank’s IT Department. He will work at the Care Center in the Town of Buchanan. Chapman has been in the financial industry for more than twentyone years and has specialized in the information technology sector.
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The Bank also welcomes Shannon
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EDUCATIONAL FRONT
Weiss
Robert Weiss, a professor in the Department of Geosciences, has been named the director of the Academy of Integrated Science, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science. Weiss takes over the role previously held for six years by Michel Pleimling, a professor of physics and associate dean for undergraduate
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Curtis Mabry, a longtime member of the Hokie Nation as both an alumnus and a member of the human resources team, has been named assistant vice president for consulting and strategic services. He is one of the longest tenured members of Virginia Tech’s human resources (HR) division, joining in 2001 as an HR specialist. Since then, he has held multiple roles, including senior compensation analyst, human resources manager, director of staffing and recruiting, senior director of human resources initiatives and partnerships, and executive director of consulting and strategic initiatives.
Smith
Chris Smith has been named as the postdoctoral affairs program administrator at Virginia Tech. Housed in the Office of Research and Innovation, Smith now leads the establishment of a new Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at Virginia Tech, supporting postdoctoral associates across the institution, including those based on the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences campus in Roanoke, and in Northern Virginia. Most recently in his role as North Carolina State University’s postdoctoral affairs program manager in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at the Graduate School, Smith supported the
