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direct oversight of campus utility services and infrastructure on the 12-million-grosssquare-foot Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus. She comes to Virginia Tech from the University of Maryland.
in pre-law from Youngstown State University, Ohio, and is a graduate of its Master of Science in education in a counseling program. As director of the Black Cultural Center and reporting to the Office for Inclusion and Diversity, Brentley will support the university’s diversity and inclusion efforts by developing programs, events, and services that facilitate the personal, social, academic, and cultural well-being of Black and African American students.
of the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech. “The department … is uniquely positioned to demonstrate how an academic department can contribute to problem-solving in the context of advancing technologies,” said Huang, who comes to VT from Northern Arizona University, where she recently served as interim executive director of the School of Forestry.
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Gannon Davis has been appointed director of business and financial affairs for the Division of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. He has more than 15 years of experience in higher education financial management and has served at Virginia Tech since 2007
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Billy Faires has been named executive director of marketing and communications at Hollins University. He comes to the Roanoke County campus from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, where he had served as director of communications since 2016. A graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Faires also holds an M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University.
Brentley
Tyler Brentley has been named the new director of the Black Cultural Center at Virginia Tech, effective March 25. Brentley, a Huang Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ching-Hsun Huang native, earned an has been named head undergraduate degree
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Retirement Unlimited, Inc. (RUI), has announced the promotion of Brian Grahame to Executive Vice President of Clinical Services for the family-owned and Virginia based Senior Living Community James management company. David Dantzler and Grahame will oversee Rick James have clinical operations and joined the Board of compliance as well, Directors of the Virginia and implement efforts Western Community aimed at future growth College Educational and expansion. Foundation. Dantzler Grahame started his is District Manager for career with the Fralin Kroger Mid-Atlantic and Waldron companies and a member of the in 2009 at RUI’s sister Foundation’s Scholarship company, Medical and Grants Committee. Facilities of America, James is Executive which is also based in Vice President of Roanoke. Meanwhile Adams Construction Steve Winter has been Company and a named Vice President member Foundation’s of Plant Operations for CCAP2 Campaign RUI. Winter joined RUI Cabinet. The Virginia in 1999 at a Virginia Western Community Beach facility after College Educational serving in the US Foundation is an Navy for 13 years.
