Congratulations! Ruth Lytton and Dixie Reaves was honored with the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teaching Fellow Award to recognize their contributions to higher education. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Wayne Purcell , as he was awarded CALS Hall of Fame Award. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Phillip Chong , as he was awarded Fulbright Scholar. Click to read more.

CareerBuilder reports an increase in salaries for Economist graduates. Click to read more.

Congratulations! Kurt Stephenson was promoted to Full Professor, and Gordon Groover was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

CALS Alumni Award Banquet Recipients for 2007-2008 Congratulations to: Scott Sink earned a BS 99 & MS 01, won Outstanding Recent Alumni, Mike Miller earned a BS 76, won Outstanding Alumni Award, Marilyn Jarvis earned a BS 91& MS 92, won Outstanding Alumni Leadership Award, Leon Geyer won Outstanding Faculty Service Award, and Wayne Purcell won CALS Hall of Fame.

 

Congratulations! Blair Lawton, received the 2007-2008 Outstanding Staff Member Award Presented by the AgEcon/ NAMA Club.

Congratulations to Jeremey Burner and Cynthia Green , as they received the" Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" award based on their academic achievements and demonstrated leadership. Bruner is an AAEC major in and Green is an AAEC minor.

Congratulations to Jennifer Lamb, as she was selected as the Austin Michelle Cloyd Honors Scholarship Winner, the University Honors held their annual sophomore scholarship competition March 14th & 15th. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Phillip Chong , as he was selected as the Outstanding Senior in AAEC based on scholarship, activities and leadership. Chong has a dual major in AAEC and Political Science.

Pleased to announce that Ruth Lytton was featured in January/ February 2008 issue of Solutions, "The Win-Win Payoff with Internships." Click to read more.

Congratulations!  The following list of students qualified for the Dean’s List during Fall 2007.  Having earned at least a 3.4 GPA this semester places these students in the top 25 percent of students who achieve this level of academic excellence: Brandon Barts, Samuel Belzer, Jeremey Burner, Ryan Crickenberger, Hillary Custis, Josh Gore, Christy Huffman, Benjamin King, Michelle McCann, Jessica McKinney, Kassi McKinney, Courtney Mitchell, April Pyle, Hunter Richardson, Ashley Shiflett, Evan Shiflett, Andrew Sowell, Cory Spiker, Matthew Sponaugle, and Charles Upshaw.

Congratulations! Jaren Pope was a 2007 American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association dissertation award recipient.

Congratulations to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences which was ranked number 10 out of 100 Universities and Colleges by the National Science Foundation. Click to read more.

Pleased to announce that Jaren Pope was featured in Virginia Tech News for his study, "Two Virginia Tech studies find that housing prices fall after real estate disclosures." Click to read more.

Congratulations! Gordon Groover was named the September In the VESA Spotlight Award winner for his integrity, dedication, hard work, and the wisdom he has during his nearly 30-year career with VCE. Click to read more.

AAEC would like to Congratulate Alumni Ambassador Richard Crowder, was inducted into Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame. Click to read more.

Congratulations! Dixie Reaves received the AAEA Distinguished Teaching Award for Ten or More Years of Undergraduate Teaching, for her high quality and high impact teaching program.Click to read more.

Congratulations! Wen You and Denise Mainville were featured in the Blue Ridge Business Journal for their insight on, "Opportunity in China's Meltdown ." Click to read more.

Pleased to announce that David Orden has been named director for the Global Issues Initiative in the newly formed institute for Society, Culture and Environment at Virginia Tech. Click to read more.

Congratulations! Dixie Reaves received the Gamma Sigma Delta 2007 Teaching Award of Merit for her exceptional academic performance and achievements.

Congratulations! Marilyn Echols, received the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Employee of the Month Award for July 2007. This award is given to employees who "perform tasks above normal work performance, demonstrate consistently good work and dedication to the position" and, most importantly, complete their job in an exemplary way.

Congratulations! Alex White received the Certificate of Teaching Excellence for 2007. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences selects one faculty member each year as its recipient of the Certificate of Teaching Excellence. As a CTE recipient, Alex will become a member of the College’s Academy of Teaching Excellence. Click to read more.

Congratulations! Shirley Baber, received the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Employee of the Month Award for April 2007. This award is given to employees who "perform tasks above normal work performance, demonstrate consistently good work and dedication to the position" and, most importantly, complete their job in an exemplary way. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Dan Taylor and David Orden, as they have been recognized by the university for their 25 years of service.

Congratulations! Wayne Purcell received the Camptender Award 2007 for his decades of valuable research work on issues related to the sheep and lamb industry. Click to read more.

Congratulations! Jeffrey Alwang received the university's 2006 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Outreach and Research.

Congratulations! Ruth Lytton recevied the Certified Financial Planner Board Award for Financial Planning Research Paper of the American Council on Consumer Interests.

Congratulations to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences which was ranked number 11 out of 100 Universities and Colleges by the National Science Foundation for 2005. Click to read more

Pleased to announce that Brad Mills was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education for his study, "The Wage Earnings Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities." Click to read more.

AAEC will soon offer its students a new degree option, Financial Planning, which focuses on how households, and small business owners, choose to use their financial resources to maximize well-being.Click to read more.

Congratulations to Mike Ellerbrock, David Kohl, and Dixie Reaves for recent publishing chapters in Teaching Excellence at a Research-Centered University; Energy, Empathy, and Engagement in the Classroom. Each is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence (ATE) at Virginia Tech that consists of more than 100 active members, and each has received at least one university-wide teaching award. Their chapters are among the 39 first-rate essays by award-winning teachers representing a broad range of university disciplines, departments, and colleges that are featured in this book.

AAEC Alumni at the Virginia Agribusiness Tailgate. Click for tailgate photo.

Congratulations to Elton Mykerezi, AAEC graduate student, for recently accepting the position as Assistant Professor in Regional Economics, in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, Minn eapolis, MN.

Congratulations! The Virginia Tech Financial Planning Students win the 2007 Ameriprise Financial Planning Invitational along with $10,000 in scholarship money to support the financial planning program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Click to read more.

Congratulations! to Timothy Johnson, as he was awarded the ACC International Academic Collaborative Scholarship of $1,000 to help underwrite the costs of his studies abroad this semester. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Emily Blevins, as she was selected as the Outstanding Senior in AAEC based on scholarship, activities and leadership. Blevins has a dual major in Accounting and AAEC, she also works part-time in the AAEC department.

Congratulations to the Alex Miller, AAEC Graduate Student and Co-Chair for the 2007 Envirofusion week at Virginia Tech, was invited to The Deans' Forum on the Environment, due to his active role in organizing events this spring and working with Virginia Tech administration to improve energy efficiency and general environmental issues here at Virginia Tech. Envirofusion is a week-long event at Virginia Tech, that will bring together professionals, educators, and students in order to increase public eco-awareness. Click here for photo.

AAEC Graduate Student Alex Miller Participates in a Subarctic Expedition Research Adventure. Click to read more.

SAEA Quiz Bowl Team: Under Kurt Stephenson's leadership, the Team performed extremely well. For the third year in a row, Virginia Tech had a student on the top three teams. Tafral Middleton placed in the top third team as a tournament winner.Click to read more.

At the 2006 Agriculture & Forestry Day held at the State Fair in Richmond, Virginia. Governor Tim Kaine stops by the Virginia Tech AgEcon Club exhibit. Click for photo.