Please note: some links and contact information may be outdated. Please contact provoff@vt.edu if you have any problems.

Alumni Distinguished Professor and University Distinguished Professor:

• Call for Nominations, 1/22/07 (PDF)

Announcements by Provost Mark McNamee:

• April 30, 2009: open letter to the university community from President Steger and Provost McNamee
• March 30, 2009: budget update
• January 21, 2009: spring 2009 update
• November 19, 2008: academic budget strategy for 2009-2010
• April 11, 2008
• January 22, 2008
• December 7, 2007
• October 10, 2007
• August 17, 2007
• August 7, 2007
• Procedure for completion of spring 2007 academic semester

Business Conduct Standards:

• Statement of Business Conduct Standards, 10/01/06 (PDF)
• Certification (MSW)
• Certification (PDF)
• Statement (PDF)

Core Curriculum and Liberal Education:

• Advising Resources, 2006-07 (PDF)
• Alternate Structure (PDF)
• Collins Report (PDF)
• Communication Program in Mechanical Engineering (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Ad Hoc Committee, Fall 2004
• Core Curriculum Comments by Diane Bell, 4/15/05
• Core Curriculum Committee, 2004-2005
• Core Curriculum Example 1: Strategy for Incorporating Speaking, Visual, and Writing Requirement into a Degree Program's Undergraduate Curriculum
• Core Curriculum Example 2: A proposal to meet the writing-intensive requirement of the University Core Curriculum
• Core Curriculum FAQs
• Core Curriculum Focus Group: Student Attitudes Toward the Core Curriculum
• Core Curriculum Handbook for Faculty Advisors, 2006-07 (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Handbook for Students, 2006-07 (PDF)
• Curriculum for Liberal Education: A Guide for Students, Advisors, and Faculty, 2007-2008 (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Implementation (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Interim Report, 4/05 (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Posters presented at April 30, 2004 Retreat:
  • Core Curriculum Poster 1 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 2 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 3 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 4 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 5 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 6 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 7 (PPT)
  • Core Curriculum Poster 8 (PPT)
• Core Curriculum Questionnaire (PDF)
• Core Curriculum On-line Virginia Tech Resources for the ViEWS (Visual Expression, Written and Spoken) Curriculum Requirement
• Core Curriculum Mini-Retreat to Review, Refine, and Revitalize the Core Curriculum, April 2004
• Core Curriculum Statement of Purpose
• Core Curriculum Summaries of April 30, 2004 Break-out Sessions
• Earth Sustainability Pilot Series: Living in the 21st Century
• Enrollments by College (PDF)
• Final Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Core Curriculum (PDF)
• General Education Survey Part 1 (PDF)
• General Education Survey Part 2 (PDF)
• General Education Survey Part 3 (PDF)
• General Education Survey Reponse (PDF)
• Geosciences ViEWS (PDF)
• Living in the 21st Century (PDF)
• McNamee Letter, 12/01/04
• Mechanical Engineering Proposal (PDF)
• MSE ViEWS (PDF)
• Percentage of All (PDF)
• Percentage of Area (PDF)
• Retreat Agenda (PDF)
• Retreat Evaluation (PDF)
• Student Learning (PDF)
• University Forum on Liberal Education (PDF)
• ViEWS Guidlines (PDF)
• WSFP ViEWS (PDF)

Diversity:

• Please see http://wwwvt.edu/diversity for links to a broad array of diversity programs at Virginia Tech. This listing focues on initiatives and documents prepared by the Provost's Office:
• Programs:
  • Advance VT
  • Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series
• Documents, Presentations, and Reports:
  • 9/11/05, Factors Influencing Voluntary Faculty Departures from Virginia Tech, May 2002-December 2004 (XLS)
  • 8/24/06, Voluntary Departures among Faculty at Virginia Tech: Differences by Race/Ethnicity (PDF)
  • 8/24/06, Voluntary Departures among Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty at Virginia Tech: A Gender Perspective (PDF)
  • 11/08/04, Diversity Issues and Strategies—Presentation to the Board of Visitors (PDF)
  • 11/08/04, Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Inclusion at Virginia Tech
  • 11/03/04, Questions and Answers Concerning Diversity
  • 06/06/04, Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Narrow-Tailoring Concept, Board of Visitors
  • 11/20/03, Letter from Provost Mark McNamee to the Virginia Tech Community
  • 11/10/03, Information Session on the Comprehensive Review of Race and Ethnicity Conscious Programs (PDF)
  • 11/10/03, List of Altered Programs from the April 2003 Review of Race and Ethnicity Conscious Programs (PDF)
  • 11/10/03, Handout distributed at the Information Session on the Comprehensive Review of Race and Ethnicity Conscious Programs
  • 11/10/03, Summary of Questions posed at the Information Session on the Comprehensive Review
  • 1999-2000, Campus Climate for Diversity: Faculty Perceptions (PDF)
  • 1999-2000, Campus Climate for Diversity: Student Perceptions (PDF)
  • 1998, Status of Women and Minorities at Virginia Tech (PDF)

Faculty Work/Life Balance Documents (also available on the AdvanceVT website):

• Addressing Faculty Work-Life Issues (PPT)
• Child Care Survey Results, 9/10/04 (PDF)
• Demographics: 2005 AdvanceVT Work-Llife Questionnaire (PDF)
• Significant Differences: 2005 AdvanceVT Work-Life Questionnaire (PDF)
• Faculty Leadership Issues: AdvanceVT Faculty Work-Life Survey Data Report (PDF)
• Faculty Recruitment Issues: AdvanceVT Faculty Work-Life Survey Data Report (PDF)
• Work-Life Issues at Virginia Tech: A Report of Faculty Discussion Groups April 2005 (PDF)

Initiatives:

• Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment (ISCE)

Race and the Institution Taskforce:

• Summary of the October 11th 2006 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the November 8th 2006 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the November 29th 2006 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the December 6th 2006 meeting (PDF)
• Progress Report, January 2007 (PDF)
• Summary of the Feburary 7th 2007 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the Feburary 21st 2007 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the March 14th 2007 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the March 21st 2007 meeting (PDF)
• Summary of the March 28th 2007 meeting (PDF)

Summer Session Reports:

• McNamee Memorandum, 2/7/06
• Summer Session Final Report, 2006 (PDF)
• Summer Session Appendix A (PDF)
• Summer Session Appendix B (PDF)
• Summer Session Appendix C (PDF)
• Summer Session Appendix D (PPT)
• Summer Session Appendix E (XLS)
• Summer Session Appendix F (PPT)
• Summer Session Appendix G (XLS)
• Summer Session Appendix H (PPT)
• Summer Session Appendix I (PDF)
• Summer Session Appendix J (PDF)
• Summer Session Report, 2002 (PDF)

University Restructuring:

• University Restructuring, 2002-2003 
• University Strategic Plan, 2001-2006

University Space:

• Norris Hall Task Force:
  • Final Recommendation of the Norris Hall Task Force (PDF)
  • Norris Hall Proposals
  • Call for Norris Hall Proposals
  • Task Force Members
• McNamee Letter of March 2006 re: CRC Space Committee Report
• CRC Space Committee Final Report (PDF)