The Master Financial Education Volunteer program focuses on helping families build their financial capacity through classes on topics such as managing money, planning for home ownership, getting out of debit, retirement planning, and preventing identity theft. The program also pr…
CALS HR is committed to fostering a thriving, inclusive, and high-performing workplace. We partner with faculty, staff, and leadership to provide strategic, people-centered solutions that drive success.
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) is the scientific research center of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, encompassing various academic departments both on and off-campus, including the Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARE…
4-H provides a large variety of educational learning opportunities and experiences. Leadership, citizenship, and life skills are taught through learn-by-doing projects, local club programs, and 4-H camps, as well as at county, district, state, and national events. If you're inter…
A food system includes the production, processing, distribution, sales, purchasing, preparation, consumption, and waste disposal pathways of food. Community food systems seek to make transactions between these pathways more localized (versus global). Increasing direct connections…
Whether young or old, male or female, tall or short, everyone needs to eat. Food is the cornerstone for survival. We also know that what and how much you eat and drink affects your health. Everyone can afford to eat better, and everyone needs to be active, especially with skyrock…
Virginia Cooperative Extension develops and supports new discoveries, ideas, products, and services in natural resources and the environment. Virginias rich natural resources have a long history of use, misuse and changing pressures. Today our treasured natural resources are more…
Meeting Diverse Needs Extension faculty — agents and specialists — work together to meet the ever-changing needs of the agriculture industry. Follow the links to the right to explore the work we are doing in a particular area. Extension agents serve as important links to a broad …
CALS Information Technology (CALS IT) provides information technology leadership and solutions that address the needs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and the Virginia Agriculture Experiment Stations. We are comprised of personnel w…
The Graduate Honor Code establishes a standard of academic integrity and requires that all graduate students exercise honesty and ethical behavior in all their academic pursuits at Virginia Tech. Learn more about the Graduate Honor System and the Honor Code: Contacts Chair: Molly…
The world-class research and extension experts of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (VAES) are dedicated to developing and implementing research that addresses the growing needs, expectations, and forthcoming challenges and opportunities within society. VAES prioritize…
Research currently shows that: 1 in 5 Virginia children enter Kindergarten without the basic skills needed to succeed A child is abused or neglected every 75 minutes 65 percent of older persons with long-term care needs rely exclusively on family and friends to provide assistance…
Commercial horticulture in Virginia includes the production, harvesting, marketing and distribution of small fruits, tree fruits, wine grapes, vegetables, alternative specialty crops, greenhouse ornamental and edible crops, container and in-ground nursery crops, as well as the de…
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The OMALS degree provides practical application of knowledge taught by faculty experts who are both in the classroom and in their professions, researching and practicing what they teach. Learn more about the variety of OMALS concentrations , courses within the program, experience…