BLACKSBURG, Va., March 23 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost has named 12 members to the 2026 class of Virginia Tech's Academies of Faculty Service and Leadershipwith five new inductees into the Academy of Faculty Service and an unprecedented nine new inductees into the Academy of Faculty Leadership.
In a first for Virginia Tech, two faculty members received appointments to both academies: Leanna Blevins, associate vice president for health sciences academic affairs and co-director of the Health Sciences and Technology campusin Roanoke, as well asDwayne Edwards, professor and head of the Department of Biological Systems Engineerin...