BLACKSBURG, Va., May 18 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
At Virginia Tech's 24-hour Housing Services desk in New Hall West, the work does not stop when classes end.
Families check into residence halls for commencement weekend, and guests arrive for camps and conferences after most students leave campus for the summer. Phones ring as staff members answer questions from incoming Hokies preparing for campus life.
For student leaders Jac Noel, Jaela Tucker, Emilie Worrell, and Sarah Hamblin, that work became a defining part of their college experience.
"We've spent about 20 hours a week, every week for the past three years, in this building. And summers," said Worrell, a political sci...