BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 9 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
For Susan E. Short, community engagement has always been about what becomes possible when people who might not otherwise share a table start learning from one another. That conviction, built over two decades of connecting Virginia Tech with the communities it serves, has now earned one of the field's highest honors.
Short, senior associate vice president for outreach and international affairs, has been inducted into the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship, a lifetime distinction recognizing scholars and leaders who have made significant contributions to community-engaged work and who commit to bringing that expertise ...