The 14th annual Virginia Tech Authors Recognition Event took place March 21 in Newman Library.  The event honored authors’ academic contributions to the University; the list of faculty and students who authored, co-authored, and edited works or who were recipients of Open Access Subvention Fund support for journal articles can be found here.  There were 55 individuals from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, which constituted 45% of the university total; among them were seven authors with two contributions.  The featured speakers, both from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, were Melanie Kiechle, History, and Tyechia Thompson, Innovative Programs.