Department of History
News and Stories Spotlight
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Category: impact Significant collection of Civil War letters between general and his wife finds a new home at Virginia Tech , articleThe letters between Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton and his wife, Anne “Nannie” Radford Wharton, were written between 1863-65 and provide insight into Southwest Virginia life during tumultuous wartime and detail the couple’s opinions, love, ambitions, fears, and frustrations from both battlefield and homefront perspectives.
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Category: academics With fellowship, history professor to record life of human rights legend , articleAmanda Demmer, associate professor of history, has received a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to write a biography on Ginetta Sagan, a leader in the international human rights movement after World War II.
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Category: academics Eight Virginia Tech faculty recognized for outstanding leadership, service , articleAcademies honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members of all classifications in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.
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Category: culture Faculty club pop-up events spark connection and collaboration , articleTeaching and research faculty are creating a sense of community at a series of Faculty Affairs-planned events that facilitate "intellectual socializing."
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Category: academics New Provost’s Leadership Development Program teaches faculty to lead where they are , articleOnly a few of the 22 faculty members in the eight-month Leading in Place cohort, launched this fall, are serving in formal leadership roles. But the Faculty Affairs–designed program embraces the idea that everyone is a leader — and that it's wise to cultivate leadership skills no matter your position.
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Category: impact How one Hokie turned a liberal arts education into a mega sports media career , articleMatt Arden '99 is helping Fanatics Collectibles set its creative content initiative into motion as its first executive producer.