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• Families of Virginia Tech Victims and Survivors Urge Congress to 'Finish The Job,' Strengthen Brady Background Checks

  - 2007-10-16

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSTo: POLITICAL EDITORS

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• The last happy roofer.(editor's corner)

  - 2007-05-01

  The roofing industry, according to the latest job satisfaction figures, consists of a lot of unhappy individuals. And because of a madman on the campus of Virginia Tech, there's one less person who actually thought that scaling a roof was akin to being on top of the...

  Tags: job, occupation, Strategy, Virginia Tech

• MAKING IT BIG

  - 2005-07-01

  AS WORLD CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS STEADILY INCREASES, MINING EDUCATION GRADUATES ARE FEW IN NUMBER AND HIGHLY PURSUED.Julie Iligbcc, a senior at the University of Utah, is in a position many of her peers would envy. Months before graduation, she has six job offers -from places as farflung as Indonesia and...

  Tags: job, University of Arizona, Virginia Tech

• Critical connections: inspecting a deck is both an opportunity and a precaution.(Replacement: Decks)

  - 2005-05-01

  Each summer party season brings a fresh crop of news about deck failures, some of which have ended in severe injury or even death. "These reports send a chill down my spine," says deck builder Dennis McCurdy, of Littleton, Colo. "What if that had been one of...

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• ABOVE THE FRAY

  - 2004-11-01

  BUCKING THE TREND IN HIGHER EDUCATION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS HAVE YET TO EMPLOY NONTENURED, "CONTINGENT" FACULTY IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS.For more than a decade, Dwight Barnette has taught first- and second-year computer science courses at Virginia Tech. Each semester, he takes on a full load of four courses. It's a job he...

  Tags: engineering, job, teacher, Virginia Tech

• Roanoke, Va., sees growing population of college-educated, younger adults.

  - 2004-10-10

  By Jenny Kincaid, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--She left Roanoke for college in 1992 and didn't look back. But after several college degrees and a law career in New York City, Meredith Winn saw Roanoke...

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• Trial by fire: a real-life story: the first week on the job can be overwhelming, but even more so when the community catches fire. Be prepared for anything.

  - 2004-07-01

  Just one week after graduating from Virginia Tech with a Residential Property Management degree, my adventure as a new leasing consultant began. Working at a garden style community of 250 apartment homes in the midst of a busy lease-up, I remember starting my first week finding...

  Tags: apartment, FINANCE, firefighter, job, leasing, Virginia Tech

• Economic Bridge President Works to Bring Businesses to Western Virginia.

  - 2002-08-25

  By Paul Dellinger, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 25--RADFORD, Va.--Carl Mitchell has been preparing all his life for the presidency of the Virginia Economic Bridge. He just didn't know it, until he took the job in January....

  Tags: job, Mitchell, PRODUCTIVITY, Virginia, Virginia Tech

• University graduates becoming the class of residential property management.

  - 2002-07-01

  By being treated as valued prospects whose goal is to enter the multifamily housing industry, students at university programs, such as Virginia Tech--which this year celebrated its 15th graduating class--develop maturity at a level beyond their years. They leave as polished professionals ready to enter property...

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• Virginia Tech to Eliminate 209 Jobs; School Has $25 Million Budget Shortfall.

  - 2002-05-03

  By Rex Bowman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Rex Bowman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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