The Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs is responsible for:

• Taking the lead in carrying out the university's efforts to be fully engaged with society, here and around the world;
• Facilitating the exchange of knowledge that benefits both the university and society;
• Helping faculty disseminate research results and assisting communities, business, non-profit and non-governmental organizations, and governments in working with faculty to solve real-world societal, natural resource, and other problems through research;
• Working with communities to address local-and global-economic development needs;
• Tailoring regional and online graduate and lifelong learning educational opportunities to the people served;
• Arranging opportunities for students to serve community organizations-and communities-while learning;
• Exploring new ways the university can leverage its resources to create a more effective international agenda;
• Managing U.S. government-funded projects around the world that aim to improve food security and natural resources management;
• Tracking Virginia Tech's international agreements with institutions abroad;
• Providing assistance with visas for visitors to the university from overseas;
• Overseeing the university's centers abroad; and
• Spearheading implementation of the university's International Strategic Plan.

Offices:

Finance and Administration

• Jane Swan | Director
  (540) 231-2021

International Affairs

• Guru Ghosh, Associate Vice President
  (540) 231-7888

Engagement

• Susan Short, Associate Vice President
  (540) 231-9497

Institute for Policy and Governance

• Max Stephenson | Director
  (540) 231-7340

Outreach Information Services

• Scott Farmer | Director
  (540) 231-5633

Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center

• Gary Walton | General Manager
  (540) 985-5900

Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

• Tom Shaver | General Manager
  (540) 231-8000

OIRED

• Michael Bertelsen | Interim Director
  (540) 231-6388
• Paul Knox | International Fellow, Center for European Studies & Architecture
  (540) 231-1695

Commonwealth Campus Centers

• Virginia Tech Southwest Va. Center
  • Penny McCallum | Director
    (276) 619-4311
• Virginia Tech Roanoke Center
  • Kay Dunkley | Director
    (540) 767-6103
• Virginia Tech Richmond Center
  • Melissa Lubin | Director
    (804) 662-7288.
• Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center
  • Melissa Lubin | Director
    (757) 363-3930

Economic Development

• John Provo | Director
  (540) 231-4004

Outreach Program Development / Center for Organizational & Technological Advancement (COTA)

• Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships
  (540) 231-7935
• Continuing and Professional Education
  (540) 231-4682
• Language and Culture Institute
  Don Back | Director
  (540) 231-6963
• Upward Bound/Talent Search
  Tom Wilson | Director
  (540) 231-6911

Southside Outreach Programs / Institute for Advanced Learning and Research

• Liam Leightley | Director
  (434) 766-6612

Reynolds Homestead

• Julie Walters Steele | Director
  (276) 694-7181

VT-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) K-12 Outreach

• Llyn Sharp and Michael Rosenzweig | Co-Chairs
  (540) 231-4080, or (540) 231-5360

Administrative Staff

• Kimberly Rhodes | Executive Assistant
  (540) 231-3205
• Holly Carroll | Administrative Assistant
  (540) 231-9868