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:

Engagement

• Susan E. Short | Associate Vice President
  540-231-9497

Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement

• Susan E. Short | Director
  540-231-9497

Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships

• Gary Kirk | Director
  540-231-7935

Continuing and Professional Education

• Scott Weimer | Director
  540-231-7887

Economic Development

• John Provo | Director
  540-231-4004

Language and Culture Institute

• Don Back | Director
  540-231-6963

Reynolds Homestead

• Julie Walters Steele | Director
  276-694-7181

Upward Bound/Talent Search

• Kimberly Andrews | Director
  540-231-6911

Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center

• Melissa Lubin | Director
  757-363-3930

Virginia Tech Richmond Center

• Melissa Lubin | Director
  804-662-7288

Virginia Tech Roanoke Center

• Kay Dunkley | Director
  540-767-6103

Virginia Tech Southwest Virginia Center

• Penny McCallum | Director
  276-619-4311

Finance and Administration

• Jane Swan | Director
  540-231-2021

Communications

• Andrea Brunais | Communications Manager
  540-231-4691

Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

• Tom Shaver | General Manager
  540-231-8000

International Affairs

• Vacant | Associate Vice President

Center for European Studies and Architecture

• Paul Knox | International Fellow
  540-231-1695

Education Abroad

• Jennifer Sax | Director
  540-231-2114

International Support Services

• Ian Leuschner | Director
  540-231-3736

Office of International Research, Education, and Development

• Michael Bertelsen | Interim Director
  540-231-6388

Outreach Information Services

• Scott Farmer | Director
  540-231-5633

Southside Outreach Programs / Institute for Advanced Learning and Research

• Jerry Gwaltney | Acting Director
  434-766-6612

Administrative Staff

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