As Virginia's senior land-grant university, Virginia Tech takes seriously its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), by contributing to the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Virginia Tech's Service-Learning Center supports programs, like the Global Neighborhood Project, that pairs students and faculty with immigrants to help them make a smoother transition to life in the United States while the students acquire a value-added education.
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A Virginia Tech researcher uses undergrads to help improve potato farming in the Andes
Undergraduate students are helping Jeff Alwang, a professor of agriculture and applied economics in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, work with potato farmers in Ecuador and Bolivia to improve their production.