Editor's note: The time and location of the Nominating Committee meeting has been updated in the text below.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors will hold its quarterly board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 1:15 p.m. in Room G102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (4 Riverside Circle) in Roanoke.

On Sunday, Aug. 27, a daylong orientation session and retreat will be held in open session for all new and returning board members beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center (775 Hermitage Road) in Wirtz, Virginia. In addition to a tour of the facility, board members will receive information on and discuss issues affecting higher education and the current state of the university in the context of achieving strategic long-term university goals.

On Monday, Aug. 28, the board’s Nominating Committee will meet in closed session at 12:45 p.m. in Room 1102 of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to nominate a vice rector for the 2023-24 year.

Also on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 29, board committees will meet at the following times and locations:

  • The Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee will meet Monday in open session beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room G102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The committee will meet Tuesday in closed session beginning at 8:45 a.m. in Room 1102 of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
  • The Buildings and Grounds Committee will meet Tuesday in open session beginning at 8:45 a.m. Room G101 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The committee will then meet jointly with the Finance and Resource Management Committee in open session at 10:45 a.m. in Room G102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
  • The Compliance, Audit, and Risk Committee will meet Monday in closed session, followed by open session, beginning at 8:45 a.m. in Room G102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
  • The Finance and Resource Management Committee will meet on Tuesday in closed session, followed by open session, beginning at 8:45 a.m. Room G102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.

On Monday, the Executive Committee will meet with President Tim Sands in closed session at 7:30 a.m. in the Virginia Room at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center (110 Shenandoah Avenue NW) in Roanoke. Board members will tour the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine (2 Riverside Circle) in Roanoke beginning at 10:45 a.m.

Also on Monday, an information session for all board members will be held in open session beginning at 1:45 p.m. in Room 102 A/B of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.

On Tuesday, the committee chairs will meet in open session beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Virginia Room at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.

In addition to facility tours and the retreat, board members will receive a presentation on the Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance and consider a resolution on the design review of Mitchell Hall, a future engineering facility on the Blacksburg campus.

The full board meeting on Tuesday and the information session held Monday will be livestreamed. To view these meetings, go to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors website. If you encounter any issues with accessing the livestream, please contact Virginia Tech 4-Help at 540-231-2280.

Public comment will not be received at the meeting. Complete information may be found at the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors website.

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