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On-Campus Resources
The following is a list of on-campus organizations, opportunities, and experiences available for those interested in fulfilling the project requirement of the Citizen Scholar Experience. If the
student decides to utilize one of the following resources, they should contact the organizations directly in order to plan their experience. Students may also work closely with their advisor and
the Graduate School and design their own experience. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all programs found at Virginia Tech that qualify for the Citizen Scholar Experience. This list is intended to provide examples of experiences that may be available.
| Organization/ Opportunity |
Contact Name |
Contact Phone |
| Agriculture Extension and Education Project and Report | Jerry Gibson | 231-6224 |
| Pairs students with an extension agent or specialist for a semester. Available to any student in a department with a strong extension component. | ||
| Center for Gerontology | Rosemary Blieszner |
231-5437 |
| Field practicums available for students in all departments interested in adding a gerontology component to their graduate experience. | ||
| Center for Race and Social Policy | John Ryan | 231-9396 |
| A variety of community projects are available through the center. |
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| Civic Obligations of Students at Land Grant Institutions Study | Michele James-Deramo | 231-6947 |
| Graduate assistantship needed to develop a program to initiate dialogue and implement a plan for realizing the land grant mission in relation to this study. | ||
| Community Design Assistance Center | Information Desk | 231-5644 |
| Graduate students help in the architectural design process for members of the community. | ||
| Externship Program | Laura Hickerson | 231-8084 |
| This is a volunteer job shadowing opportunity for students to spend up to five days during winter break observing and often working with professionals, investigating a career field and experiencing a typical week on the job. | ||
| Graduate Ambassador Program | Monika Gibson | 231-4558 |
| Participants in this program commit to build and promote the graduate community at Virginia Tech through a variety of projects. | ||
| Hometown Industries | Perry Martin | 231-9186 |
| Engages students with citizen groups in unincorporated Appalachian communities involved in community beautification and cultural preservation projects. Graduate students can participate in the development of "homegrown" economic development initiatives related to community arts and heritage. | ||
| Insect Tours | Loke Kok | 231-6341 |
| Graduate students give tours of the facilities and insects in the Department of Entomology. | ||
| Internships | Various | Various |
| Internships are available in most fields. Ask your department for details. |
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| McNair Scholars Program | Cheryl Gittens | 231-5499 |
| Designed for under-represented undergraduate
students, this program prepares them for graduate
school. Participants are given a project, a mentoring
relationship, and participate in development programs. Citizen Scholar participants would act as mentors. |
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| Poet in the Schools | Lucinda Roy | 231-8465 |
| Graduate students go into local public schools and help the students advance their creative writing skills. | ||
| Refugee Resettlement Initiative | Michele James-Deramo | 231-6947 |
| Graduate student coordinates the resettlement needs of refugee families moving to the area. This includes volunteer training, English language instruction for low level learners, job readiness counseling, and educational support for children. | ||
| Science Outreach | Science Outreach Information Desk |
231-3001 |
| Graduate students in the fields of science participate in outreach programs. |
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| Service-Learning Center | Michele James- Deramo |
231-6947 |
| Can assist graduate students in identifying local and regional needs, building relationships with community organizations and agencies, and negotiating a community-based project. | ||
| Student Sponsored Journals and Conferences | Various | Various |
| Some graduate students in some departments sponsor locally held national conferences or peer-reviewed journals. | ||
| Student Teacher Supervision | Sue Magliaro | 231-1802 |
| Graduate students in the School of Education supervise undergraduate student teachers. | ||
| Undergraduate Scholars in Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program | Nini Smiley | 231-5023 |
| Designed for under-represented undergraduate students. Provides a mentoring relationship and other development programs. Citizen Scholar participants would act as mentors. | ||
| Upward Bound/Talent Search | Daly Hayes- Murphy |
231-6911 |
| Graduate students volunteer as mentors helping underrepresented high school students prepare for college. | ||
| Virginia Cooperative Extension | Marc Fisher | 239-1775 |
| Work closely with VCE on a project important to the state of Virginia. | ||
| Virginia Higher Education Civic Engagement Network (VHECEN) | Michele James- Deramo |
231-6947 |
Graduate students can give administrative leadership to building a statewide network of professionals and administrators in higher education. The VHECEN "headquarters" is the VT Service-Learning Center. Work needs to be done to build a virtual meeting site for the network. |
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| VT Stars | Ed McPherson | 231-8029; 231-5879 |
| VT STARS is a regional pre-collegiate youth
development program and offers opportunities for
civic scholarship in academic mentoring, instructional content development, or programmatic enhancement. Participation in the Graduate School Citizen Scholar seminar is a prerequisite. A limited number of professional development research stipends are available, via an approved CSE project. |
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On-Campus Resources
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