Board of Visitors
What We Do
The Board of Visitors is the governing authority for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The Board is composed of 14 members, 13 of whom are appointed by the Governor. The 14th member is the President of the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, who serves ex officio. In addition, there are four non-voting representatives to the board, representing faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students.
October 2019
G. Gilmer Minor III & Dennis H. Treacy column: GROWTH4VA seeks to build partnership for higher ed
https://pilotonline.com/January 2020
Petrine: Efficiency and affordability go hand-in-hand, Roanoke Times
https://roanoke.com/DECEMBER 2021
Howard Kern and Preston White Opinion: Creating affordable talent pathways crucial to Virginia's economic future
https://bov.vt.edu/Upcoming Meetings
Board of Visitors meeting dates for 2021-2022:
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August 21-23, 2022
*The full Board meeting on August 23 will be livestreamed. Information for viewing will be provided closer to the meeting date.
Information Session Materials
Full Board Materials -
November 13-14, 2022
*The full Board meeting on November 14 will be livestreamed. Information for viewing will be provided closer to the meeting date.
Information Session Materials
Full Board Materials
Latest News
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Brian Katen honored with emeritus status
06/30/2022
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1997, Katen’s scholarship has included work on the documentation of Virginia’s African American landscapes and landscapes of memory shaped by segregation and Jim Crow-era policies, laws, and social conventions.
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James B. Campbell honored with emeritus status
06/30/2022
A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 1976, Campbell made significant contributions to geographical scholarship and was a pioneer researcher in remote sensing technology.
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