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.
News
Members of the Board of Visitors and administration met with students at a brunch on Sunday, November 17, 2019, at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
February 2018
Agee and Treacy: Transforming Southwest Virginia: Higher education must lead, Roanoke Times
https://www.roanoke.com/June 2019
Dennis H. Treacy and G. Gilmer Minor III column: A year of great progress, and more work to do
https://www.richmond.com/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/Upcoming Meetings
Board of Visitors meeting dates for 2020:
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Wednesday, May 27, 2:15 p.m.
Buildings and Ground Committee (open session)Buildings and Ground Committee
The electronic meeting will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2:15 p.m. + View Open Session Materials + Watch the Live Meeting The live stream will begin at 2:15 p.m. + Follow along with the transcript For live captioning of the meeting, follow along here.
If you have issues accessing the meeting, please call 540-231-2280 for assistance. -
Wednesday, May 27, 2:30 p.m.
Governance and Administration Committee (open session)Governance and Administration Committee
The electronic meeting will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2:30 p.m. + View Open Session Materials + Watch the Live Meeting The live stream will begin at 2:30 p.m. + Follow along with the transcript For live captioning of the meeting, follow along here.
If you have issues accessing the meeting, please call 540-231-2280 for assistance. -
Friday, May 29, 1:00 p.m.
Finance and Resource Management Committee (open session) -
Monday, June 1, 1:00 p.m.
Joint Meeting of Academic, Research and Student Affairs and
Finance and Resource Management Committees (closed and open sessions) -
Monday, June 1, 1:30 p.m.
Academic, Research and Student Affairs Committee (closed and open sessions) -
Tuesday, June 2, 10:15 a.m.
Executive Committee (closed session) -
Tuesday, June 2, 1:15 p.m.
Full Board Meeting (closed and open sessions)
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August 23-25, 2020
Information Session Materials
Full Board Materials -
November 15-16, 2020
Information Session Materials
Full Board Materials