Water Center Director is an Invited Panelist at AWRA Annual Conference

Virginia Water Center Director Stephen Schoenholtz was an invited panelist at the American Water Resources Association annual conference. The panel discussed “Benefits and Challenges of Delivering Interdisciplinary Graduate and Undergraduate Education in Water Resources.” The panel discussion highlighted some of the successes and challenges associated with training the next generation…

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Daniel McLaughlin gives Keynote Address at SERCAP Conference

On April 11, 2018, Daniel McLaughlin gave the keynote address at the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project (SERCAP) Water is Life! Conference & Luncheon. SERCAP is dedicated to ensuring that all residents of the southeastern United States have adequate access to clean, safe drinking water and environmentally sound wastewater solutions….

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Water Educators Directory: Connecting VA Water Educators

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Virginia Water Educators Directory! The Virginia Water Resources Research Center and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality have worked together to publish this online directory of trained water educators in the state.  This website directory is intended to establish and reinvigorate the…

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Water Degree Celebrates First Graduates at May 2017 Commencement

Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resource and Environment’s Water: Resources, Policy, and Management degree celebrated its first graduates this month.  The new Bachelor of Science degree, which became effective in the fall of 2015, takes an interdisciplinary approach to meet the complex challenges of managing water. The graduates, pictured here,…

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