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Ray D. Pethtel, Virginia Tech's University Transportation Fellow and associate director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, has issued a white paper on Virginia's controversial abusive driver fees imposed through legislation passed during last year's General Assembly session and signed into law by Governor Tim Kaine.

Government administrators and economic and community development professionals have the opportunity to learn about best practices in industrial development for their area at the Virginia Industrial Development Authority Institute's two-day seminar to be held April 15-16 at the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk in Suffolk, Va.

Virginia Tech President Charles L. Steger today praised the introduction of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007, legislation to establish a national study abroad fellowship program.

Community leaders, administrators, non-profit organization leaders, graduate students, local government officials, and college and university faculty are invited to attend Virginia Tech's "The Community Calls Forth the University, the Fourth Annual University-Community Partnership Conference."

Virginia Tech's Office of Economic Development and the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies are partnering with state and local governments to study"farmshoring" possibilities for rural areas in Virginia.

Local government officials and volunteer community leaders can improve their understanding of the economic development process, thanks to the 24th annual Virginia Institute for Economic Development (VIED) to be held November 13-16, at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va.

The Nov. 29-30 Energy Research Engagement Showcase offers business and community leaders the opportunity to learn about more than 300 energy-related activities at Virginia Tech, as well as energy efforts by faculty members at other public universities in Virginia.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has honored S. K. De Datta of Blacksburg, associate provost for international affairs at Virginia Tech, with a Presidential Citation Award. The award recognizes De Datta's contributions towards eradicating hunger through improved agricultural productivity and food security, particularly for the production of rice.

"So how are we doing?" asked Town of Appomattox Mayor Ronald Spiggle about his administration's government. The experts he queried were Virginia Tech graduate students in public administration. After spending a semester analyzing the activities of the town administration, conducting citizen surveys, and comparing the performance data to other localities, the student team concluded that the Appomattox government is doing a good job.

Charles W. Steger, president of Virginia Tech, and Jaime Parada Avila, director general of the National Council for Science and Technology of the United Mexican States (CONACYT), have signed an agreement that provides for development of a multi-year cooperative education program.

Why does the modern world food system fail to adequately feed some 800 million people?" This and other topics will be addressed during the 21st annual international World Food Day Teleconference, entitled "The Politics of Hunger: What's at Stake?

The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Revitalization Commission and three federal government agencies have awarded more than $8.4 million for the benefit of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR), a collaborative educational and economic development effort partnering Virginia Tech, Averett University, Danville Community College, and local government and community organizations.