Programs
CENI’s programs range from large-scale community outreach and engagement events to capacity building opportunities for interdisciplinary education scholars. Find out more about exciting opportunities to engage!
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Virginia Tech Science Festival 2024The Virginia Tech Science Festival is our annual celebration of science as a way of thinking held since 2014. This family-friendly event draws thousands of attendees to Blacksburg from the New River Valley and beyond. Festival guests participate in hands-on activities, see engaging demonstrations, and talk one-on-one with practicing scientists. Expect everything from robotics to ecology to art.
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Hokie for a DayHokie for a Day field trips offer students in participating fifth-grade classes a unique opportunity to experience college life. The visit includes information about the path to college and college majors, an expo with hands-on academic experiences provided by Virginia Tech faculty and students, lunch at a campus dining hall, and an opportunity to meet a Hokie student-athlete. If you are a 5th-grade teacher at a Title I school that is represented in our Educator Liaison Network, please contact your school system’s liaison to discuss participation in Hokie for a Day.
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Communities of PracticeThe CENI Educator Liaison Network maintains an active community of practice inclusive of regional museum and school system representatives. Liaisons initiate, sustain, and document relationships between Virginia Tech and their home institutions. They coordinate field trips to Virginia Tech and bi-directionally facilitate requests for grants, activities, and projects, connecting faculty to audiences for broader impacts opportunities.