Educator Liaison Network (ELN)

The CENI Educator Liaison Network is building a community of practice between Virginia Tech and the regional formal and informal education community, including museums and school systems. Liaisons work with both Virginia Tech and their respective education organizations, and they spend regularly scheduled time in the physical spaces of both organizations.  

Educator Liaisons initiate, sustain, and document relationships between Virginia Tech and schools and museums. They coordinate field trips to Virginia Tech and bi-directionally facilitate requests for grants, activities, and projects.

Liaisons connect faculty to audiences for Broader Impacts, help Virginia Tech students gain access to outreach and service opportunities, and connect university faculty and the regional educational community to pursue grant funding.

CENI has established Educator Liaison relationships with the Science Museum of Western Virginia, Montgomery County Public Schools, Floyd County Public Schools, Radford City Public Schools, and Pulaski County Public Schools.  We are actively seeking to grow the network.