Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education

Leading with purpose. Educating for impact.

This year, the Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education awarded $45,600 in scholarships to support and celebrate our outstanding students. We are proud to recognize their achievements at our annual Spring Celebration in April.

The Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education is a social science unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech dedicated to advancing the priorities of the university and the college through applied social sciences, emphasizing teaching and learning in agriculture, leadership and social change, and community education and development.

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