Showing posts with label College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Insights

Laptop orchestra, Tibet, Kenya, art, music, creativity, helping others, the people college -- these are on a few words and phrases that come to mind when describing the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.

Whitley, Hokie Ambassador and Communication major.


For those who wish to transfer to Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences know that there is a team ready and waiting to help you transition from your current college to Virginia Tech!

The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech is one of seven colleges for transfer and freshman students.

You can choose from several majors including
  • Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management
  • Classical Studies
  • Communication
  • English
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • French
  • German
  • History
  • Human Development
  • Humanities, Science, and Environment
  • International Studies
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Theatre and Cinema
If you have a desire to join our alumni who are making their mark in the worlds of business, industry, entertainment, education, government, and research, consider the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

James' Story: transferring to VT was a smooth transition despite obstacles

By James, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Major: sociology

Transferring to Virginia Tech has to be one of the best things that I've done in my life thus far. As a high school junior in 2002, I already had my sights locked on Virginia Tech, but a lack of doing homework on a consistent basis landed me with a denial letter and several dashed hopes during the last few months of my adolescent educational career. Deep down, however, I knew that I would be seeing Blacksburg again and that the title “Hokie” simply had to belong to me some day. Therefore, I made my decision to do everything possible to achieve that dream and enrolled in a community college. A few years of hard work later, everything paid off.

My best experiences with the transfer process had to be with the individual care and attention that I received throughout the administrative journey. In the spring of 2007, I received a personal telephone call from an admissions officer welcoming me to Virginia Tech. After I had finished bouncing off of my walls and ceiling with excitement, I sat down and began to realize the work ahead; transferring credits, moving, learning a new curriculum, the list goes on. I received a different kind of phone call shortly thereafter, however. This one had less than stellar news: I was being deployed to Iraq two weeks into my would be first semester at school. The understanding from both the admissions office and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences was phenomenal. With a few simple phone calls and emails, my transfer package was put on hold and I was issued a very heartfelt “Godspeed” by a staff member that I had never even met. I set my sights once again on Virginia Tech, but this time I had a year and a war to get through first.

As the fall of 2008 quickly approached, I was still deployed and out of communication with the “real world” for days and weeks at a time. This didn't hurt my confidence that, when I finally arrived home, things wouldn't all be in place and set for my first semester. Sure enough, when I arrived home 32 hours before my first class started, I, without any significant effort on my own part, had a housing assignment prepared, a complete class schedule with all syllabi waiting in my in-box, and several emails from professors and the Transfer Student Orientation team welcoming me home. Bear in mind that I had yet to meet any of the faculty or staff at Virginia Tech. Never had I felt so well treated or at home (when I hadn't even been there long enough to call it “home”).

I believe that my take-away from all of this is: Virginia Tech showed me that it really was worth it to pursue my goal of becoming a Hokie. The people that populate this great university's offices and classrooms really do care and are not afraid to go out of their way to show it. I received the personal attention that I would attest only to the smallest of schools (normally) and I will forever be grateful that I had all of these wonderful people that wanted nothing more but than to help me become the Hokie that I am today.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Transferring into CLAHS, a recent graduate's story

By Tyler Murphy
2009 Graduate
2009 Admissions Advisor

Transferring into the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences was a smooth transition, just like transferring to Virginia Tech was overall. I was given one of the coolest advisors to work with me throughout my time at VT that helped me plan my course load up through my last semester before graduation.

Since I did not declare a communications major until transferring to the university I still needed some freshman level classes. After having to jump through a few small hoops, I was admitted into those classes. In order to graduate in the time I wanted to, I did have to take a few summer classes to get on track. But as many people will tell you, there is nothing like summers in Blacksburg!

Working alongside some of the most educated people in their fields, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences has some of the nicest professors I ever had and in turn allowed me to form relationships and contacts for networking in the future.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Erika's Story: College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences

By Erika, a junior in the College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Major: sociology
Minor: psychology

I am a sociology major with a concentration in inequality, and also a minor in psychology. Sociology is a wonderful field to study because it allows one to get a greater experience of diversity; this is also a huge part of what the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences does. The faculty and staff within the college and department do a wonderful job at getting this experience across. I have enjoyed every sociology class I have had, especially Dr. Ellington Graves as I think he is an amazing professor.

The faculty are a huge part of the department but we would be nowhere without the hard working staff that keeps everything running smoothly. The academic advisors do an outstanding job of keeping the students and faculty on track. I also have had the opportunity of getting close with a lot of these individuals because I am the president of SAV, the Sociological Association at Virginia Tech. SAV is just one of the many opportunities students have to gain outside knowledge and networks through the sociology department.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Don't miss the next Transfer Visit Day - Nov. 6

We are offering the second of three Transfer Visit Days on November 6. On Friday, the following two colleges will be meeting with students to discuss transferring into the majors they offer:
What are Transfer Visit Days?
Transfer Visit Days were designed for potential Hokies to come and see what they need to do to transfer to Virginia Tech. Here's the deal: each college will hold an information session on a specific Transfer Visit Day. Therefore, you need to determine which college your intended major is in and pick the Transfer Visit Day when that college is holding its information session.

In order to participate in this free event, simply register online. Make sure you register for the date when the college that offers your intended major is holding its information session.

  • November 6

  • 1:30 p.m. - Admissions Information Session
  • 2:30 p.m. - Student-led Campus Tour
  • 3:30 p.m. - College Information Session
Questions? E-mail transfervisit@vt.edu

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