Virginia Tech Office of Veterans Services

Are you a VT student who is using VA education benefits for the first time?

Using VA education benefits can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to figure it out alone. Join us for a live virtual session of VA Education Benefits 101 with OVS, where we walk through the essentials and answer questions about using VA benefits at Virginia Tech. New students should attend; parents are welcome.

📅 June 9
⏰ 6:00-7:00 PM EDT

Please register to get the link to the meeting: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-weNfWNbQG2fwhvtSElgBA #/registration

Tomorrow is the day!
April is the month of Giving! 🫶💅
Contribute to your fellow Hokie Community by participating in the Donation Drive during the VT vs NC Military Appreciation Softball game 🥎🎗️
For items that are needed most, please refer to the flyer. Let's Go.....and Donate! ✨

April is the month of Giving! 🫶💅
Contribute to your fellow Hokie Community by participating in the Donation Drive during the VT vs NC Military Appreciation Softball game 🥎🎗️
For items that are needed most, please refer to the flyer. Let's Go.....and Donate! ✨

Woohoo! Shoutout to our student Veteran organization, Veterans At Virginia Tech, for going out and supporting their community. Congrats on being spotlighted for Volunteer Recognition Day 🎉

We are proud of the student veterans and supporters who volunteer their time to build community, mentor peers, and lead service projects that make campuses stronger.

Tag a volunteer in the comments who deserves a thank you today.

Veterans At Virginia Tech

Come to the OVS Rally-Gate for Spring Game 2026!
✨Must RSVP using the QR Code✨
✨All details available on flyer✨

We hope to see you there! GO HOKIES!🦃

The VT Office of Veteran Services would like to invite the
military-connected community to the OVS Spring Game Rally-gate!
Coinciding with the VT Run of Remembrance, Family Weekend and the VT Spring Game, this pre-game tailgate will be Saturday, April 18th on Henderson Lawn from 1:30 - 2:45.

The Rally-gate is a comfortable and casual event providing an opportunity to collect the VT military-connected community together one more time before the academic year closes.

Pizza provided. BYOB/BYOC (chair).
Please use the link to RSVP
https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8nVQrrAFMNDn21U

Vets@VT out planting trees in the community.

Volunteers plant over 2,400 trees in Blacksburg and Radford for the Big Plant Planting trees has multigenerational benefits to a community’s well-being. The Big Plant has been planting trees to protect watersheds since 2019.

ALERT! ATTENTION GRADUATING MILITARY HOKIES

Please use the QR code below for more information about graduation regalia for Graduating Hokies.

Hey Hokie Parents,

Camp Corral is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to transform the lives of children of this nation’s wounded, ill, and fallen military heroes. Camp Corral offers recreational programs designed specifically to empower America’s military children to make connections, build coping skills, and increase self-confidence.

Camp Corral will be at the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Camp July 19-24

Check out the link below

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Look who's in the VT News, our very own Allyson Herriges who is a 10 year Army vet and is now leading the way in understanding genetic mutations tied to neuropsychiatric disorders at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Keep up the Good work!!

From law and order to genetic disorders Allyson Herriges spent 10 years as a military police officer before raising children with special needs led her to study neuroscience in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program. Now, a James R. Carter Sr. Memorial Award is supporting her research at the Fralin ...