Area residents honored at Virginia Tech commencement

BLACKSBURG, Va., April 13, 2011 -- The following Virginia Tech students were among those honored at the university's fall commencement ceremony held Dec. 17, 2010, in Cassell Coliseum. Approximately 2,500 bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. candidates along with their families and friends attended the on-campus ceremony presided by Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger.


Jacqueline E. Bixler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Spanish in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and alumna Lori Wagner, manager of Advanced Fibers and Composites for Honeywell International and former member of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, delivered the keynote addresses for the fall commencement. Wagner has served on the College of Engineering Advisory Committee and the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Advisory Council. Wagner currently serves on the college’s Committee of 100 and the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board, of which she is a founding member.

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech<http://www.vt.edu/> (http://www.vt.edu/) is the most comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is among the top research universities in the nation. Today, Virginia Tech’s eight colleges are dedicated to quality, innovation, and results through teaching, research, and outreach activities. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Southside, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.



Carley Allen

17 Brentwood Rd

Chatham, NJ  07928

Allen received a Bachelor of Science in Business degree cum laude in finance from the Pamplin College of Business.