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2021 Home Grounds and Animals PMG - Author Contact List
No full textThis is a chapter of the 2021 Home Grounds and Animals PMG. This 2021 Virginia Pest Management Guide provides the latest recommendations for controlling diseases, insects, and weeds for home grounds and animals. This publication contains information about prevention and nonchemical control as alternatives to chemical control or as part of an integrated pest management approach. The chemical controls in this guide are based on the latest pesticide label information at the time of writing. Because pesticide labels change, read the label directions carefully before buying and using any pesticide. Regardless of the information provided here, always follow the latest product label instructions when using any pesticide. Commercial products are named in this publication for informational purposes only. Virginia Cooperative Extension does not endorse these products and does not intend discrimination against other products that also may be suitable.Peer reviewe
2021 Horticultural and Forest PMG - Authors
No full textHorticultural and Forest Crops 2021 Author Contact ListPeer reviewe
Voices of Virginia: An Auditory Primary Source Reader
No full textVoices of Virginia pulls together stories from oral history collections from across decades and archives to create an all-audio source companion for Virginia’s high school and college students. The "album" is only two hours long, but contains dozens of short oral histories from eyewitnesses to key moments in American history, from the end of the Civil War to the 1980s. The excerpts are downloadable, accessible by smartphone, and accompanied by a transcript. Audio clips are also available on Soundcloud. You’ll also find a brief introduction to each narrator, historical context adapted from experts at Encyclopedia Virginia, American Yawp, and Public Domain sources, and helpful classroom tools like discussion questions, activities, and lesson plans that fit into both the Virginia high school and college U.S. History curriculum. By following the larger national story with narratives from across the Commonwealth, Voices of Virginia grounds students in how history guides and is guided by everyday people and their experiences.
Voices of Virginia is a winner of the 2020 Mason Multi-Media Award from the Oral History Association.
Over twenty archives across Virginia and beyond have generously donated segments, and granted permission for their oral histories to be reproduced and publicly shared under a CC BY NC SA 4.0 license, which ensures that the content remains free to use and re-purpose for all listeners. These archives include:
- African American Historical Society of Portsmouth
- Amherst Glebe Arts Response
- Archives of Appalachia (Eastern Tennessee State University)
- Cape Charles Rosenwald Initiative
- Center for Documentary Studies and the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Duke University)
- Charles City County Richard M. Bowman Center for Local History
- Chuck Mauro, private collection (Herndon, VA)
- Clarence Dunnaville (American Civil War Museum)
- Desegregation of Virginia Education Project (Old Dominion University)
- Digital Library of Appalachia (Appalachian College Association)
- Eastern Shore of Virginia Barrier Islands Center
- Friends of the Rappahannock
- George Mason University
- Grayson County Historical Society
- Greene County Historical Society
- Mountain Home Center (Bland County Public Schools)
- Old Dominion University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives
- Oral History Archives at Columbia (Columbia University)
- Roanoke Public Library (Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project)
- Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (University of Florida)
- Southern Foodways Alliance (University of Mississippi)
This material is aligned to the History and Social Science Standards for Virginia Public Schools - March 2015.
The collection was curated by Jessica Taylor, Ph.D. with Emily Stewart.
Feedback regarding this collection is welcome at https://bit.ly/VoicesOfVirginia
This work was made possible in part by a grant from University Libraries at Virginia Tech’s Open Education Initiative.
About the editors
Jessica Taylor is the Director of Public History and an Assistant Professor of Early American and Oral History in the History Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) where she has been a faculty member since 2018. Jessica completed her Ph.D. in History at the University of Florida and her undergraduate and master's studies at the College of William and Mary. Her research and work focuses on the history of social change in Virginia and the American South, from the colonial period to the present day. Dr. Taylor collaborates with preservation and historical groups across the South to collect and share oral histories, teaches Public History and Native History classes, and is the author of multiple journal articles about historical memory in the South. Her manuscript, Certaine Boundes: Borders and Movement in the Native Chesapeake, explores the lives of Indians and non-elites in seventeenth-century Virginia. Beyond writing, she works to provide opportunities for and be a better teacher to every kind of student. She is always looking for hands-on experiences and conversations about activism, history, archaeology, preservation, museums, and liberal arts education.
Emily Stewart is a student in Virginia Tech's History MA program. She will earn her Master's degree in May, 2020. Emily completed her undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech where she majored in History. Her current research focuses on Virginia educational history in the twentieth century. Her master's thesis focuses on the relationship between standardization and segregation of Virginia public education in the early twentieth century. Throughout her studies at Virginia Tech, Emily has always been interested in oral histories. The Voices of Virginia project presented her with an ideal opportunity to further cultivate her interest in the field of oral and public history.Virginia Tech Open Education Initiative Faculty Grant https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/grant
A study of optimal siting of hazardous materials response teams in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Get PDFThe report describes a method for determining the optimal placement of response teams in Virginia. The three sites in Virginia that provided the most coverage of the state within a two-hour response period were analyzed as was the optimal placement of teams at four sites. The author concluded that four response teams, located throughout the state, could provide emergency response to every location in Virginia
A Case Study in the Desegregation of George Washington High School and Langston High School in Danville, Virginia during the 1970-1971 School Year
No full textThis paper provides a historical analysis of the desegregation of George Washington High School and Langston High School in Danville, Virginia in 1970. The author focuses on the related desegregation litigation on a national, state, and local level as well as the historical context for desegregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
In August of 1970, Danville, Virginia embarked on a new era in education as its schools would be totally desegregated. It would no longer operate under the freedom of choice plan that had been in effect since 1965 and permitted African-American parents to send their children to the all-white schools. The school system was to be fully integrated and operating as a unitary system.
Using newspaper accounts, correspondence from key figures, and interviews with key people in Danville in 1970, the author addresses four areas of research: (a) What led to the desegregation of schools in Danville, Virginia? (b) Who were the key players in the desegregation movement? (c) How were the community, the students, and the staff prepared for desegregation? and (d) What were the attitudes and the concerns about desegregation? The data was collected and analyzed using qualitative methodology. The constant-comparative method espoused by Maykut and Morehouse was used to analyze the data and Bronfenbrenner's concept of the "nested environment" was the theoetical model used to organize the data.Ed. D
Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Science Historian and Author
No full textThe Global Change Center at Virginia Tech welcomed Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Harvard historian and author, for a Distinguished Lecture on September 2, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA. Dr. Oreskes is a professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the earth and environmental sciences, with a particular interest in understanding scientific consensus and dissent. Dr. Oreskes has received international acclaim for her 2010 book, "Merchants of Doubt, How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco to Global Warming," co-authored with Erik M. Conway. It was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Time Book Prize, received the 2011 Watson-Davis Prize from the History of Science Society, and was recently adapted into a documentary film. Dr. Oreskes' visit represents the second in a Public Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored by the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech. The lecture series is designed to bring some of the world's leading scholars to the Blacksburg community to discuss critical environmental and societal issues in an open forum.Virginia Tech. Global Change CenterVirginia Tech. Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education ProgramVirginia Tech. WLP Endowed Lecture FundVirginia Tech. Office of Undergraduate ResearchVirginia Tech. Department of HistoryVirginia Tech. Graduate SchoolVirginia Tech. Fralin Life Science InstituteDr. Oreskes' lecture was given at 4:00pm, September 2, 2015 at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia.Video editing by Elizabeth McVo
"But My City Was Gone": Real Estate Development and the Transformation of Moneta, Virginia
No full textFor over a century, Moneta, a small unincorporated village in rural central Virginia, served as the center of commercial, civic and religious life for the families who lived on a number of area farms. The construction of nearby Smith Mountain Lake in the mid-20th century brought an influx of newcomers to Moneta—a change that has not always been welcomed by longtime residents of the village and its environs. This thesis explores how the concept of community has been affected by the infusion of new people and new ideas into Moneta's existing civic, religious and political life. After interviewing civic, religious and political leaders in the Moneta area, the author concludes that rather than ending community in Moneta, real estate development and the concomitant migration of newcomers to Smith Mountain Lake has actually had a transformative impact on community in Moneta. Instead of a broader community based on traditional connectors such as kinship and/or shared history, values and experiences, community in contemporary Moneta is narrower, based upon shared common interests, allowing for the creation of a number of smaller communities within the same geographical area. The author concludes with a discussion on the effects such transformations—occurring nationwide as suburbanization accelerates—are having on American democracy.Master of Art
Seasonal population levels, breeding and hunting of waterfowl on the New River, Virginia
No full textA 15 mile portion of the New River was censused by canoe 33 times over a 1 year period. Species and number of waterfowl were recorded for each operation.
A total of 16 species were observed, including 8 species of diving ducks, 7 species of dabbling ducks and 1 species of goose. Species diversity was highest in February and March and lowest in the summer months.
Mallards were sighted more frequently than any other species, followed by the wood duck and the black duck. The most abundant diving ducks were scaup, bufflehead and common goldeneye. Peak numbers of waterfowl were sighted during December; the lowest numbers during the summer. Diving ducks reached their peak in terms of number of species and number of individuals during the winter period; buffleheads were the third most abundant species. Number of ducks and species diversity dropped during the spring period. Mallards and wood ducks were the only species present during the summer. Brood sightings consisted entirely of wood ducks with an observed production index of 2.9 young per river mile. The author believes 16.6 to be a more accurate estimate of this production index.
Hunters responding to questionnaires bagged an average of 9.10 ducks per man during the season, considerably higher than the state average. Mallards comprised 38 percent of the total kill.
The author concluded that western Virginia waterways are important to waterfowl as wintering habitat. Furthermore, wood duck breeding in Virginia makes a substantial contribution to the flyway population.Master of Scienc
A Culture for Encouraging Shared Knowledge: The Current State of Undergraduate Research in the Humanities across the Nation and at Virginia Tech
No full textOver the last two decades, higher education administrations have seen the importance of undergraduate students having been exposed to research be increasingly emphasized. Higher education institutions have taken strides to incorporate research into the undergraduate curricula, with the natural sciences fields being the most successful and efficient at implementing these changes. This project aimed to survey the national undergraduate research landscape when it came to humanities fields to see what steps academic humanities researchers, faculty, and administrators are taking, or need to be taking, to encourage more humanities undergraduates to become involved with research. Additionally, this project provides a brief case study of the undergraduate research opportunities available to humanities students at Virginia Tech.Master of ArtsOver the last two decades, higher education administrations have seen the importance of exposing undergraduate students to research be increasingly emphasized. Higher education institutions have taken strides to incorporate research into the undergraduate curricula, with the natural sciences fields being the most successful and efficient at implementing these changes. This project aims to survey the national undergraduate research landscape when it comes to humanities fields to see what steps academic humanities researchers, faculty, and administrators are taking, or need to be taking, to encourage more humanities undergraduates to become involved with research. To do so, an in-depth analysis of the existing literature on the subject is provided, along with analyses of interviews the author conducted with several higher education administrators from universities across the nation. Additionally, this project provides a brief case study of the undergraduate research opportunities available to humanities students at Virginia Tech
A determination of the species and subspecies of the rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus and their distribution in Virginia
No full textEmploying the use of skins collected during the study and those examined from various collections, the author has attempted to delimit the ranges of the species and subspecies of the cottontails known to inhabit the state of Virginia. The ranges have been outlined as follows: Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus, ranging from the coast in the east, westward practically through the mountains; S. f. mearnsii is limited to the western corner of the state; S. f. hitchensi, known only from Smith's Island and Fisherman's Island off the Atlantic coast to Northampton County; S. transitionalis, limited to the higher elevations of the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains; and S. palustris palustris, known to occupy the lowlands, marshes, and swamps of Nansemond, Norfolk, and Princess Anne Counties.
In addition, life history notes and observations have been added.
In Virginia, the height of the breeding season was found to be in March and April with breeding continuing practically throughout the year, except perhaps December and January. An average of 4.7 young per litter was found by embryonic count in a small series of females taken in Virginia. In the males it was found that there was a steady increase in the weight of the testes during the period checked (January, February, March).
The sex ratio of 234 specimens available for this summary was found to be 53 to 47 or 111 males per 100 females.
No significant difference was found between the yearly average weights of S. f. mallurus and S. f. mearnsii but the difference between these two races and S. transitionalis was significant.
Practically all specimens collected were infested with fleas and all, except the winter specimens, had ticks. Mites also were found in varying numbers, as was nematodes and coccidia.
In summarizing the incidence of tularemia, it was found that it was not a major a disease but frequent enough to cause considerable apprehension among a good many sportsmen and those handling or dressing wild rabbits.M.S
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