Events
All presentations will be held on the Virginia Tech campus and are free of charge. If you are a person with disability and require auxiliary aids, services or other accommodations to attend these forums, please contact the Center for Gerontology at 540-231-7657.
Students, faculty and members of the university community are invited to attend.
13th Annual Graduate Certificate & Awards Celebration
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Melissa A. Hardy,
Director of the Gerontology Center
Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Professor of Sociology
at The Pennsylvania State University
will present
How Women Age: Family, Work, Health and the Challenges We Face
7:00-9:00 pm
Fralin Auditorium
Co-sponsored by Women and Leadership in Philanthropy and the Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series, Office of the Provost
Spring 2009 Forum
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Center for Gerontology
Spring Forum
Timothy Diamond
will present
Critical Standpoints in Long Term Care
11:00am-12:00pm
Fralin Auditorium
(reception following)
Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology
Fall 2008 Forum
Center for Gerontology
Fall Forum
Bill Kallio, State Director,
AARP Virginia
will present
Divided We Fail-Fixing the Health Care and Financial Security Crises
in this Country
9:00-10:00 am
Fralin Auditorium
(reception following)
Co-sponsored by AARP Virginia and the
Blacksburg chapter of AARP