Virginia Tech will not refund spring tuition to students

By The Associated Press
April 10, 2020 | 8:51 AM

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech says it will not give tuition refunds after the school moved classes and spring commencement online in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

University President Tim Sands made the announcement Thursday in a virtual town hall meeting with students, parents, staff and alumni. Sands says the school’s instructional costs have gone up after the university moved nearly 6,000 of its classes online. He adds school officials are looking at the possibility of offering temporary refunds for fees related to healthcare, sports, and transportation.

The Roanoke Times reports nearly 500 students who needed to stay in on-campus housing have been allowed to remain at the school.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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