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We want all our students to have the opportunity to receive an MLSoC Undergraduate Student Scholarship! We offer a broad array of scholarships for in-state, out-of-state, merit based and need based. Applicants are required to have their 2021 Academic Year FAFSA applications fully submitted by March 1st as well. 

Learn more about our scholarships and how to apply HERE!

Students spent their first hands-on Materials Lab this morning working with objects donated by the YMCA Blacksburg that pose a significant challenge to their operation: furniture made from pressed wood. While affordable and functional, these furnishings do not typically age well. Each time they are assembled or disassembled, they sustain damage at their mechanical joints, and the wood-to-fastener connections lose integrity. They are also often left unfinished on the surfaces contacting the floor, which makes them vulnerable to moisture damage.

Teams competing in the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge develop creative solutions for real-world issues in the building industry. From originally more than 80 entries, 48 teams were selected as finalists in 6 divisions to attend the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Weekend, where they present their designs to a panel of industry expert jurors, compare their projects to those of other teams, learn from presentations by thought leaders and collegiate peers, and engage with a variety of organizations about energy careers. 

Ezekiel Volk believed that when he graduated high school he would begin his football career playing Division 1 football for Norfolk State. It wasn't until the A. James Clark Scholars Program that Volk realized he had a choice.