WLP Conference
Dates set for the 2012 WLP Conference
Mark your calendars for the 2012 WLP Conference, which will be held on May 18-19, at The Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The two-day conference will begin on Saturday morning and end late Saturday evening. There will be an optional event taking place on Friday, May 18 for participants arriving early.
Tentative Conference Agenda
The annual WLP Conference is the flagship event of the WLP initiative. Participants discuss leadership, broaden their intellectual horizons, and learn about new endeavors and innovations at Virginia Tech.
2011 was the ninth year of the conference, which has been held at the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va.; the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C.; the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, Va.; and the Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
Over the past nine years, the conference has featured:
- Sessions with dozens of Virginia Tech faculty from all over campus.
- Classes on wine tasting, cooking, and floral arranging.
- Book discussions with guest authors Sharyn McCrumb, Sybil Baker, Mary Foley, Christine Mason Miller, Emilie Richards, and Melinda Emerson.
- Sessions on a wide variety of topics including wealth management, investing and personal finance; protecting yourself from identity theft; how to make environmentally friendly choices in your everyday life; public health; long-term care; wildlife in Africa and Belize; and DNA gel electrophoresis.
- Tours of Greensboro, Smithfield Plantation, the Hahn Horticulture Garden, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, and the Skelton 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake.
- Golf, tennis, swimming, yoga, nature walks, and hikes.
- Keynote speeches from Virginia Tech alumnae like Dateline NBC host Hoda Kotb and Lt.Col. Denise Shuster Greenfield, USMC, the first female corps of cadets regimental commander.
If you would like information on the conference or to be added to our mailing list to receive an invitation, contact us at 540-231-2190 or email wlp2012@vt.edu.
