Lifelong Learning Institute offers retired faculty new purpose and passion
September 06, 2024
September 06, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Even years before she had retired from her 42-year career in the English department, Professor Emerita Nancy Metz was already thinking anxiously about what she would do after her life in Shanks Hall fell away.
"Where would I find structure and meaning and rewarding work?" she said. "For years, I had been surrounded by the most inspirational teacher-colleagues. I thought, 'When I ret . . .
Even years before she had retired from her 42-year career in the English department, Professor Emerita Nancy Metz was already thinking anxiously about what she would do after her life in Shanks Hall fell away.
"Where would I find structure and meaning and rewarding work?" she said. "For years, I had been surrounded by the most inspirational teacher-colleagues. I thought, 'When I ret . . .