Retirement

• Benjamin Dixon, vice president for multicultural affairs at Virginia Tech, announced that he will retire at the end of 2006. He has served in the post since 1998. He previously was the deputy commissioner of education for the state of Connecticut.

A graduate of Howard University, Dixon holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from the University of Massachusetts.

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