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Student Centers

  • Squires Student Center will be open for limited hours during Thanksgiving and Winter breaks.
  • For hours of operation for Squires and other student centers, as well as closing schedules for spaces like the Breakzone and Perspective Gallery, please visit the Student Centers Operation Hours website.

Blacksburg Transit

  • For updates to the Blacksburg Transit bus schedule during break, visit the Hours of Operation page on the Blacksburg Transit website.

Health and Well-being

  • For a list of medical emergency resources, visit the Emergency and After Hours page on the Schiffert Health Center website.
  • For a list of emergency mental health services in the community, please visit the emergency services page on the Cook Counseling Center website.

Rec Sports

  • For hours of operation and closings over Thanksgiving and Winter Break, visit the McComas Hall schedule page, under the Early Closures & Adjusted Hours tab, and the War Memorial Hall schedule page, under the Fall 2024 Adjusted Hours tab.

Housing Services

  • Residential Well-being student staff and administrators will be on-call to respond to situations such as lock-outs or any other items of concern, but in-building staffing will be severely reduced. Please alert Virginia Tech Police at their non-emergency number, 540-382-4343 if you are unable to reach Residential Well-being personnel.
  • Guests are not permitted in residence halls during break, including other residents who are not approved by Housing Services to be present during this low occupancy period.
  • Please see the Break Housing/Low Occupancy Considerations page for more information about housing services during breaks.

Dining Centers

  • Please see the Dining Hours calendar for details about Dining Center closings and reduced hours.
  • The Dietrick Xpress Lane Market will be open for reduced hours on select days during Thanksgiving and Winter Break.

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