March 2026 SSD Faculty/Staff Newsletter
About Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD)
Access Specialist by College
- College of Architecture, Arts, and Design: Sarah Hardin
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Haylee Simpkins
- College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences: Amanda Johnson and Matt Shelor
- College of Natural Resources and Environment: Amanda Johnson
- College of Engineering: Sarah Hardin and Matt Shelor
- College of Science: Jared Bowe
- Pamplin College of Business: Sarah Hardin and Jared Bowe
- Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine: Haylee Simpkins
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine: Hayle Simpkins
SSD Embedded Office Hours Spring 2026
This semester, SSD's Access Team will host embedded office hours in the colleges once a month to answer general questions and connect with students, faculty, and staff. Stop by to meet with an access specialist at one of the locations listed below.
March
- CALS: Tuesday 3/3, 1-3 p.m. Litton Reaves 1240
- COE: Friday 3/6, 1-3 p.m., Torgerson 1100
- CLAHS: Tuesday 3/17, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Shanks Atrium
- CNRE: Thursday 3/26, 9-11 a.m., Cheatham 140
- PCOB: Thursday 3/26, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Pamplin 1047
April
- COE: Friday 4/3, 1-3 p.m., Torgerson 1100
- CALS: Tuesday 4/7, 1-3 p.m., Litton Reaves 1240
- CLAHS: Tuesday 4/21, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Shanks Atrium
- CNRE: Thursday 4/23, 9-11 a.m., Cheatham 140
- PCOB: Thursday 4/30, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Pamplin 1047
Announcement
Virginia Tech is preparing to replace HokieSPA with a new cloud-based platform called My Virginia Tech (my.vt.edu). The conversion from HokieSPA to My Virginia Tech is scheduled to begin prior to the Memorial Day weekend on Thursday, May 21, at 5 p.m. and continue until Tuesday, May 26, at 8 a.m. Information will continue to be shared as the implementation approaches.
As HokieSPA transitions to My Virginia Tech, the following systems used by SSD will be temporarily unavailable to students:
- Accessible Information Management (AIM)
- RegisterBlast
How This Impacts Faculty/Instructors:
- RegisterBlast will be unavailable to submit testing reservations.
- Access to AIM accounts will be unavailable.
- Online viewing of course accessibility letters will be unavailable through AIM.
For questions about the transition of HokieSpa to my.vt.edu, please visit the Division of Information Technology FAQ webpage. Contact SSD by email: ssd@vt.edu or phone: 540-231-3788 for specific questions about AIM and RegisterBlast.
The Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Newsletter is distributed monthly to current students and employed faculty. This newsletter serves as a communication tool for our office to share important resources and updates. Please note that the newsletter does not include an unsubscribe link, as we consider it an essential means of communication. If you have any questions regarding the newsletter, feel free to contact us at ssd@vt.edu.