After being a member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 23 years, Professor Emerita Maggie Bump has retired, now joining the community in a different light. She has been honored with emerita status for her impressive work as a faculty member with Virginia Tech chemistry. She has demonstrated a commitment to the Virginia Tech Principles of Community in her work with students and colleagues through her work advising the Chemistry Club, a student affiliate of the American Chemical Society.
Bump has served as a section editor on the editorial board for the journal Poultry Science and on numerous grant review panels, including those for the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Binational Agriculture and Research Development Fund.
Bump has received many professional honors and awards, including the Certificate of Teaching Excellence, the Housing and Residence Life Favorite Faculty Award, Jimmy W. Viers Teaching Award, Virginia Blue Ridge Section of the American Chemical Society, and College of Science Awards for Outreach.
Throughout her career, Bump authored or co-authored educational materials for K-12 and undergraduates in science, and organic, polymer, and green chemistries. In addition, she developed and directed the Youth Experiencing Science Summer Camp and the take-home activity kits to reach underprivileged youth.
All of Bump’s work within the Virginia Tech community will be her lasting legacy, and even though she’s retired, she remains an essential part of Virginia Tech chemistry.