BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Jessica Folkart discovered her ability to lead as an undergraduate student, when classmates gravitated toward her to learn the class material. Coming from a long line of teachers, she originally resisted teaching as a profession. But through leading study groups, she found her passion. Folkart, a professor of Spanish, was named the new chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures this summe  more