Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Motto Ut Prosim (Latin: "That I May Serve") Tagline Invent the Future Established 1872 Type Public land-grant university Endowment $ 525 million President Charles W. Steger Provost Mark G. McNamee Faculty 1,304 Students 26,370 Undergraduates 21,937 Postgraduates 4,071 Location Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Campus 2,600 acres (10.52 km²) Town Colors Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange             Nickname Hokies Mascot Hokie Bird Athletics NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference, 21 varsity teams Website www.vt.edu

Virginia Tech presidents Charles Minor 1872–1880 John Lee Buchanan 1880–1882 Thomas Nelson Conrad 1882–1886 Lunsford Lindsay Lomax 1886–1891 John McLaren McBryde 1891–1907 Paul Brandon Barringer 1907–1913 Joseph Dupuy Eggleston 1913–1919 Julian Ashby Burruss 1919–1945 John Redd Hutcheson 1945–1947 Walter Stephenson Newman 1947–1962 T. Marshall Hahn 1962–1974 William Edward Lavery 1974–1987 James Douglas McComas 1987–1993 Paul Torgersen 1993–2000 Charles W. Steger 2000–present

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to be among its strongest. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 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Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The word varsity can refer to several things. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links Virgin Trains Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Charles Landon Carter Minor, a native of Hanover County, Virginia was the first president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia’s new land-grant institution, now Virginia Tech. ... John Lee Buchanan was the second president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. ... Thomas Nelson Conrad of Fairfax Court House, Virginia was the third president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. ... Lunsford Lindsay Lomax Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (November 4, 1835 – May 28, 1913) was an American educator, farmer, and officer in the United States Army who resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War. ... John McLaren McBryde was the 5th President of Virginia Tech serving from July 1, 1891-September 1, 1907. ... 6th President of Virginia Tech. ... Joseph Dupuy Eggleston was the seventh President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ... Julian Ashby Burruss (August 16, 1876 - January 4, 1947[1]) was the first President of James Madison University, although at the time of his service the university was the State Normal and Industrial School for Women. ... John Redd Hutcheson was the ninth President of Virginia Tech. ... Walter Stephenson Newman was the tenth President of Virginia Tech, serving from 1947 until 1962. ... Thomas Marshall Hahn Jr. ... 12th President of Virginia Tech. ... James Douglas McComas was the 13th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ... Paul Ernest Torgersen was the 14th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ... Charles W. Steger is the current President of Virginia Polytechnic and State University. ... Land-grant universities (also called land-grant colleges or land grant institutions) are institutions of higher education in the United States which have been designated by Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. ... Institute of Technology is also the name of a vocational school in California. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... 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Founded as a military college, Virginia Tech is one of the few public universities in the United States which continues to maintain a corps of cadets (a full-time military training program.) Virginia Tech is one of the six senior military colleges (five are public, one private) due to the nature and presence of the corps of cadets. This does not cite its references or sources. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ... In the United States, a Senior Military College is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs and are recognized under 10 USC 2111a. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ...

The Virginia Tech campus is located in the New River Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of southwestern Virginia, a few miles from the Jefferson National Forest in Montgomery County. The campus and school received increased international attention due to a mass shooting by a student in April 2007. The New River Valley is the name of the region on the east coast of the United states within the vicinity of West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina next to the New River. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ... Southwest Virginia at its greatest geographical definition Southwest Virginia is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests are U.S. National Forests that combine to form one of the largest areas of public land in the Eastern United States. ... Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, Commonwealth — of Virginia. ... The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting comprising two separate attacks about two hours apart on April 16, 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. ...

History

Virginia Tech's Main Eggleston Hall.

In 1872, the Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school in rural Montgomery County with federal funds provided by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. The Commonwealth incorporated a new institution on that site, a state-supported land grant military institute called the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 679 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Tech campus... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 679 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Tech campus... The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. ... The Preston and Olin Institute was a college in Blacksburg, Virginia which operated 1851-1872. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, Commonwealth — of Virginia. ... Morrill Act redirects here. ... A land grant is a gift of land made by the government for projects such as roads, railroads, or especially academic institutions. ... A military academy is a military educational institution. ...

Under the 1891-1907 presidency of John M. McBryde, the school reorganized its academic programs into a traditional four-year college setup (including the renaming of the mechanics department to engineering); this led to an 1896 name change to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. The "Agricultural and Mechanical College" section of the name was popularly omitted almost immediately, though the name was not officially changed to Virginia Polytechnic Institute until 1944 as part of a short-lived merger with what is now Radford University. VPI achieved full accreditation in 1923, and the requirement of participation in the Corps of Cadets was dropped from four years to two that same year (for men only; women, when they began enrolling in the 1920s, were never required to join). John M. McBryde was the President of Virginia Tech from 1891 to 1907. ... Radford University is a medium-size public, state-funded university in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 as a womens college and coeducational since 1972. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ...

VPI President T. Marshall Hahn, whose tenure ran from 1962 to 1974^[1], was responsible for many of the changes that shaped the modern institution of Virginia Tech. The merger with Radford was dissolved in 1964, and in 1966, the school dropped the two-year Corps training requirement for its male students. In 1973, women were allowed to join the Corps; Virginia Tech was the first school in the nation to open its corps of cadets to women. Thomas Marshall Hahn Jr. ...

One of Hahn's more controversial missions was only partially achieved. He had visions of renaming the school from VPI to Virginia State University, reflecting the status it had achieved as a full-fledged public education & research university. As part of this move, Virginia Tech would have taken over control of the state's other land-grant institution, a historically black college in Ettrick, Virginia, south of Richmond, then called Virginia State College. This plan failed to take root, and that school eventually became Virginia State University. As a compromise, VPI added "and State University" to its name in 1970, yielding the current formal name of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In the early 1990s, the school quietly authorized the official use of Virginia Tech as equivalent to the full VPI&SU name. Many school documents today use the shorter name, though diplomas and transcripts still spell out the formal name. Similarly, the abbreviation VT is far more common today than VPI or VPI&SU, and appears everywhere, from athletic uniforms, to the university's Internet domain name vt.edu. In the United States, Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are colleges or universities that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. ... Ettrick is a census-designated place located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. ... Nickname: Motto: Sic dic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area  - City 62. ... Virginia State University is an historically black university located in Ettrick, Virginia (near Petersburg, in the Richmond area), and was founded on March 6, 1882. ...

Academics

Main article: Virginia Tech colleges

Virginia Tech offers 60 bachelor's degree programs and 140 Master's and Doctoral degree programs through the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the College of Architecture & Urban Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the Pamplin College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Natural Resources, the College of Science, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers the only two-year associate's degree program on campus, in agricultural technology. The ten most popular majors for the incoming class of 2005 were University Studies (Undeclared), General Engineering, Business (Undeclared), Biology, Communication, Psychology, Marketing, Political Science, Animal and Poultry Sciences, and Architecture. Virginia Tech's endowment is known as the Virginia Tech Foundation, and as of 2007 total assets, gifts, and funds equal $940.9 million USD. Virginia Tech's operating budget for the 2007-2008 school year is $967 million. There are seven undergraduate colleges that comprise Virginia Tech. ... For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... This article is about building architecture. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is a unique college in that it is a state supported college of two states, Virginia and Maryland, filling the need for veterinary medicine education in both states. ...

Virginia Tech ranked 29th among national public universities and 71st among all national universities.^[2] Its College of Engineering undergraduate program was ranked 8th among public engineering schools and 14th in the nation among all accredited engineering schools that offer doctorates. Seven different undergraduate programs in the College of Engineering are ranked in the top 20 among peer programs nationally - the industrial engineering program is ranked 9th; engineering science and mechanics, 8th; civil engineering, 11th; environmental engineering, 14th; mechanical engineering, 14th; aerospace engineering, 14th; and electrical engineering, 17th. Its Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program is ranked 24th among the nation's public institutions and 41st overall.^[3] The architecture and landscape architecture programs in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies are ranked among the very best in America. In its 2006 report, DesignIntelligence (the only national college ranking survey focused exclusively on design) ranked the undergraduate architecture program 4th nationally and 1st among public universities. The graduate architecture program ranked 10th in the nation and 2nd among public universities. DesignIntelligence ranked the university’s undergraduate and graduate interior design programs 7th and 5th respectively.^[4]

Programs in the College of Natural Resources consistently rank among the top of their type in the nation. The college's wildlife program is ranked first by its peers, and the fisheries program is ranked second. In a recently published study of the research impact of North American forestry programs, the Journal of Forestry ranked Virginia Tech's programs second on the perceptions-based composite score and third on the citations- and publications-based index.

On January 3, 2007 Virginia Tech along with Carilion Health System announced the creation of a new medical school that will be a joint venture between the two organizations. The first class is scheduled to be admitted in either 2009 or 2010. The new medical school will have approximately 40 students per class, making it a very small medical school. It will be located in Roanoke next to the Carilion Health System hospital. is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Government  - Mayor Nelson Harris Area  - City  43 sq mi (111. ...

The university's academic community has coined a word associated with the distribution of old test and study materials, referred to as "Koofers". There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Campus

Torgersen Bridge, an example of architecture using Hokie Stone.

Main article: Virginia Tech campus

The Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Drive to the west, Main Street to the east, and 460-bypass to the south, though it has several thousand acres beyond the central campus. The university has established branch campuses in Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach), the National Capital Region (Falls Church - Alexandria, Virginia), Richmond, Roanoke, and the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Virginia Techs drillfield The Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia; the central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Drive to the west, Main Street to the east, and U.S. Route 460 bypass to the south, although it also has several... Virginia Techs drillfield The Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia; the central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Drive to the west, Main Street to the east, and U.S. Route 460 bypass to the south, although it also has several... Blacksburgs location within Virgina Virginias location within the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Montgomery Founded 1798 Government  - Mayor Ron Rordam Area  - Town  19. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... This view from space in July 1996 shows portions of each of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the... Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Founded 1875 Government  - Mayor Robin Gardner Area  - City  2. ... Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor William D. Euille Area  - City  15. ... Nickname: Motto: Sic dic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area  - City 62. ... Nickname: Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Government  - Mayor Nelson Harris Area  - City  43 sq mi (111. ... Motto: Honor Pro Antiquis, Fides Pro Futuris Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States State Virginia County Washington Founded 1776 Government  - Mayor Lois Humphreys Area  - City  8. ...

On the Blacksburg campus, the majority of the buildings incorporate Hokie Stone as building material. Hokie Stone is a medley of different colored limestone, often including dolomite. Each block of Hokie Stone is some combination of gray, brown, black, pink, orange, and maroon. The limestone is mined from various quarries in Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama, one of which has been operated by the university since the 1950s. An example of architecture incorporating Hokie Stone is Torgersen Bridge, a relatively new building on Virginia Tech's campus. On the main campus of Virginia Tech, a major university in Virginia, USA, most of the buildings incorporate Hokie Stone as a building material. ...

Virginia Tech was ranked #1 by the The Princeton Review in 2007 for "Best Campus Food".^[5] It has seven dining centers which included Squires food court (Au Bon Pain & Sbarro), Owens Food Court, Hokie Grill (Chick-fil-A, Pizza Hut, Cinnabon), D2 & DXpress, Shultz & Shultz Express, Deets Place, and the high end West End Market. Virginia Tech also has a catering center, Personal Touch Catering. The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American educational preparation company. ... Au Bon Pain logo Au Bon Pain ( pronounced oh bohng pan ) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston, MA. The French name roughly translates to Place of good bread. The original Au Bon Pain was founded in 1976 by a French oven manufacturer. ... There is also a Swiss automobile designer, Franco Sbarro, who makes eponymous automobiles, see Sbarro (automobile) Sbarro is a U.S.-based chain of fast-food restaurants that mainly sells pizza and other Italian dishes. ... Chick-fil-A (IPA pronunciation: ) is a chain headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in chicken entrees. ... Pizza Hut Inc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The University is protected by its own Police force, the Virginia Tech Police. The Virginia Tech Police (VTP) is a nationally accredited police department with jurisdiction over Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ...

Panoramic view of Virginia Tech's Drillfield

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Athletics

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Main article: Virginia Tech Hokies

Virginia Tech Hokies fans at ESPN's College GameDay

Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the Hokies, except for the swim team which uses a variant ("H₂Okies", a play on the chemical formula for water). Tech teams participate in the NCAA's Division I in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which the school joined in 2004 after leaving the Big East. Along with all other ACC schools, Tech's football team competes in Division I FBS, the higher of two levels of Division I competition in that sport. Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 298 pixelsFull resolution (1137 × 423 pixel, file size: 482 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 298 pixelsFull resolution (1137 × 423 pixel, file size: 482 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... College GameDay is an ESPN show covering college football. ... Hokies is the official name of Virginia Techs sports teams. ... H2O and HOH redirect here. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ...

The word "Hokies," which originated from the Old Hokie spirit yell, has come to replace the term "Fighting Gobblers" to refer to the sports team, fans, students, or alumni, although the former is the official usage. The word "Hokies" originated in the 1890s; see Hokies for more information. The school mascot is the Hokie Bird, a turkey-like creature. The teams were originally known as the "Fighting Gobblers," and the turkey motif was retained despite the name change. Old Hokie is a spirited cheer, often uttered by fans of Virginia Techs athletic teams. ... Hokies is the official name of Virginia Techs sports teams. ... The Hokie Bird is the official mascot of Virginia Tech. ...

Stylized "VT" logo

The stylized VT (the abbreviation for Virginia Tech) is used primarily by the athletic department as a symbol for Virginia Tech athletic teams. The "athletic VT" symbol is trademarked by the university and appears frequently on licensed merchandise. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ...

During the early years of VPI, a rivalry developed between it and Virginia Military Institute. This rivalry developed into the original "Military Classic of the South," an annual football game between VMI and VPI usually held on Thanksgiving Day in Roanoke, Virginia. That series ended after the 1984 season; VMI had elected to play at the Division I-AA level, now Division I FCS, after the NCAA's 1978 divisional split for football, and the schools' wide disparity in size had led to a similar imbalance in results. Another long-standing rivalry, with the University of Virginia, strengthened concurrently with Tech's growth spurt of the 1960s and 1970s; the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry is now the Hokies' primary program-wide athletic rivalry series. The two schools compete in a year-long competition including all varsity sports, for the "Commonwealth Challenge." The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States. ... Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ... Nickname: Location in Virginia Coordinates: , Country State Government  - Mayor Nelson Harris Area  - City  43 sq mi (111. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... Virginia Tech meets Virginia for the Hokies first visit to John Paul Jones Arena on March 1, 2007. ... Hokies is the official name of Virginia Techs sports teams. ...

Virginia Tech's fight song, Tech Triumph, was written in 1919 and remains in use today. Tech Triumph is played at sporting events by both the Virginia Tech band, The Marching Virginians, and the Corps of Cadets' band, the Highty Tighties. The Old Hokie spirit yell, used since 1896, is familiar to all Virginia Tech fans. A fight song is primarily a sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. ... Tech Triumph The Virginia Tech fight song was composed in 1919 by Wilfred Pete Maddux (class of 1920) and Mattie Eppes (Boggs). ... The Marching Virginians are one of two collegiate marching bands at Virginia Tech, the other being the Highty Tighties. ... The Highty Tighties march in the walk before the 2004 UVA game The Virginia Tech Regimental Band, also known as the Highty Tighties, VPI Cadet Band, or Band Company, is a military marching band and unit in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ... Old Hokie is a spirited cheer, often uttered by fans of Virginia Techs athletic teams. ...

Virginia Tech baseball

Virginia Tech's recently retired baseball coach, Chuck Hartman, finished his career as the fourth winningest coach in Division I baseball history with a 1,444-816-8 record, including a 961-591-8 mark in his 28 seasons at Tech. Former Boston College coach, Pete Hughes, is now the new coach for Virginia Tech. College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. ... Chuck Hartman was the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech from 1979 until 2006. ...

Virginia Tech basketball (men's)

Main article: Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball

Virginia Tech's Cassell Coliseum

Virginia Tech's men's basketball team has seen a resurgence of fan support since the arrival of coach Seth Greenberg in 2003-04 and its entry into the ACC in 2004-05. Prior to Coach Greenberg's arrival in Blacksburg, the Virginia Tech men had not had a winning season since the 1995-1996 season when they received a bid to the NCAA tournament, and the team did not even make the Big East tournament its first three seasons in the conference. Greenberg's squad finally made the Big East tournament in 2003-04, then a year later scored their first postseason berth in nine years when they made the NIT in 2004-05 as a first-year ACC school. In the 2006-07 season, Greenberg's Hokies finished with a 10-6 record in the ACC and 22-12 record overall, earning its first NCAA tournament berth in 11 years, and reaching the NCAA second round before losing to Southern Illinois. For the current Virginia Tech season, see 2006-07 Virginia Tech Hokies mens basketball team. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 628 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 628 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State... This article is about the sport. ... Seth Greenberg is the current head basketball coach at Virginia Tech. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... // Final four redirects here. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of thirteen universities, mostly in the northeastern United States: Boston College (scheduled to leave in 2005) University of Connecticut (UConn) Georgetown University (Plays Division I-AA football in the Patriot League) University of Notre Dame (Plays Division I-A football... The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a mens college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... The 2006-07 Virginia Tech Hokies mens basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing the regular season as the third place team in the conference. ... Southern Illinois University is a university in southern Illinois with two institutions and multiple campuses. ...

Virginia Tech basketball (women's)

Virginia Tech's women's basketball team, led by coach Beth Dunkenberger, is a fixture in postseason play, having received a berth to the NCAA tournament each season from 2003 to 2006. Virginia Tech's women have been in postseason play every year since the 1997-98 season, Bonnie Henrickson's first season as the head coach of the Hokies, earning seven NCAA berths and three NIT appearances during that stretch. The NCAA Womens Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. ... Bonnie Henrickson is the head womens college basketball coach at the University of Kansas. ... The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a mens college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ...

Both basketball teams play their home games in Cassell Coliseum. Cassell Coliseum is a 10,052-seat multi-purpose arena in Blacksburg, Virginia. ...

Virginia Tech football

Main article: Virginia Tech Hokies football

Tech fans rush the field after upsetting #2 Miami in 2003

Virginia Tech's football team plays home games in Lane Stadium, considered one of the loudest stadiums in the country and recognized in 2005 by rivals.com as having the best home field advantage in the country.^[6] The team has a long history of a wide variety of traditions that foster increased participation by the fans, the corps of cadets, and the bands. Virginia Techs football team plays home games in Lane Stadium, considered one of the loudest stadiums in the country and recognized in 2005 by rivals. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1475 KB) Summary Photographed November 1, 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1475 KB) Summary Photographed November 1, 2003. ... Head coach Randy Shannon 1st year, 4–2–0 Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl Capacity 72,319 - Grass Conference ACC - Coastal First year 1926 Athletic director Paul Dee Website HurricaneSports. ... Lane Stadium/Worsham Field is a stadium located in Blacksburg, Virginia. ... Lane Stadium/Worsham Field is a stadium located in Blacksburg, Virginia. ...

Head coach Frank Beamer has become one of the winningest currently active head coaches in Division I-A football with 198 wins following the 2006 season. Beamer's teams are known for solid special teams play (affectionately called Beamer Ball) and for tough defenses headed by defensive coordinator Bud Foster. The Hokies currently have the fifth longest bowl streak in the country, having participated in bowl games in each of the last 13 seasons. Since the 1995 season, the Hokies have finished with a top-10 ranking four times, won four conference championships (three Big East and one ACC), and played once for the national championship, losing to Florida State 46-29 in the 2000 Sugar Bowl. Annually, Virginia Tech plays its traditional rival, the University of Virginia, for the Commonwealth Cup. Frank Beamer (b. ... The 2006 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2006 NCAA Division I-A football season. ... Special teams are units in American football and Canadian football that are on the field during kickoffs, free kicks, punts, and field goal and extra point attempts. ... Bud Foster is a college football assistant coach. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1999 college football season. ... The BCS National Championship Game 2000 or BCS title game 2000 for the 1999 College Football Season was the 2000 Sugar Bowl. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... More than one trophy is named Commonwealth Cup. // American football The Commonwealth Cup is a football game played by Virginia and Virginia Tech each Thanksgiving Saturday to see who gets the bragging rights to the state in football. ...

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See also: 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. ...

Virginia Tech soccer (men's)

Virginia Tech's men's soccer team has improved greatly since the arrival of Oliver Weiss, the current head coach of the team since 2000. Under Weiss, Tech has made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament (second round in 2003, 2005 and first round in 2006), the only three in school history. The team is currently ranked 5th in the nation under the Division I NSCAA/addidas National Rankings, last updated Tuesday, October 9th, 2007. In the 2007 season, the team achieved its highest national ranking in school history of 5. The previous highest ranking was in the 2005 season at 8th in the country. Tech's current unbeaten streak is at 11 games, 7-0-4 which is a new school record set this season with their recent draw over the University of Maryland. The popularity for the team and game attendance has increased since the invite to the Atlantic Coast Conference and with the recent 2006 FIFA World Cup. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ...

Corps of Cadets

A company from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game

Main article: Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian, public university; the other is Texas A&M University. Both are Senior Military Colleges. The Corps of Cadets has existed from the founding the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872 to the present Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, which is referred since the 1970s as Virginia Tech. Cadets live together in dormitories, march to meals in formation, wear a distinctive uniform on campus, and receive an intensive military and leadership educational experience similar to that available at the United States military academies. Unlike the US service academies, however, VTCC cadets are not required to engage in compulsory military service upon graduation, with as many as 20% of cadets in any given year electing to pursue a civilian career upon graduation. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 762 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (858 × 675 pixel, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Tech Corps... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 762 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (858 × 675 pixel, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Virginia Tech Corps... Virginia Techs football team plays home games in Lane Stadium, considered one of the loudest stadiums in the country and recognized in 2005 by rivals. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... Corps of Cadets Corps Stack The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets (often The Fightin Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets, The Corps of Cadets, or simply The Corps) is a student military organization at Texas A&M University. ... In the United States, a Senior Military College is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs and are recognized under 10 USC 2111a. ... The United States military academies, sometimes known as the United States service academies, are federal academies for the education and training of commissioned officers for the United States armed forces. ...

Affiliated institutions

Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Main article: Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

In 2003, a school of osteopathic medicine called the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) opened in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center,^[7] an office park adjacent to and owned and operated by the university as a local business incubator. VCOM is incorporated as a private, non-profit institution with no state interest, but it is very closely affiliated with Virginia Tech on an operational level. The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private, non-profit osteopathic medical school located in Blacksburg, Virginia. ... The current version of the article or section is written like a magazine article instead of the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia. ...

Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center

Main article: Hotel Roanoke

Virginia Tech also owns the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center which was donated to the university by Norfolk Southern in 1989, the hotel is managed by Doubletree Hotels, a division of the Hilton Hotels Corporation. The Hotel Roanoke is a hotel and National Historic Landmark located in Roanoke, Virginia. ... Norfolk Southern Corporation (AAR reporting mark NS) NYSE: NSC is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. ... DoubleTree Logo // About DoubleTree Doubletree is an upscale hotel chain operated by Hilton Hotels Corporation. ... Hilton Hotels Corporation headquarters in Beverly Hills Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) is one of the leading global hospitality companies. ...

School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

In 2002, a biomedical engineering program, called the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES), was created as a cooperative venture between Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. SBES offers opportunities to undergraduates and grants M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering. Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The AbioCor artificial heart, an example of a biomedical engineering application of mechanical engineering with biocompatible materials for Cardiothoracic Surgery using an artificial organ. ...

T.C. Williams School of Law

Virginia Tech has recently developed a relationship with the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond located in Richmond, Virginia. The relationship consists of a joint degree program between the VT College of Science and Richmond Law, which allows a student entering VT to earn both a B.S. from VT and a J.D. from Richmond in a total of six years. View of Richmond law The University of Richmond School of Law (T.C. Williams School of Law) is located in Richmond, Virginia. ... The University of Richmond is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. ... Nickname: Motto: Sic dic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (I) Area  - City 62. ... B.S. redirects here. ... “J.D.” redirects here. ...

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Main article: Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, founded in 1978, is a separate institution on the same campus, funded by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the state of Maryland and jointly operated by VT and the University of Maryland. VMRCVM and VT jointly operate an equine center in Leesburg, Virginia, and VMRCVM has a small operation on the University of Maryland's College Park, Maryland campus. The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is a unique college in that it is a state supported college of two states, Virginia and Maryland, filling the need for veterinary medicine education in both states. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... Leesburg is a historic town and is the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America. ... College Park is a city in Prince Georges County, Maryland, USA, United States. ...

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute' (VBI) is a premier bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems biology research facility that opened on the Blacksburg campus of Virginia Tech in 2000. It houses over two-hundred employees, multiple supercomputing clusters, and several DNA sequencers, including a massively-parallel high-throughput Roche GS-FLX™sequencer. VBI is dedicated to the study of the biological sciences. The research platform of VBI focuses on the "disease triangle" of host-pathogen-environment interactions. By using bioinformatics, which combines transdisciplinary approaches to information technology and biology, researchers at VBI interpret and apply vast amounts of biological data generated from basic research to some of today’s key challenges in the biomedical, environmental and agricultural sciences. Work at VBI involves collaboration in diverse disciplines such as mathematics, epidemiology, computer science, biology, plant pathology, biochemistry, systems biology, statistics, economics and synthetic biology. The institute develops genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic tools that can be applied to the study of infectious diseases as well as the discovery of new vaccine, drug and diagnostic targets. Map of the human X chromosome (from the NCBI website). ... Computational biology is an interdisciplinary field that applies the techniques of computer science and applied mathematics to problems inspired by biology. ... Systems biology is a term used very widely in the biosciences, particularly from the year 2000 onwards, and in a variety of contexts. ... Blacksburg is the name of some places in the United States of America: Blacksburg, South Carolina Blacksburg, Virginia This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... Roche is French for boulder. The word is (part of) several names: // Business & companies Hoffmann-La Roche, also known as Roche, is a Swiss pharmaceutical company that owns the patent on Tamiflu®. Places in France Roche or Roches is the name or part of the name of several communes in... Map of the human X chromosome (from the NCBI website). ... Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ... An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ... Agricultural science (also called agronomy) is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic, and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, knowledge), also referred to as the biological sciences, is the study of living organisms utilizing the scientific method. ... Phytopathology or Plant Pathology is the science of diagnosing and managing plant diseases. ... Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living organisms. ... Systems biology is a term used very widely in the biosciences, particularly from the year 2000 onwards, and in a variety of contexts. ... This article is about the field of statistics. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Synthetic biology has long been used to describe an approach to biology that attempts to integrate different areas of research in order to create a more holistic understanding of life. ...

Virginia Tech Center for European Studies and Architecture

The Virginia Tech Center for European Studies and Architecture (CESA) is Virginia Tech's European campus center and base for operations and support of its programs in the region surrounding Riva San Vitale, a small village in the canton Ticino in southern Switzerland. Housed in the 250 year old Villa Maderni, the Virginia Tech Center for European Studies and Architecture provides a varying degree of academic programs for the undergraduate and graduate students of Virginia Tech. The main offering of the center is its student residence program. In this program, students live in Riva San Vitale and attend classes in the Villa Maderni learning facilities and participate in field trips around Europe that pertain to the current lessons of the program. Other offerings of the center includes summer study abroad programs. Riva San Vitale is a village in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. ... A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e. ... For the river, see Ticino river. ... The Albertian Villa Medici in Fiesole: terraced grounds on a sloping site. ... Riva San Vitale is a village in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. ... The Albertian Villa Medici in Fiesole: terraced grounds on a sloping site. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Virginia Tech Foundation

Main article: Virginia Tech Foundation

The Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. was formed in 1948 to receive, manage, and disburse private gifts in support of the programs and missions of Virginia Tech. The Foundation is run as a 501(c)(3) corporation governed by a board of directors. The Rector of the Board of Visitors, the president of the Alumni Association, the president of the Athletic Fund, and the president of the University are all members of the Foundation board. The remainder of the board is composed members who are elected by vote of the boards existing members.^[8] The Virginia Tech Foundation (VTF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonstock corporation established in 1948 to receive, manage, and disburse private gifts in support of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University programs. ... Incorporation (abbreviated Inc. ... 501(c)(3) is a provision of the US tax code that provides exempt status, for Federal income tax purposes, for some non-profit organizations in the United States (see 26 U.S.C. Â§ 501(c)(3)). The term refers to: Section 501. ...

Subsidiaries of the Virginia Tech Foundation include Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, the Hotel Roanoke, the National Public Radio affiliate WVTF Roanoke FM 89.1, the Center for European Studies and Architecture, and the Pete Dye River Course of Virginia Tech.^[8] the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, known locally as the Corporate Research Center or the CRC, is a science park on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia comprised of 19 completed buildings totaling 675,000 square feet on 120 acres of land. ... NPR redirects here. ... WVTF Public Radio is a classical, jazz and NPR member station licensed to the Virginia Tech Foundation based in Roanoke, Virginia. ...

Research computing

In 2003, Virginia Tech created a supercomputer which ranked as the 3rd fastest in the world. The system was made from 1100 dual processor Power Macintosh G5s and cost US$5.2 million. The supercomputer, called System X, was disassembled shortly after it was ranked in order for it to be replaced with Apple's rack-based servers which consume both less space and power.^[9] For other uses, see Supercomputer (disambiguation). ... In computer architecture, dual processor can refer to two different types of multiprocessing: A computer with two CPUs A dual-core CPU: two processors inside a single CPU core This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Power Mac G5 The Power Mac G5 is Apple Computers name for models of the Power Mac which utilize the PowerPC G5 processor. ... System X is a supercomputer assembled by Virginia Tech in the summer of 2003, comprising 1,100 Apple PowerMac G5 computers. ... A small Xserve cluster with an Xserve RAID. Xserve is the name of Apple Computers Macintosh 1U rackmount line of server computers. ...

Internet networking research is an important part of Virginia Tech's history. It has participated in Suranet, Internet2, Abilene, the Lambda Rail and other such networks. Virginia Tech also participates in the management of Net.Work.Virginia and the Mid Atlantic Crossroads. The Southeastern Universities Research Association network. ... Abilene Network is the U.S. high-performance backbone network created by the Internet2 community. ... The National Lambda Rail is a high speed national ethernet based network that runs over fibre-optic lines. ... Net. ... The Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) is a meta-pop consortium for the management of advanced network connectivity on the east coast of the United States. ...

Alumni

Main article: List of Virginia Tech alumni

This is a list of Virginia Tech alumni. ...

See also

• Virginia Tech Hokies
• Virginia Tech massacre
• Hahn Horticulture Garden
• Koofers
• Lane Stadium
• Cassell Coliseum
• Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
• Virginia Tech, Land-Grant University, 1872-1997: History of a School, a State, a Nation
• Preston and Olin Institute

Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting comprising two separate attacks about two hours apart on April 16, 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. ... The Peggy Lee Hahn Horticulture Garden (7 acres), formerly the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, is a horticulture garden located on the Virginia Tech campus on Washington Street, Blacksburg, Virginia. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Lane Stadium/Worsham Field is a stadium located in Blacksburg, Virginia. ... Cassell Coliseum is a 10,052-seat multi-purpose arena in Blacksburg, Virginia. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ... Peter Wallenstein is an author and professor of History at Virginia Tech. ... The Preston and Olin Institute was a college in Blacksburg, Virginia which operated 1851-1872. ...

References

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