Back cover of the February 2010 issue of Inside Hokie Sports magazine. Make your All-American Hokie trading card at www.vt.edu/all-americans and learn how you could be featured in a similar ad!
The Campaign for Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech’s Ware Lab allows undergraduate engineering students to gain real-world experience on projects and compete in national and international competitions.
Virginia Tech Emeritus Professor Stays Highly Involved
Bruce Parker became an emeritus professor of biology in 2002 but continues to share his expertise with Virginia Tech students each year by offering a lecture on the economic value of algae during a class called “Plants and Civilization.” He also leads study trips to nearby Mountain Lake for ecology classes. Read the entire story…
Lumenhaus — the 800-square-foot that Virginia Tech students built to showcase energy-saving technology — has been set up in Times Square in New York. ABC’s “Good Morning America” did a segment on the house today, which is online (after a short commercial). Some time back I wrote about how donations helped make this student project possible. It’s great to see how much interest there’s been in the house nationwide.
Virginia Tech Closed Until 10 AM
From VT Alerts:
Due to inclement weather conditions, administrative offices at the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg will be closed until 10 a.m. on January 22, 2010. University staff designated emergency personnel must report as instructed by their supervisor.
Classes scheduled to start at 8 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. have been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Classes beginning at 10:10 a.m. will be held as scheduled.
For the latest information, visit the Virginia Tech Homepage (www.vt.edu) or Virginia Tech News (www.vtnews.vt.edu), call the campus hotline at 231-6668 or University Switchboard at 231-6000, or listen for announcements on WVTF-FM 89.1
At today’s University Relations Annual Retreat and the presenter, Mark Avnet of VCU Brandcenter, showed us this YouTube video of a company that doesn’t have a Web site - they use YouTube videos as their site. Check it out, it’s pretty cool!
Virginia Tech’s Larry Hincker speaking at our Annual Retreat
The Washington Times recently featured an article written in appreciation of Adnan Barqawi, a member of the class of 2008 and a former regimental commander of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets. I had the pleasure of interviewing Adnan for a story on the corps and enjoyed learning that he’s still demonstrating the tremendous leadership qualities for which he was recognized as a student.
Peggy Lee Hahn Horticulture Garden
The Hahns at a VT football game.
The Hahns with the Hokie Bird
Peggy Hahn at the Hahn Hall dedication.
Peggy Lee and Marshall T. Hahn
In Memoriam: Peggy Lee Hahn, former Virginia Tech first lady, university benefactor
Peggy Lee Hahn died Thursday at age 85. The wife of former Virginia Tech president Marshall T. Hahn, was a loyal supporter of the university’s horticulture garden, located just off Washington Street. In fact, that garden was renamed for her in 2004, after she and her husband made an extraordinarily generous pledge to the facility.
Since then, a garden pavilion and a meadow garden have both been added to the garden. They both bear her name as well.
Members of the Highty Tighties, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets band, performed live in several locations today, including at the University Gateway Center in Blacksburg. They played a short set of Christmas music (watch all five videos here) and closed with every Hokie’s favorite song, Tech Triumph, the Virginia Tech fight song. Below are the lyrics.
Techmen, we’re Techmen, with spirit true and faithful,
Backing up our teams with hopes undying;
Techmen, Oh, Techmen, we’re out to win today,
Showing pep and life with which we’re trying;
V.P., old V.P., you know our hearts are with you
In our luck which never seems to die;
Win or lose, we’ll greet you with a glad returning,
You’re the pride of V.P.I.
Chorus:
Just watch our men so big and active
Support the Orange and Maroon. Let’s go Techs.
We know our ends and backs are stronger,
With winning hopes, we fear defeat no longer.
To see our team plow through the line, boys.
Determined now to win or die:
So give a Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi,
Rae, Ri, old V.P.I.
