Virginia Tech’s @LUMENHAUS made an appearance on NBC’s Today Show
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Virginia Tech alumnus and Maryland Hokie Club member Ted King Jr., explains why he supports academics as well as athletics at Virginia Tech. This video was shot at the Hokiefest Tailgate in College Park, Md., just before the Nov. 14, 2009 ACC football game between No. 20 Virginia Tech and Maryland.
At Virginia Tech, freshmen learn mathematics in a 60,000-square-foot box of a building that used to be Rose’s discount department store. It’s called the Math Emporium now, and it has 537 computers. Nearly 5,000 students take math there each semester, and 95 percent of Virginia Tech undergrads take a course there at some point in their college careers. But what the students do at the Emporium doesn’t likely resemble any class you’ve ever seen…
The new GLC Plaza Amphitheater, courtesy of the classes of 1959 and 2009, provided the perfect stage for Virginia Tech and Nike to unveil the football team’s new all-white jersey.
Humanizing the Science of Cancer Research from The Campaign for Virginia Tech on Vimeo.
Virginia Tech assistant professor of Biological Sciences Carla Finkielstein arranged for breast cancer survivors and advocates to speak to her students. The goal was to help the students put a face to the disease for which they are search for a cure.
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Hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend! On Friday, we celebrated Halloween by inviting the children of our group to go trick-or-treating around the building. It was a lot of fun!
WDBJ health reporter Joy Sutton was on campus today covering an event in which breast cancer survivors gave a presentation to some of our students who are working with Assistant Professor Carla Finkielstein on research that eventually could help treat and prevent that disease. In this picture Joy interviews biological sciences major Josh Trebach. Carla’s research has drawn support from corporations and foundations. I’ll be writing more about her in the near future. Meanwhile, Joy’s story is due to air at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. tonight on local CBS affiliates and eventually should be posted in the hometown health connection section of WDBJ’s website.
Virginia Tech mourns the loss of an alum and former Corps of Cadet. Sarah Woods, who works with us here in University Development, was a classmate and fellow Corps member with Capt. David Mitchell, and spoke about him during a local TV interview.
K-9 Memorial Video
I am working on a video about the Virginia Law Enforcement K-9 Memorial unveiled on Oct. 16. I’ve struggled with how best to tell this story, but I think I found something that will work. If it does, I should have it up tomorrow. It’s a great story with a lot of emotion, so I want to make sure I do it justice.
Remember that dingy, old, non-functioning fountain between the on-campus bookstore and Newman library? Well, it’s gone! The Virginia Tech classes of 1959 and 2009 came together to support the construction of a new outdoor plaza for the Graduate Life Center.
This video contains interview with Adeel Khan, 2009 class president, Laura Freeman, Graduate Student Assembly president, and Dr. Karen Depauw, vice president and dean of Graduate Education. The video was shot on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009.
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