Spring 2018
On the cover: Armed with the traditional lunch-pail mentality, Hokies are building Virginia Tech’s future as a leading 21st-century land-grant university. Read more about how Hokies are moving forward.
President's Message
President's Message
Alumni Commentary
Alumni Commentary
Class Notes
Class Notes
Carry a Country
Tech alumni Jack and Alley DuFour of Blacksburg, Virginia, founded Taaluma Totes five years ago, the company that crafts bags from fabric found across the globe.
Breaking Glass
Maja Lehnus ’84 has been the first woman to hold six progressively more responsible positions with the CIA.
Virginia Tech Dining Services is no stranger to the spotlight. The tradition of the award-winning program grows each year as it routinely earns top-tier national rankings and honors for its food quality and service to the university community.
Around the Drillfield
New 460 Southgate Interchange Open
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held In December to celebrate the opening of the Southgate Drive and U.S. 460 interchange.
Corps of Cadets
Honor, Etched in Stone
The Virginia Tech community gathered at the War Memorial Pylons on Nov. 10 for Veterans Day.
Alumni profiles and news
Investing in education
Willis Blackwood ’72 and Mary Nolen Blackwood ’73, of Richmond, Virginia, and Bonita Springs, Florida, recently donated $2 million to name and endow the director’s position within the rapidly growing Virginia Tech Program in Real Estate.
Ology
Mosquitoes
Your grandmother’s insistence that you get more bug bites because you’re “sweeter” may not be that far-fetched, according to pioneering research from Virginia Tech scientists.
Alumni travel
Live, Love, And Travel
Join the Traveling Hokies on a journey of exploration, learning, and discovery on tours in 2018 offered through the Alumni Association.
Still Life
Still Life
In November 2017, the Council of International Student Organizations presented “Dance of Nations.”
Infographic
Bucket List Hikes
Beef, pork, and lamb—they’re more than what’s for dinner. At Virginia Tech’s Meat Science Center, the products are part of a partnership of learning that connects students with the community.
What's In It?
The Cube: A Space where Science and Senses Collide
Students from the Honors College demonstrated their winter semester projects inside the Cyclorama in the Cube.