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February 2013
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I JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO VIRGINIA TECH
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im they happiest girl in the world !!!!! <3
Congratulations and welcome to the Hokie family!
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Pamplin Abroad: Next stop, Lugano
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Written by PRISM Communication Member Erica Wiles
Going into college I knew without a doubt that I would be studying abroad. Skip to August of my sophomore year: I completed the study abroad application for Pamplin’s semester long Lugano Program and was accepted the following October. The year since crept up on me and before I knew it, it was time to board the plane at...
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January 2013
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"Goals without Plans"
Michael H. Aldrich, a Virginia Tech alumnus and head of client service at Brown Advisory in Baltimore, Md., will give the Wells Fargo Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 3:30 p.m. at the Holtzman Alumni Center’s Alumni Assembly Hall.
The event is free and open to the public, no tickets needed. Free Parking is available at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.
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Giving a demo of Tumblr at Virginia Tech using the iPad app
Listening to a keynote address about blogging on Tumblr. Our Tumblr blog is about to turn 3 years old, so you could say we’re a bit ahead of the curve!
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An innovative approach to teaching sciences
When the competition is calling to ask how you’re doing something, chances are pretty good that you’re doing it right.
As the College of Science’s integrated science curriculum enters its second academic year, word of its new teaching approach has spread through the nation’s academic circles. Universities, including Yale, have contacted Virginia Tech for information...
December 2012
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Read the winter 2012 issue of Impact Magazine
In this issue of Impact, an alumnus rolls his love of arts into a donation, scholarships fuel success at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, renowned author Toni Morrison appears on campus at a donor-supported event, and much more. Read this and back issues on our website.
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November 2012
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Medical school students all smiles thanks to Delta...
Generous support from Delta Dental of Virginia helps make it possible for students at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to participate in a program on oral health that is so groundbreaking it was profiled in ADA News, the magazine of the American Dental Association.
In the photo above, Dr. Charles “Bud” Conklin, an associate professor in the medical school’s...
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Pursuing discoveries in brain science
Michael Friedlander, PhD, executive director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, also serves as senior dean for research at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and as a professor of biological sciences and of biomedical engineering and sciences at Virginia Tech. Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Friedlander about his institute and the role of philanthropy...
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October 2012
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Donor Supports Critical Research into Autism
Patrick Patterson, of Montvale, Va., has a vested interest in the innovative research at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. His daughter, Brooke (middle), was diagnosed with autism when she was 3 years old.
Patterson organized a charity softball tournament in 2011 and chose to donate the proceeds to VTC Research Institute after touring the facility and learning about the innovative...
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WatchIn March, Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business hosted the first talk in the Wells Fargo Distinguished Lecture series, formerly the Wachovia Distinguished Lecture series.
Wells Fargo continued its generous support of Virginia Tech and its mission through a gift to the university’s Summer Academy program, a new opportunity for incoming freshmen to launch their academic career in...
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Engineering News Record editor to deliver Vecellio...
Janice L. Tuchman, editor-in-chief of the Engineering News Record, will discuss “Five Critical issues and Five Good Ideas for the Next Ten Years of Construction” on Friday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. in 2150 Torgersen Hall at Virginia Tech.
The event, which is open and free to the public, is part of the university’s Vecellio Distinguished Lecture series, which is sponsored by a $1...
September 2012
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WatchWSLS, the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Va., recently broadcast a news piece about the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and the freshmen cadets following in the footsteps of their family members.
Among those freshmen interviewed is Phillip Ryan Yambrick, the son of Cmdr. Laura Garza Yambrick (retired U.S. Navy, and a member of the Class of ‘87) and U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Yambrick (also a member of the...
August 2012
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Sheer Good Fortune: A Tribute to Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, American novelist, editor, and professor, will be celebrated at Virginia Tech this fall at an event titled Sheer Good Fortune. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and limited to two per person. Learn more about the event and how to register for tickets.
Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988, for “Beloved,” which was adapted into a film...
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What I learned from Hokie Camp:
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When people originally asked me why I chose VT, I always answered in a memorized order: they had my major, the campus is beautiful, and most importantly, it was in my financial range.
Now I realize something else: Virginia Tech is special. It would be difficult to find another school more spirited than ours. I’ve learned that these people really do bleed maroon and orange; they love...
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WatchYou may have noticed a lot of construction near the “cage” parking lot. One of the projects, the Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1, is the first of four new buildings that will make up a new biosciences precinct, where professors and students can work side by side to tackle some of the greatest challenges in human and agricultural biosciences.
Gifts from alumni and friends...
July 2012
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WatchIn case you missed it, VT News recently released the video above and a related article about the Fralin Life Science Institute’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, which has benefited from several donor endowed funds at Virginia Tech.
The 10-week training program was designed to give motivated Virginia Tech undergraduates an opportunity to engage in research and professional...
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Watchbrentwatts:
VT Hokie Storm Chasers catch a severe storm in action in the Plains states this week. The same system is headed here Friday.
A video shot by Virginia Tech Hokie Storm Chasers earlier this summer.
