Developments at Virginia Tech
The official Tumblr of Virginia Tech's Office of University Development, located at the Gateway Center on the corner of University City Blvd., and Prices Fork Rd., in Blacksburg, Va.
This website is maintained by the Development Communications team headed by Albert Raboteau, Gary Cope, and Chuck George.
Another beautiful #Blacksburg #sunset with Buruss Hall in the backdrop. This will never get old. #sky #clouds #night #virginiatech #vt #hokies
Sunset on campus.
As the sun is about to set on another week, we wish you a safe and happy weekend!
What happened to fall? It’s a cold and snowy day at Virginia Tech!
Virginia Tech Center for the Arts gets Hokie Stone
Construction on Virginia Tech’s $94 million project to build a spectacular new arts venue is coming along as stone masons and workers began applying the university’s iconic Hokie Stone to parts of the new building.
While construction isn’t scheduled to be completed until late 2013, officials from the university’s Center for the Arts continue to present well-received programs, including the 2012 Vocal Arts and Music Festival scheduled to begin June 14.
Beginning tomorrow and continuing for the next two weekends, the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg will host a Japanese Film Festival with support from the Virginia Tech Department of Foreign Languages and Literature and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
The film festival, which is free and open to the public, is also receiving support from Virginia Tech donors John and Mihoko Lanier, who are members of the university’s Caldwell Society. All films will have English subtitles.
Click on the photo above for more information about the film festival.
In case you missed it, Blacksburg, Va., home of Virginia Tech, is the best place in the United States to raise a family according to BusinessWeek.com. Click on the photo to read the article and tell us what you love about Blacksburg. Is it the Huckleberry? The Lyric? Virginia Tech? All of the above?
Virginia Tech’s Open House is fast approaching, and when alumni and friends of the university arrive on Nov. 12 they will have an opportunity to see the university’s new Visitor and Undergraduate Admissions Center near the Inn at Virginia Tech.
For years, the Virginia Tech Visitor Information Center was known as “the little old house on Southgate Drive,” and while visitors generally had positive experiences with the staff at that location, they didn’t feel the building accurately represented the growth and progress Virginia Tech has seen over the years.
So, after four years of planning and 18 months of construction, Virginia Tech opened the new Visitor and Undergraduate Admissions Center in July. And if you haven’t had a chance to see the new building, which was funded in part by private contributions from Virginia Tech supporters, be sure to plan a trip back to Blacksburg to see for yourself.
Visit Virginia Tech’s Open House website for more information.
How about that, folks? The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt from New York City to North Carolina, rattled a few windows and buildings in Blacksburg, including our own. Just to be safe, we evacuated the building and after 40 minutes of taking in a beautiful late summer day, we were given the all clear to go back in. Everyone is safe and OK here in Blacksburg. Hope you are, too!
I stopped by Virginia Tech’s new Visitor and Undergraduate Admissions Center this morning to check out the new digs and see how the move was going. It looks like everyone is pretty much moved in and ready to open next week.
The old visitor center (on Southgate Drive) and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions were closed this week while they moved into this beautiful new building that was partly paid for with money from donors.
Today, I actually got to go inside and check out some of the cool new interactive displays that will greet visitors beginning next Tuesday, July 5. And, I even recorded a short video to give you a little sneak peek.
So, the next time you’re in Blacksburg (after July 5), make sure you stop by the new visitor center located next to the Inn at Virginia Tech and see for yourself!
(Post by Gary Cope, Web and social media manager, Virginia Tech Office of Development Communications)
When recruiting the best students and faculty, it’s important to make a good first impression, right?
I stopped by Virginia Tech’s soon-to-be opened Visitor and Undergraduate Admissions Center this morning and as far as first impressions go, this is definitely a great one!
The final touches are underway and that means the current visitor center on Southgate Drive will close on Monday, June 27, and the new center will open on Tuesday, July 5, in this beautiful new building located at 965 Prices Fork Rd., next to the Inn at Virginia Tech.
Also, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions closed on June 23 and will reopen in the the new building on Tuesday, July 5.
And now, a big “thank you” to everyone who helped make this wonderful facility possible. Private contributions from Virginia Tech supporters covered a significant portion of the project’s cost. Learn more!
Post by Gary Cope, web and social media manager, Virginia Tech Office of Development Communications
Congratulations to Jeremy Mauck, an environmental policy and planning major in Virginia Tech’s Class of 2012, who correctly named all eight pylons at our War Memorial in response to Tuesday’s post showing the Loyalty pylon. Nicely done, Jeremy!
The eight pylons at Virginia Tech are Brotherhood, Duty, Honor, Leadership, Loyalty, Sacrifice, Service and Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).
We’ll post more about the Pylons later today, as well as a recent photo that you can use as your desktop wallpaper.
