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Julian Ashby Burruss (1898) – first president of Normal and Industrial School for Women (now James Madison University); eighth president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. William M. Clemons (1995 B.S.) – professor of biochemistry at California Institute of Technology. Bill Dally (1979, BS) – computer scientist and ...
Virginia Tech has over 240,000 alumni internationally and from all 50 states. The Virginia Tech Alumni Association has over 100 chapters and has been consistently regarded as one of the best in the nation. [85] [124] VT alumni include 2 Rhodes Scholars, 4 Marshall Scholars, 38 Goldwater Scholars, and 131 Fulbright Scholars.
The Virginia Tech College of Engineering Alumni Association is an alumni organization for former students of the college. Students have numerous opportunities to meet corporate executives and to network with the college's alumni base, many of whom are renowned engineering leaders. In addition the college has nearly 60,000 alumni.
The Pamplin College of Business Alumni Association is an alumni organization for former students of the college. [30] In total 24,185 alumni live in Virginia, and 41,738 reside Domestically and Internationally. [31] The Pamplin Advisory Council was founded in 1969 and was chartered to offer ideas and guidance to the dean of the college.
Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
George Allen, 67th Governor of Virginia. Undergraduate. 1994 - 95. Fall. Paul Antonie "Tony" Distler, Alumni Distinguished Professor and director of the Division of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech. Undergraduate. Spring. Beverly H. Sgro, 8th Virginia Secretary of Education and former dean of students, Virginia Tech.
vtf.org. The Virginia Tech Foundation (VTF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit nonstock corporation established in 1948 to receive, manage, and disburse private gifts in support of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University programs. The purpose of the foundation is to manage private funds given for the support of the university, and to foster ...
The Virginia Tech Hokies football team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the sport of American football.The Hokies compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.