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Video by J. Scott Parker
Photos by Logan Wallace
Fall 2016
On the cover: If a lost class ring has a mind to find its way home, even the New River — and its fish — won't stand in the way. Photo by Jim Stroup.
Editor's page
President's Message
President's Message
Class Notes
Class Notes
Alumni Commentary
Alumni Commentary
Battle at Bristol
Eighteen years in the making, an outrageous idea by Speedway Motorsports Inc. owner and CEO Bruton Smith roared to life on Sept. 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee: a football game in the middle of the track. Despite the Hokies' 45-24 loss to the University of Tennessee, the Battle at Bristol was one for the ages. A record-breaking crowd of 156,990 packed the historic speedway, surpassing the 115,109 in attendance at a 2013 game between the University of Michigan and Notre Dame in Michigan Stadium. The Corps of Cadets' cannon, Skipper, made its first out-of-state trip, firing each time the Hokies scored. Photos by Jim Stroup; videos by HokieVision.
Alumnus profile
The catalyst
Formerly an investment banker, Brian Slingerland '00 (right), with research scientist Scott Dylla, founded Stemcentrx, which has five cancer drugs now in human clinical trials.
What's in it?
Two trees, three tables
Students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment's Wood Enterprise Institute gave new life to two historic campus trees felled by disease.
5 things
Finding leaders
John Thompson '70, '72, vice chairman of Heidrick & Struggles' global CEO and board of directors practice, describes the qualities he looks for when hiring executives.
Corps of Cadets
Living history
After a semester studying the tactical, operational, and strategic leadership challenges of the 1944 Allied invasion of Europe, 12 cadets traveled to Normandy and Paris.
Global Connections
The best for Virginia Tech
Assistant director for admissions and recruitment at Tech's Language and Culture Institute, Jacqueline Nottingham '88 roams the world to recruit the very best into the Hokie Nation.
Ology
Commanding attention
A director and acting coach, Associate Professor Greg Justice also teaches Fortune 500 executives, professional speakers, and others how to use stage techniques to keep audiences engaged.
Moment
Changing the rules of the game
Modifications that Jeff Beck '85 (far right, with former Tech pitcher Brad Clontz and the Dodgers' Yasiel Puig) integrated into his baseball agency, Proformance, have helped business thrive again.
Moment
Moral imperative
R.B. Pamplin Professor of Management Richard Wokutch (in hat) has spent long stretches as a participant-observer among workers in international settings to assess corporate social responsibility.
State of the University
A Hokie legacy
VT-shaped student
A life-saver
Facebook executive visits
New Classroom Building
Tech's food trucks
Thinkabit Lab launched
New Thinkabit Lab
The flying burritos
Hyperloop test track
Retro
by Kim Bassler '12, University Libraries communications coordinator. Images courtesy of libraries' Special Collections; more can be found at imagebase.lib.vt.edu.
23 years ago,
23 years ago,
23 years ago,
agriculture and forestry students challenged each other to a log-cutting contest.
33 years ago,
33 years ago,
33 years ago,
members of the Class of 1933 reunited at a homecoming football game.
80 years ago,
80 years ago,
80 years ago,
2,115 students were enrolled at Virginia Tech. This fall, Virginia Tech welcomed more than 31,000 new and returning students.
120 years ago,
120 years ago,
120 years ago,
the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute needed new school colors. A committee selected Chicago maroon and burnt orange after discovering that no other college used this combination of colors.
