Summer 2019

Contents

Features


Imagine That

District plan from Master Plan

With dedicated spaces designed to exercise imaginations, Virginia Tech’s Creativity and Innovation District moves ideas from concept to real-world application.

The Transformational Effects of World War

Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing

On July 2, 1919, Virginia Tech unveiled a stone memorial, The Rock, dedicated to those who died in World War I. The monument’s dedication was the beginning of an era of change for the university.

Burning issues

burning forest

Students in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment are learning how to use fire to restore and protect forests.

The university’s flagship publication, Virginia Tech Magazine forges stronger relationships among alumni, donors, and friends of Virginia Tech. The magazine highlights the vibrancy of a university on the leading edge of technology, service, learning, research, and scholarship and showcases the achievements of alumni, faculty and staff, and students through a rich array of feature stories, alumni profiles, and university and alumni news. Virginia Tech Magazine is published quarterly by the Office of University Relations, with support from Alumni Relations. The Virginia Tech Foundation underwrites most production costs.