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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 ...
Virginia Tech's Burruss Hall VT's 6th president, Paul Brandon Barringer Virginia Polytechnic Institute logo in the 1899 yearbook. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school for boys in Southwest Virginia's rural Montgomery County.
2011–12 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team; 2012 Virginia Tech Hokies football team; 2012–13 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team; Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry; Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry; List of Virginia Tech Hokies bowl games; Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry; Virginia Tech ...
1962. The HokieBird is the official mascot of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ( Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia . The successor to Virginia Tech's Fighting Gobblers, the HokieBird was created in 1981 and has retained its current appearance since 1987. A large anthropomorphic turkey, the HokieBird has become a cultural ...
Ferrum College is a private college in Ferrum, Virginia. The college was established in 1913 as the Ferrum Training School (also referred to as the Ferrum Institute by its board of trustees) for primary and secondary education to serve the mountain communities of rural Southwest Virginia . The school was known as Ferrum Junior College between ...
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is a public medical school of Virginia Tech and located in Roanoke, Virginia. The medical school is associated with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute. Formed as a public–private partnership with the Carilion Clinic, the medical school grants the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree to its ...
The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, known locally as the 'Corporate Research Center' or the 'CRC' or 'VTCRC', is a science park next to the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, comprising 33 completed buildings on 230 acres (0.93 km 2) of land. The CRC is located adjacent to the Virginia Tech Airport.
English: Virginia Tech's old athletics logo, used prior to the current "square root of 1" logo. ... SVG by User:B based on original Artwork by Virginia Tech.