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Fall 2015

You're Hired!

The networking power of the Hokie Nation
Fall 2015

Family Tree

Campus cemeteries reveal our past
Fall 2015

The Fire Dance

The choreography behind Lane Stadium's pyrotechnics
Fall 2015

The Anchor

Journalist Brian Sullivan '93
shines on CNBC

Fall 2015

On the cover: When a Hokie (portrayed by Nate Smith Jr. '02) has three applicants for a job and one's a Hokie (portrayed by junior triple-major Madeline Sault), the others don't stand a chance. Just ask junior theater arts majors Maggie Gough and Miles Gheesling (in black). Photo by Jim Stroup. Hokie jewelry and tie courtesy of Volume Two Bookstore.

Editor's page

Departments

Alumni Association

"Trust and Hokie Spirit" · Reflections on 40 years of service to alumni · 2014-15 annual activities report · 2016 travel tours
Around the Drillfield

Athletics · Corps of Cadets · How Tech Ticks · Moment · News · Ology · Philanthropy · Question · What's In It?
Class Notes

Alumnus profile: Brian Sullivan '93 · Class Notes · Family · Grade · Hindsight · How-to · Moment · Retro

Letters to the Editor

Well-traveled Hokie cups · Caring for the community
President's Message

"A Land-Grant Commitment to Access" by Timothy D. Sands, Virginia Tech's 16th president
Still Life

Virginia Tech's rare corpse flower, Stinky Phil, brought back the funk

Around the Drillfield

Jammin'

A classically trained cellist who also plays the mountain dulcimer, the viola da gamba, and the folk harp, Chloé Benner '15 has far-flung interests.

What's in it?

Seismic notes

In Blacksburg, a Cold War-era bomb shelter's array of seismic systems has yielded a continuous recording of the Earth's tectonic gyrations since September 1963.

Ology

Made in Virginia

Antiques have put the town of Buchanan, Virginia, on the global map, with the help of Mary Zirkle '03, Harry Gleason '89, and Virginia Tech faculty and students.

Under the Milky Way

New dairy science complex opens

The newly constructed Dairy Science Complex – Kentland Farm will enhance the long-term success of Virginia Tech's award-winning dairy science program.

How-to

New '40s sound

Revisit the big band era with this digitally remastered 1946 live performance by Mel Felton and the Southern Colonels, under the baton of Mel Feldenheimer '44.

For your home

Salvaged materials

Robert Kulp (building construction '85), co-owner of Roanoke's Black Dog Salvage and co-host of television's "Salvage Dawgs," offers some salvaging tips.