Winter 2016-17

Contents

Features


Virginia Tech's Hokie Bird

The Boundary Issue

Pushing the envelope, breaking down barriers, pioneering the future: Virginia Tech is leading the way to define what it means to be a land-grant university in the 21st century.

Virginia Tech helmet research

Hard-hitting Research

Concussions are a growing concern for athletes of all ages. Find out how Tech's helmet research is changing the game.

Virginia Tech students, 1970

Every Hokie Has a Story

Through an oral history project initiated in 2015, a team of faculty, staff, and students collect and examine the individual stories and memories that make up our shared history.

Virginia Tech Provost Thanassis Rikakis with students

Shaping the Land-Grant University's Future

The next phase of Beyond Boundaries starts with stakeholder committees using a collaborative leadership model.

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.