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  • $1 billion Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Future is announced
    Kiser, Michael (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-10-20)
    Virginia Tech President Charles Steger today announced a $1 billion fundraising goal for The Campaign for Virginia Tech: Invent the Future.
  • $1.25 million grant to take lead on Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web portal awarded to Virginia Tech
    Micale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-27)
    Virginia Tech has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year contract by the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop, manage, and maintain a public Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse (SGIC) Web portal that encourages use of electricity in an environmentally responsible way.
  • $1.5 million gift to expand horticulture garden
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-09-27)
    Blacksburg residents T. Marshall Hahn, president of Virginia Tech from 1962 to 1974, and his wife, Peggy, have jointly pledged a $1 million estate gift and $475,000 in start-up funds for expansion of the university's horticulture garden.
  • 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study Fact Sheet
    Box, Sherri (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-10)
    The 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study was recently completed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Virginia Tech, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC).
  • 100-car Naturalistic Driving Study tracks drivers for a year
    Box, Sherri (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-10)
    With the primary purpose of collecting pre-crash naturalistic driving data, over 100 individuals volunteered to drive their own (or leased) vehicles with specialized instrumentation for 12 - 13 months in the Northern Virginia/metropolitan DC area. The 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study was recently completed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) and sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Virginia Tech, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC).
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    11,000 tree seedlings to be planted across the commonwealth in commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary
    Davis, Lynn (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-04-25)
    Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and the Virginia Cooperative Extension are partnering with the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Virginia Museum of Natural History to get 11,000 tree seedlings planted across the commonwealth in commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary.
  • 11th annual Hokie Harvest Sale set for Oct. 28
    Greiner, Lori A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-10-17)
    Virginia Tech students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are making the final preparations for the 11th annual Hokie Harvest beef cattle and horse sale to be held Friday, Oct. 28. The horse sale begins at 6 p.m. in the Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena campus and the beef cattle sale begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Livestock Judging Pavilion, both located on Plantation Road in Blacksburg.
  • 120 miles no longer deter an educational partnership
    Nystrom, Lynn A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-09-15)
    On Friday, Sept. 24, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will celebrate the establishment of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (SBES) academic program and the completion of a new interactive video classroom that is helping to make the academic exchange possible.
  • 150-Ton Coal Hauler Inspires Teachers
    Calhoun, Annette (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2003-08-04)
    Elementary, middle, and high school educators learned firsthand where electricity comes from, in Virginia Tech's "Coal to Electricity" energy education program. Now in its seventh year, the summer series examines extraction and transportation of coal, electricity generation and transmission, environmental issues, energy economics, and environmental topics such as land reclamation.
  • $16K raised for organizations working to end violence against women, girls
    Dickerson, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-03-18)
    The Virginia Tech V-Day Initiative in association with the Women's Center and the Department of Theatre Arts hosted three sold-out, benefit productions of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, directed by Susanna Rinehart, raising more than $16,000 and awareness toward ending violence against women and girls.
  • 200 students, coaches to arrive for National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program
    Davis, Lynn (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-12-21)
    Two hundred 4-H teenagers and their coaches from 30 states will pour into Virginia Tech Thursday, July 28 to Aug. 1 to compete in an annual national wildlife habitat evaluation contest.
  • 2004 Research Symposium examines obesity issue
    Douglas, Jeffrey S. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-06-11)
    Obesity is just one of many health problems that plague both people and pets.
  • 2004 Virginia Tech Orange Effect T-shirts now available
    Virginia Tech News (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-09-15)
    The Student Government Association's 2004 Orange Effect T-shirts are officially on sale.
  • 2005 Orange, Maroon Effect T-shirts now available
    Virginia Tech News (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-07-15)
    The Student Government Association's 2005 Orange and Maroon Effect T-shirts are officially on sale.
  • 2006 edition of Farm Record Book now available from Virginia Cooperative Extension
    Greiner, Lori A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-05-03)
    The 2006 edition of the Farm Record Book: Annual Expenses and Receipts is now available through Virginia Cooperative Extension.
  • 2006-2008 biennial budget amendments announced
    Fornash, Laura (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-01-03)
    On Friday, Dec. 15, Gov. Kaine introduced his amendments to the 2006-2008 biennial budget.
  • 2007 statewide America's Anniversary Garden Contest
    Greiner, Lori A. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-01-24)
    Will your garden bloom red, white, and blue in 2007?
  • 2007 University Exemplary Department Award honors industrial and systems engineering; apparel, housing, and resource management; and University Academic Advising Center
    Owczarski, Mark (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-26)
    The Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering; the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences; and University Academic Advising Center will receive the 2007 University Exemplary Department Awards at ceremonies to be held Tuesday, Nov. 27 at The Inn at Virginia Tech.
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    2007 Veterinary Memorial Fund research grants awarded
    Jackson, Christy (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-10-22)
    Almost $70,000 in clinical research grants have been awarded to four principal investigators in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech through the 2008-09 distribution of Veterinary Memorial Fund research grants.
  • 2007-08 budget, new academic and student affairs building among the resolutions approved by Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
    Hincker, Lawrence (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-06-05)
    At its regular quarterly meeting held Monday in Blacksburg, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors took action on several academic and administrative issues.