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It was the first Hokie Stone dormitory at Virginia Tech and is the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus still in use as a residence hall. The east wing, originally known as Barracks No. 9, was added in 1939 as a WPA project. In 1952 the building was named for, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, a former professor of modern languages, academic ...
In 2010, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors made it official policy that Hokie Stone be the predominant material in the facade of every new building on the Blacksburg central campus. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Today each campus project uses an average of 1,500 tons of Hokie Stone, with each ton of stone covering about 35 square feet.
In 2018, Virginia Tech unveiled its plans to construct a new 1 million square foot campus in the Northern Virginia area. The news came with the announcement of Amazon's plans to construct their National Landing HQ2 in the Pentagon City and Crystal City areas of Arlington County, with Virginia Tech's new campus being a key factor in attracting them.
Thomas W. Moss Jr. (building construction 1950) was Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1991 to 2000. Thomas S. Shiner, FAIA [35] Adam M. Shalleck, FAIA [35] Charles W. Steger, Ph.D. 15th President of Virginia Tech (2000 - 2014) Keith Zawistowski, AIA, GC, Co-Founder of Design/Build lab at Virginia Tech with wife, Marie Zawistowski ...
On January 10, 1983, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team defeated the number one ranked Memphis State Tigers 69-56 in front of 10,000 fans. It was the first time a number one team had played in Cassell Coliseum and the Hokies first win over a number one ranked team.
The Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC), is an extension center of Virginia Tech's College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, located in Old Town Alexandria. It houses the Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture with concentrations in Urban Design and History and Theory, PhD, and Undergraduate Architecture ...
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Virginia Tech acquired the 1,785 acre Kentland Farm in a controversial land swap on December 31, 1986. The acquisition expanded the college farm to over 3,000 acres. The farm was purchased for the support of teaching, research, and extension programs in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. [5]