Virginia Tech campus
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The Virginia Tech campus is located in Blacksburg, Virginia; the central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Drive to the west, Main Street to the east, and 460-bypass to the south, though it has several thousand acres beyond the central campus. The university also has several commonwealth branch campus centers: Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach), National Capital Region (Falls Church - Alexandria, Virginia), Richmond, Roanoke, and the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. The university also owns the Center for European Studies and Architecture in Ticino, Switzerland[1].
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[edit] Hokie Stone
On the Blacksburg campus, the majority of the buildings incorporate Hokie Stone as a building material. Hokie Stone is a medley of different colored limestone, often including dolomite. Each block of Hokie Stone is some combination of gray, brown, black, pink, orange, and maroon. The limestone is mined from various quarries in Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama, one of which has been operated by the university since the 1950s.
[edit] Academic Buildings
[edit] Cowgill Hall
Cowgill Hall, located on Turner Street, is the home of Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Urban Studies. It was named for Clinton Cowgill, who retired in 1956 after 28 years as the architecture department head. [1]
Adjacent to Cowgill Hall are what appear to be concrete walkways, but are actually a roof to a lower part of another building - Burchard Hall. Underneath are workshops and drawing boards for students majoring in architecture or Industrial Design. The glass pyramids are actually skylights.
In 2006, Cowgill Hall was named the winner of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Test of Time Award. This award is presented annually to a building that has served the same function for at least 25 years. [2] [3]
[edit] Durham Hall
Durham Hall, a $16 million project[4], opened in 1998 and was called "New Engineering Building", or "The NEB", until 2001. It was named in honor of Fred D. Durham, co-founder of the Dover Corporation, a Fortune 500 manufacturing company located in New York City. [5]
[edit] Ware Lab
Located on the Upper Quad of the Virginia Tech campus, the Ware Lab is housed in the Old Military Building. The facility is named after 1937 Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Joe Ware. As a part of the College of Engineering, the Ware Lab is home to much student-based research and design projects. Focused on a hands-on-learning environment, students are encouraged to participate in these projects as early as their freshman year. The Klages Machine Shop, equipped with various machine tools used for project manufacturing including two CNC Machines, is also located within the Ware Lab. The lab is home to such notable teams as the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team, Formula SAE, and the Baja SAE team.
[edit] Other Academic Buildings
Agnew Hall, Art and Design Learning Center, Burchard Hall, Cheatham Hall, Dairy Science Complex, Davidson Hall, Derring Hall, Engel Hall, Femoyer Hall, Food Science and Technology, Fralin Biotechnology Center, Hahn Hall, Hancock Hall, Holden Hall, Hutcheson Hall, Lane Hall, Litton Reaves Hall, Major Williams Hall, McBryde Hall, Newman Library, Norris Hall, Pamplin Hall, Patton Hall, Performing Arts Building, Price Hall, Randolph Hall, Robeson Hall, Sandy Hall, Saunders Hall, Seitz Hall, Shanks Hall, Smyth Hall, Torgersen Hall, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Wallace Hall, Whittemore Hall, Williams Hall
[edit] Athletics Buildings
[edit] Cassell Coliseum
Cassell Coliseum is a 10,052-seat multi-purpose arena in Blacksburg, Virginia. The arena opened in 1961. It is home to the Virginia Tech Hokies basketball teams (men's and women's).
[edit] Lane Stadium
Lane Stadium is the stadium for Virginia Tech's football team. It was rated as having the "number one home field advantage" in all of college football in 2005 by Rivals.com.
[edit] Other Athletics Facilities
English Baseball Field, Merryman Athletic Facility, Rector Field House
[edit] Residence Halls
[edit] Hillcrest Hall
Hillcrest Honors Community is an undergraduate residence hall at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. At a student capacity of 108, it is the smallest residence hall at Virginia Tech. Unlike the other residence halls on the campus, it is required that all of its occupants maintain a grade point average of 3.50 and it is customary that they live in the building for the first four years of their undergraduate education. Students staying for a fifth year may live off-campus but still participate in community functions such as occasional dinners, the senior toast, and Colloquium Magnum.
In addition to being a residence hall on the second and third floors, Hillcrest houses Virginia Tech's University Honors offices on the first floor and the Residence Hall Federation office in the basement. Community residents thus have the opportunity to maintain close personal relationships with the Honors staff.
Hillcrest Hall is one of very few buildings and the only residence hall at Virginia Tech not named for a person. The name is derived from its location at the crest of a hill at the east end of Virginia Tech's central Drillfield, between West Campus Drive and the Grove. It is one of the few red brick buildings on a campus known for its "Hokie Stone" architecture.
[edit] Lee Hall
Lee Hall is located on Washington Street in the Prairie Community. The building is named for Claudius Lee, a long-time faculty member.
In 1997, students in a history class found a page in the 1896 Bugle (Virginia Tech's student yearbook) claiming that Claudius Lee had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. A panel named by then-president Paul Torgersen examined the available historical records and found no evidence of Lee's involvement with the organization beyond the entry in the yearbook. [6]
[edit] Other Residence Halls
Ambler Johnston Hall, Barringer Hall, Brodie Hall, Campbell Hall, Cochrane Hall, Eggleston Hall, Harper Hall, Johnson Hall, Miles Hall, Monteith Hall, New Residence Hall East, Newman Hall, O'Shaughnessy Hall, Payne Hall, Peddrew-Yates Residence Hall (formerly New Residence Hall West), Pritchard Hall, Rasche Hall, Slusher Hall, Thomas Hall, Vawter Hall
[edit] Residence Hall Federation
The Residence Hall Federation (RHF) is a University Chartered Student Organization. This organization exists to serve the 9,000 on-campus residents through hall councils in each residence hall. The RHF is composed of 23 hall councils, representing the residents of each hall, and three community councils, which represent two or more halls that share a common trait. Each individual hall council receives a programming budget of $1 per resident (or $400 if there are fewer than 400 residents) from the Student Programs office and from the RHF budget.
The RHF Officer Group consists of 16 members, composing an Executive Board and a Board of Directors.
Like the Resident Advisors employed by the school, the Hall Councils produce programs that entertain and educate the residents of the buildings that they serve. These programs range from movie nights to exam study breaks. In addition, the RHF officer group also puts on campus-wide programs, under the command of the Director of Programs. Traditionally, the campus-wide programs have been Campus-Kickoff, Pizza Bonanza, and Hokies Hold'Em. The RHF also performs a number of community service projects.
[edit] Dining Halls
[edit] Dietrick Dining Center
Dietrick Dining Center, or Dietrick Hall, is the largest of Virginia Tech's six dining facilities, seating 1,100 and serving on average 3,758 students daily. The building opened in 1970 at a cost of $2.8 million. [7]
The main dining area, now called "D2", was known as the "Depot at Dietrick" prior to a $6.5 million renovation completed in 2004 that converted the hall from a cafeteria-style facility to one that more closely resembles a food court. [8]
The building also contains the Dietrick General Store, an extension of the University Bookstore; "Deet's Place", a coffee and ice cream shop; and the Dietrick Express, a fast food à la carte facility.
Dietrick gained some infamy in 1997 when it was mentioned in a WSLS (the local NBC station) news segment on "dirty dining". In the segment, a worker in the Express was shown licking her fingers to moisten them as she tried to separate hotdog wrappers.
[edit] West End Market
West End Market opened in 1999 as Virginia Tech's second major food court dining facility. Adjoined to Cochrane Hall, this facility was known as Cochrane Dining Hall until it closed in 1997 for remodeling. [9]
West End Market was recognized in 1999 by the National Association of College and University Food Services as the best university specialty restaurant in the country. [10]
[edit] Owens Hall
Owens Hall opened in 1940 as a replacement for Virginia Tech's military mess hall.
The Food Court contains twelve ala carte specialty shops. In 1997, a section of the building called the Hokie Grill & Co. was remodeled to feature Chick-fil-A and Pizza Hut franchises. In its first year, the Chick-fil-A became the top-selling of all Chick-fil-A franchises located on college campuses. [11]
Owens Hall is located on Kent Street in the Lower Quad.
[edit] Other Dining Facilities
Shultz Hall, Squires Food Court (inside Squires Student Center), Vet Med Cafe (located in the Vet Med Commons),
[edit] Miscellaneous Buildings
[edit] Burruss Hall
Burruss Hall is the main administrative building at Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, VA.
It was named after Julian Burruss, class of 1898, who became president of the college in 1921 and immediately bought a printing press, which he used to barrage the state with news releases supporting the school's mission in applied science. He faced mass resignations when students and faculty disagreed over a corps disciplinary action against one of its cadets, but, through working with Burruss, both sides found common ground.
Burruss Hall is located on the drillfield and is often used in promotional literature as a signature building of Virginia Tech.
[edit] Johnston Student Center
The G. Burke Johnston Student Center (most commonly called GBJ) contains student activities rooms, a small food court, and study areas. On the bottom floor of this three-story building is the entrance to the Pamplin tunnel, which connects this building with the adjacent Pamplin Hall.
[edit] Power Plant
A campus landmark, the power plant is located on the upper quad across from Thomas Hall. Its 180 foot chimney can be seen from many places throughout Blacksburg. The plant is a cogeneration facility that provides electricity and steam for the campus.[12]
[edit] Other Miscellaneous Buildings
Alumni Hall, Armory, Cranwell International Center, Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, the Grove (President's Residence), Health and Safety Building, Henderson Hall, Information/Visitors Center, McComas Hall, Media Building, Price House (more commonly known as the Women's Center), Smith House, Solitude, Squires Student Center, Student Services Building, University Bookstore, University Club, War Memorial Chapel, War Memorial Gymnasium, Wright House
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu - Virginia Tech Student Programs
- http://www.cdcd.vt.edu/PJD/Const.Status/main.html - Virginia Tech campus construction status
- http://www.unirel.vt.edu/map/ - Virginia Tech map
- http://www.unirel.vt.edu/buildings/ - Official VT buildings page
- http://www.rhf.vt.edu - Virginia Tech Residence Hall Federation
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.unirel.vt.edu/buildings/bldg.php?name=Cowgill+Hall
- ^ Lent, Andrew. Virginia Tech's Cowgill Hall receives architectural award. Virginia Tech's Cowgill Hall receives architectural award. Roanoke Times. Retrieved on June 4, 2006.
- ^ http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=256
- ^ http://www.cdcd.vt.edu/PJD/Const.Status/projects/newengrbldg.project.html
- ^ http://www.unirel.vt.edu/buildings/bldg.php?name=Durham+Hall
- ^ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/vtpubs/spectrum/sp971120/1d.html
- ^ http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu/vtour/dietrick.php
- ^ http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu/vtour/dietrickrenovation.php
- ^ http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu/vtour/westend.php
- ^ http://www.vtmagazine.vt.edu/winter00/feature2.html
- ^ http://www.studentprograms.vt.edu/vtour/owens.php
- ^ http://www.facilities.vt.edu/utilities/utilities.asp?value=powerplant_timeline
