Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

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Founded in 1872, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech (also known as VPISU), is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, veterinary medicine, and business programs are considered to be among its strongest. It is also one of only two universities in the country with a full-time military component within a larger civilian university.

In addition to its research and academic programs, Virginia Tech is known for its campus and location in the New River Valley of southwestern Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountains. The university's public profile has also been raised significantly in recent years by the success of its football program.

www.vt.edu/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Polytechnic_Institute_and_State_University
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Coordinates:   37°12'54"N   80°25'25"W

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  • The school was founded in 1872 as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Several of the class rings (including the ones from my class) have this date inscribed on them somewhere. The grant that allowed the school to be founded was the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. When I went there freshman cadets were required to memorize such esoteric bits of information about their new home.
  • I love my Virginia Tech.
  • be nice to asains! safe school
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