Last year, Washington, D.C., went wild when the Capitals won the Stanley Cup.

But nowhere was the excitement more palpable than at Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Capitals, and where six Virginia Tech alumni worked at the time. “You almost felt like you were in Blacksburg at a Hokies’ football game because everybody in D.C. was rocking the red, as we say,” said Darren Montgomery ’95.

The 1 million-square-foot graduate campus will be part of a 65-acre mixed-use district in National Landing. It will be just steps away from the future Potomac Yard Metrorail Station and near the nation’s capital, diverse industries, and leading tech companies, including Amazon and its HQ2 project.

More than 400 Hokie alums from 23 states across the country descended on campus for the university’s second annual Reunion Weekend.

Having just celebrated her 100th birthday, Virginia Smith returned to Blacksburg to celebrate her 80th reunion in May. Accompanied by her son, Henry B. Smith III ’69, she was acknowledged as a Virginia Tech Centenarian and awarded a piece of Hokie Stone by the Old Guard Society of Golden Alumni during their annual celebration.

The 41 students will be the first to experience a new curriculum that cuts across traditional academic boundaries by fostering teamwork among students and faculty from vastly different majors.

Since its inception, Virginia Tech has been called on by the commonwealth to serve as an anchoring collaborator throughout the visionary and implementation process of the cybersecurity network.

Virginia Tech’s interdisciplinary researchers and Virginia Cooperative Extension specialists and agents will partner with producers and the commercial sector to develop and deploy a wide array of innovative technologies that will increase overall efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of agricultural and natural resources production systems.

Debbie Tillotson ’78 was looking for a way to support the Corps of Cadets and engage her son and daughter-in-law in the family tradition of giving back to Virginia Tech. She found it by becoming the first Hokie to take advantage of the Virginia Tech Foundation Donor-Advised Fund, a new way to structure gifts to the university.

There will be live entertainment, beers from dozens of breweries, and food from local restaurants and food trucks.

Make a memorable trip better, travel with fellow Hokies. The 2020 travel tours for alumni, their families, and friends are now available.