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About Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, more often referred to as simply Virginia Tech, is a land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, which is an incorporated town located in Montgomery County, in the US state of Virginia, with a population estimated at a number of more than 40 000 inhabitants, during the 2008 census.

Virginia Tech was founded in 1872, as an agricultural and mechanical college, by the Virginia General Assembly, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. The institution adopted its current name in 1944, and since then, has constinuously grown, but continues to be one of the few public universities in the United States which maintains a corps of cadets.

The university offers its students 80 bachelor's degree programs and 140 master's and doctoral degree programs in eight colleges and two schools, among which there are: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, College of Natural Resources, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

According to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2010, Virginia Tech is 71st among national universities and 29th among public universities, its College of Engineering undergraduate program being ranked, in an earlier report, 14th in the nation. The Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program is also one of the university's most renowned programs, being ranked 41st (2008) among the nation's undergraduate business programs and 24th among public institutions.

Athletics

Virginia Tech's athletic teams are known as the Virginia Tech Hokies, who compete in the NCAA's Division I in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Division I FBS, for football, in 19 varsity sports which include baseball, basketball, soccer and softball. Although Virginia Tech is still seeking its first national title in a varsity sport, it has only won a national championship in bass fishing. The distinctive colors for the Virginia Tech Hokies are Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Robert B. Pamplin, Sr. - CEO of Georgia Pacific Corp, Clifford A. Cutchins III - Chairman and CEO of Sovran Bank, Homer Hickam - NASA employee and author of the memoir Rocket Boys, which was the basis for the film October Sky, William Lewis - Rhodes Scholar, Founding Director of McKinsey Global Institute, Jim Buckmaster - CEO of craigslist.org, and Roger K. Crouch - NASA astronaut, among many others.