Greetings, Galipatians! I hope everyone is super pumped for classes starting and getting involved in college life and extracurriculars. In the midst of the chaos, I am here with some helpful advice to get you started off right! GET READY because college is sooo much different than high school. Your classes are at weird times, you have a lot of personal responsibilities to keep track of, and you’re living on your own. What the heck are you going to do? Make sure to have ev

For a long time, Virginia Tech and other universities have been concerned with statistics on gender and minority distribution within their colleges, and with good reason. For example, in the fall of 1997, only 15.9% of all engineering students were women. This was the lowest proportion of women in any college at Tech. And the numbers for minority students were not any more encouraging. In the same year, 9.3% of undergraduate students were Asian, 4.8% black, 3% international,

Hello Galipatians! In the interest of ensuring that all our freshmen understand Studio 1 and the way things work there, the Studio Committee organized a set of “First-Week Activities.” By participating in these, our new students can learn about the different tools and supplies available for use in Studio 1, get to know some members of the Studio Committee, and make something cool that they can take back home once they finish. Three activities were available throughout the las