The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is the military component of the student body at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Cadets live together in residence halls,attend morning formation,wear a distinctive uniform,and receive an intensive military and leadership educational experience similar to that available at the United States service academies. The Corps of Cadets has existed from the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872 to the present-day institution of Virginia Tech,which is designated a senior military college by federal law. As of August 2021,about 1,200 cadets are currently enrolled in the program.
Episcopal High School,founded in 1839,is a boarding school located in Alexandria,Virginia. The Holy Hill 130-acre (53-hectare) campus houses 440 students from 31 states,the District of Columbia and 16 countries. The school is 100-percent boarding and is the only all-boarding school of its caliber located in a major metropolitan area.
James Henry Lane was a university professor and Confederate general in the American Civil War.
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS),formally called the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia,is the largest and second oldest accredited Episcopal seminary in the United States.
Ferrum College is a private college in Ferrum,Virginia. The college was established in 1913 as the Ferrum Training School for primary and secondary education to serve the mountain communities of rural southwest Virginia before becoming Ferrum Junior College between 1940 and 1976. The school was founded by the United Methodist Church and gradually developed from primary to post-secondary education. Today,Ferrum enrolls around 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and offers over 54 undergraduate majors and two graduate programs. Ferrum College's 700-acre (280 ha) campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia,near Rocky Mount,Virginia,in Franklin County.
Harry Lee Doll,was bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Maryland during the turmoil concerning civil rights for minorities and women in the 1960s.
William Edward Lavery was the 12th President of Virginia Tech. He served from January 1,1975 to December 31,1987.
John Redd Hutcheson was the ninth president of Virginia Tech.
Paul Brandon Barringer,M.D.,LL.D.,was a physician and college administrator,the sixth president of Virginia Tech,serving from September 1,1907 through July 1,1913. He was also chairman of the faculty at the University of Virginia from 1895 through 1903. He made major changes to the medical curriculum at U.Va,adding requirements for clinical training,as was common in Europe.
John Lee Buchanan was the second president of Virginia Tech and sixth president of the University of Arkansas.
John Johns was the fourth Episcopal bishop of Virginia. He led his diocese into secession and during the American Civil War and later tried to heal it through the Reconstruction Era. Johns also served as President of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg before that war,and led and taught at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria after the war.
Thomas Nelson Conrad was the third president of Virginia Tech and served in the Confederate Secret Service during the Civil War.
The modern Maryland Terrapins football program representing the University of Maryland traces its lineage to the team first formed at what was then the Maryland Agricultural College (MAC) in 1892. In the initial years,due to the rudimentary state of intercollegiate athletics and interstate travel,all games were played against local colleges,high schools,and athletic clubs.
William Holland Wilmer was an Episcopal priest,teacher and writer in Maryland and Virginia who served briefly as the eleventh president of the College of William and Mary.
The 1892 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. A. Smyth. In what was the inaugural season of Virginia Tech football,the team finished with a record of one win and one loss (1–1).
The 1893 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1893 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. A. Smyth and finished with a record of zero wins and two losses (0–2).
The 1894 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1894 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Joseph Massie and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1).
The 1895 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1895 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Arlie C. Jones and finished with a record of four wins and two losses (4–2).
William Addison Caldwell became the first student to enroll in the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (V.A.M.C.) in the school's inaugural year in 1872. V.A.M.C. was later named Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University. Caldwell hiked as much as 28 miles through today's Jefferson National Forest in the Allegheny Mountains from Sinking Creek,Craig County to Blacksburg,Va. to enroll as the school's first student on October 1,1872.
Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford was an American anti-slavery activist,founder of the Female Auxiliary of the American Colonization Society in Fredericksburg.
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