2020 VISION
19 ways Hokies stayed connected during COVID-19
- Hokies from everywhere participated in the annual Run in Remembrance, held virtually for three days in April.
- Avocado toast anyone? Hokie Wellness’ peer educators posted nutritional cooking videos via Instagram.
- Student clubs and organizations continued their meetings via Zoom.
- The Marching Virginians performed “Tech Triumph” together online.
- Several Hokie graduate students delivered food to Roanoke Valley school children.
- The PanJammers, an award-winning steel drum orchestra in Blacksburg, recorded a virtual version of the traditional graduation song, "Pomp and Circumstance," to honor the 2020 Virginia Tech graduates.
- Moss Arts Center created an online space, called the Student Arts Spotlight, for undergraduate and graduate students to share their art creations.
- Virginia Tech Rescue Squad elected new officers in virtual swearing-in ceremony.
- The Virginia Cooperative Extension offered numerous virtual programs, from fitness instruction to a farm e-commerce webinar.
- Scott Watson, executive chef at the Inn at Virginia Tech, offered online cooking tutorials.
- Tayo Oladele, a Hokie senior, held a Zoom photography class for his friends.
- This summer, each first year Hokie had a virtual orientation leader assigned to them to help them maneuver the university’s first virtual orientation for new students.
- Moss Arts Center offered performances and engagement opportunities online by hosting special viewings of past music, dance, and theater performances and moderated virtual chat sessions.
- Tatsu Takeuchi, an associate professor of physics at Virginia Tech, hosted free online origami classes for the community.
- The annual Relay for Life fundraiser took place virtually for five days, with musical performances, special guests, and tributes.
- Mental health professionals throughout campus transitioned therapy sessions to online platforms.
- With the Pylons as the background, Virginia Tech’s Student Government Association held its officer inauguration via Zoom.
- Campus Kitchen volunteers continued donating food to local nonprofits.
- Bioactivity, a student medical design group, met online and entered a competition to design a ventilator model that a company could produce and manufacture.