Student Programs
Student Alumni Associates...
Who are these spirited students leading the crowd at pep rallies, staffing the football ticket distribution at 6:00 a.m., volunteering at campus Career Fairs and local elementary schools, decorating the campus and passing out ribbons at Founders Day, giving campus tours to alumni and much more? This organization is the Student Alumni Associates (SAA), a group comprised of 100 diverse and spirited students. Proudly they represent the Virginia Tech Alumni Association to current and past members of the Virginia Tech family. SAA members understand and practice the university motto, Ut Prosim. Other programs they help sponsor include:
Leadership retreats |
and much more! |
Spring Tailgate - April 19, 2008
The STAT (Students Today Alumni Tomorrow) Team is a smaller group with SAA that works on strategic planning with Alumni Association staff to improve ways to reach out to students. Our members consist of fraternity and sorority officers, members of the VT Corp of Cadets, cultural organization leaders, elected Class representatives, and involved students from across our diverse campus. The bonds forged between the members and the alumni 
as well as the Alumni Association staff, has proved invaluable as many have created long lasting friendships and networking bonds in the corporate world.
Class Officers at Virginia Tech are elected in the spring of their freshman year and serve for life. So in 1993, a natural relationship was formed when the supervision of the Class Programs transferred from Student Affairs to the Alumni Association. Since then, a full-time position has been added to handle these responsibilities, and Class Officers automatically became members of SAA.
Class Programs consist of activities associated with one of the oldest and most treasured Tech traditions - the class ring tradition. Beginning with the Class of 1914, a specially appointed student Ring Design Committee creates a ring unique to each Class. Not only does Tech have one of the largest class rings, but also is one of the most coveted ring programs in the nation. For seventy years, the annual Ring Dance has been the grand event on campus, with a sell-out banquet Friday evening and a capacity crowd for the Formal Dance on Saturday. The Corps D Company still releases a small pig onto the dance floor in Squires after the rings are exchanged, to the delight and thrill of dance-goers. New traditions have been added over the years and now the HokieBird is very much a part of Ring Dance, wearing top hat and tux, receiving a HokieBird-sized ring and dancing on stage. The festivities culminate with the display of fireworks on the Drillfield, the playing of 'Silver Taps' and the firing of the Skipper Cannon.
Resources
Links of Interest
Class Websites
Class Listservs
Each class level at Virginia Tech has an announcement-only listserv used to inform the Class members of Class activities and student programs of the Alumni Association. Class listservs are compiled by a student's academic level indicated by the registrar's office of Virginia Tech. Because of this, entering students with Advanced Placement credit with be automatically placed on the Class listserv for their academic level. For example, if you have enough credit hours to be included with the Class of 2009 but consider yourself part of the Class of 2008, please email the Class Listmaster at vtclass@vt.edu and ask to be changed.
To unsubscribe to a Class listserv, e-mail listserv@listserv.vt.edu and type SIGNOFF CLASS-OF-(your class year here) in the BODY of the note NOT on the subject line.