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Photographs of VPI from the 1920s
These photos offer a glimpse of what campus looked like in the first years that women students were admitted.
Photographs of Peggy Mezaros, the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost at Virginia Tech
In 1995, Dr. Peggy S. Mezaros was appointed as the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost of Virginia Tech. She held this position until 2000. Meszaros first joined Virginia Tech in 1993 as professor of family and child development and dean of…
Clippings about Mary Virginia Jones Berry, one of the first women to graduate from the Mechanical Engineering program at Virginia Tech
This item includes four newspaper clippings or articles written about Mary Virginia Jones Berry. Two are from the vertical files in Special Collections and two are from the Virginia Tech website. Viewing individual items will provide additional…
Price House, home to the Women's Center at Virginia Tech since 1995
In 1992-1993, the Coordinating Council on Women's Concerns proposed the establishment of a Women's Center at Virginia Tech. In the spring of 1994, the Women's Center opened our doors in Lane Hall, with the mission to promote a campus community that…
Carmen Venegas clipping files and photographs
Carmen Venegas of Costa Rica was one of the first international Latina/Hispanic women students to graduate from Virginia Tech, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1938. She was a founding member of the Short Wave Club, which invested in a school…
Photographs of Sandra Sullivan, Virginia Tech's first woman vice president
In 1982, Sandra Sullivan was named Vice President for Student Affairs, becoming the first woman to hold a university-wide executive position on the campus.
