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Oral History with Cheryl Butler MacDonald, November 28, 1998 (Ms1995-026)
This is an interview with Cheryl Butler McDonald, covering her experiences at Virginia Tech, including an audio file and a transcript.
VT Stories Oral History with Nikki Giovanni, March 14, 2017 (Ms2016-015)
Renowned poet, eight time NAACP award winner, University Distinguished Professor, and the list of achievements goes on, but much to Virginia Tech’s credit–Nikki Giovanni is a Hokie.
Although she didn’t attend Virginia Tech for her degree, she is…
VT Stories Oral History with Linda Plaut, February 23, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
You don’t have to graduate from Virginia Tech to be a Hokie. After moving to Blacksburg as a faculty spouse, Linda Plaut joined the university’s staff as a part-time teacher. What started as a temporary position blossomed into a permanent career of…
VT Stories Oral History with Clara Cox, March 23, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
In this VT Stories interview from 2018, Manisha Sharma interviews the former Director of University Publications Clara Cox in the Holtzman Alumni Center. In this oral history Cox talks about her rise through the ranks of university relations, her…
VT Stories Oral History with Pat Hyer, March 5, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
Oral history with Pat Hyer, completed as part of the VT Stories project: Pat Hyer, VT Stories
Photographs of Patricia Miller, c.1959
In 1959, Patricia Ann Miller was the first woman to receive a commission at VPI. Each semester, she enrolled in Corps classes, but was denied. She eventually applied for a commission from the Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps and was commissioned…