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VTAA Update November 3, 2009

Subject:	VTAA Update November 3, 2009
Send date:	2009-11-03 16:04:33
Issue #:	27
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Hello Hokies! Our next meeting of the NC Triad Chapter of the VT Alumni Association will be held this Monday at the Embassy Suites at I-40 and Hwy 68. We will meet in the bar area. Admission is free. There are plans for game watching for the VT/ECU game this Thursday. We are going to do Grey's Tavern in Greensboro (next to Natty Greene's on Elm St). Seating is first come/first serve, but Jill Heyman will get there around 7 to save seats. If people can RSVP to her, that would be great so she knows how many people to expect. Call Jill Heyman at 757-619-9806 to RSVP or [email protected] Career Opportunities in Greensboro: For those of you who have a background in manufacturing/engineering management or know someone who does there are various positions available at a local manufacturing company in Greensboro. These positions range from manufacturing floor supervisors, to supply managers/planners and human resource managers. To get more information or to apply for these positions please contact Nora Kowalcheck with the Heritage Group, 336-354-8628 or [email protected]. The VaTech Scottish Tartan was officially presented to the University at The Legacy Society dinner recently. We now need to know who is interested in obtaining fabric and / or finished goods, such as coats, slacks, skirts, vests, stadium blankets, et. We now have a custom tailor available. Please have anyone interested contact Skeets Cahoon at e-mail address: [email protected] Skeets has been working on this project for many years. Skeets is one of our own and we congratulate him on this outstanding accomplishment! A game watching party has now been announced for the Maryland /VT game. This will be held at 12:00 noon on November 14th. We are still working on the location. We are gauging interest in a ski trip over the Jan 29th weekend. If you have an interest, you can go to our Facebook page and let us know or email me directly. We will have some other fun activities for the non-skiers who would like to go. We will provide more details as they develop. If you or someone you know has a house or condo in the NC mountains and might like to rent it to some of our group, please let us know. Check out our new Facebook page for the NC Triad Hokies. You can sign up to be a part of this group ! Jill Heyman is coordinating that for us. Join the new Hokie Nation Network. Most of you should have already received an email about this exciting (and also free) new social and professional network for hokies. Just go to www.alumni.vt.edu/hnn to sign up. Check out our new website at www.nctriadhokies.com If you are interested in serving as an officer on the local alumni board, feel free to contact me (Tom Hughes) for more information. There is not a major time commitment involved, and we would welcome some new members on the board. Our NC Triad Chapter has awarded two $2500 scholarships this year to two very deserving students from the Triad who will be attending Virginia Tech this fall. They are Gregory J. Andia and Marion Anderson Carroll. Congratulations to these two outstanding individuals on their accomplishments. Thanks to Jill Heyman for coordinating this important mission of our chapter. We are continuing our fundraiser for our scholarship fund, which is called the Scholar Dollar Club. For a $25 contribution, your name will be placed on our website as a Scholar Dollar Club contributor. In order to claim the tax benefit of a donation, your check should be made payable to VT Foundation and your check memo should designate the NC Triad Scholarship Fund. You may also make checks payable to the VTAA-NC Triad Chapter if you are not concerned with the tax benefits of a donation. You may send those to Linda Allen, 6 Kempton Drive, Greensboro, NC 27406. You will receive a VT lapel pin to display at local functions as a Scholar Dollar Club member. Beat ECU ! Thomas H. Hughes President NC Triad Chapter Virginia Tech Alumni Association 336-407-8413 cell 336-722-4447 Ext. 177 work Your subscription options:

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