Mtg this Monday and VTAA NC Triad Update 3/4/10

• Our next alumni meeting is scheduled for this Monday March 8th at the Embassy Suites at the airport exit at I-40. The social half hour will begin at 6:00 and the meeting will begin at 6:30. There is no cost to attend and no cost to be a member of  the VT Alumni Association. Please wear your VT colors this month to the meeting!
• If you are interested in serving on our scholarship committee to review applications and interview  our prospective students please let me know. This is a minimal two evening investment of time but well worth the investment.
• Our annual picnic is scheduled for Thursday August 8th at Triad Park in Kernersville. Save the date. This is a family oriented outing and we hope you will be able to attend.
• The ACC/Goodwill Challenge will be held again this year at the Fox and Hound in Winston-Salem on March 13th from 1-4PM. Bring donations to Goodwill and enjoy appetizers while watching the ACC Tournament with other ACC fans. There will be a private room, free appetizers, free pool, raffle and door prizes and drink specials.
• The Komen Race for the Cure will be held in Winston-Salem on Saturday May 1 in Old Salem. We plan to participate as a chapter, so please save the date. Mark Whitehouse will be our game day coordinator. If you have questions, please let Jill Heyman know at 757-619-9806 or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• 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, etc . We now have a custom tailor available.   Please have anyone interested contact Skeets Cahoon at e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    His mailing address is 4204 Starmount Dr. Greensboro, NC 27410. Skeets has been working on this project for many years. Skeets is one of our own and we congratulate him on this outstanding accomplishment!
• 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.

              Go Hokies!

              Tom Hughes

              President  VTAA NC Triad 336-407-8413 cell