Ut Prosim
“That I May Serve” is Virginia Tech’s motto and a standard for how Hokies show up for one another and their communities.
Virginia Tech history and traditions
Virginia Tech traditions · New York
A little Blacksburg. A lot of New York.
Tradition, service, and friendship—carried from Blacksburg to New York.
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“That I May Serve”
In New York, Hokies live it through scholarships, mentoring, service, and showing up for one another.
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The things every Hokie recognizes.
A chant. A cannon. A stadium jumping together. In New York, they make unfamiliar faces feel familiar.
Let’s Go, Hokies
The call and response brings Lane Stadium together before the football team’s entrance.
Gameday in LaneEnter Sandman
Virginia Tech introduced the Lane Stadium walkout in 2000. The now-famous jumping grew from a spontaneous cold-night moment in 2001.
Virginia Tech MagazineSkipper
The Corps of Cadets’ cannon, named for President John F. Kennedy’s naval service, marks scores and special occasions.
Virginia Tech Athletics traditionsHokie Stone
The locally quarried limestone first appeared in campus construction in 1899 and gives Virginia Tech its unmistakable sense of place.
Virginia Tech history and traditionsThe Corps of Cadets
The Corps reaches back to the university’s founding in 1872 and carries a living tradition of leadership and service.
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets- 1872
The university opens
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College opens in Blacksburg.
- 1896
The identity takes shape
Chicago maroon and burnt orange become the school colors, and the shield is adopted.
- 1944
VPI
The institution becomes Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
- 1970
Virginia Tech
The formal name becomes Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.