The Hispanic College Institute is held annually at Virginia Tech to bring Hispanic and Latinx high school students to campus to learn about the college experience. This photo is of one of the workshops attended by the students, taken by Lee Friesland…
A video recording of the teach-in event. The event description read:
In response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. political authorities and media sources have increased anti-Chinese and anti-Asian rhetoric. Subsequently, there has been…
A bibliography of scholarly articles and other sources on the topic of anti-Asian sentiment related to xenophobia and infectious diseases. Prepared as a supplement to the teach-in by the event organizers and participants.
This photo by Dan Mirolli of VT University Relations shows the participants in the 40th Anniversary celebration of Denim Day, which first raised awareness of the LGBTQ community at Virginia Tech in January 1979. Pictured are VT president Tim Sands,…
This photo by Dan Mirolli, taken on June 24, 2019, is of the Fraction Family House at Solitude on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. The building is believed to have been a dwelling for enslaved people built around 1843. Upwards of 250…
This photo by Richard Randolph of VT University Relations depicts a person wearing their Native dress involved in the 2019 Powwow held by Native at Virginia Tech on the Graduate Life Center lawn.
A video recording of the teach-in event. The event description read:
This teach-in aims to demonstrate the interdisciplinary ways that the discipline of English and its sub-fields contained within the English department here at Virginia Tech…
A report on news accounts of discrimination related to COVID-19 in early 2020. The report was prepared for the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council and Chinese for Affirmative Action by Russell Jeung, Ph.D., Sarah Gowing, and Kara Takasaki from…
A press release from The United States Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs announcing the creation of a section focused on pursuing the revocation of naturalization for naturalized citizens under certain circumstances.
Picture of the principle building of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1934. The building is a 4-story brick house with a front porch & side fire escape
Black Lives Matter poster from the Black Organizations Council at Virginia Tech encouranging people to attend the State of the Black Union and other concerns about race relations at Virginia Tech, November 1, 2015.
This photo was taken of a virtual town hall discussing the issues facing members of the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) community at Virginia Tech and locally. This image features Nina Ha, director of the Asian Cultural Engagement…
Douglas Martin, Ed.D. is Director Emeritus in the
Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. This
nearly hour-long interview contains his first-hand account
of several impactful people and events that shaped Tech in
the last half century.…