Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University: Public university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (or Virginia Tech) is a public land-grant university in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The campus was first opened in 1872 as a farming and mechanical college and covers 2,600 acres. It is also one of only a few public universities in the United States to have a corps of cadets.
The Virginia Tech massacre, which happened on the 16th of April 2007, was a tragedy in the history of the University. A student of the university named Cho Seung-Hui killed 32 people before killing himself. This became the worst school-related massacre in United States history.
References
- "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University". vt.edu. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
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