VTMAG v17n3 - Table of Contents
Contents
- 8 Who makes floats anymore?
- When you're working 15-30 hours a week and borrowing the price of a car every year, traditional college pastimes may seem frivolous. Here's how some of the more than 2,000 Tech students who don't have enough funds cope.
- 12 High tech teaching
- Computer technology is transforming how we teach and how students learn. The driving force is effectiveness.
- 14 Our fair ladies
- How far has the Tech woman come since that first coed class of 1925?
- 16 Gator Bowl
- On the field, it was ugly, but a loyal alumna took a different reading in the stands.
- 18 Alumnae Profiles: Women in Charge
- Jeanette Iroler Poole '64 takes Miami by storm Corporate 911: Pat Caldwell '71 doctors sick companies Advice for women entrepreneurs from Susan Bari '85
Departments
Cover: Keith Wilson '95 spent his vacations working in Southwest Virginia coal mines to earn tuition money. Photo by Rick Griffiths '78. Special thanks to Hiope Mining Company, McDowell County, W.Va.Director of University Relations Larry Hincker Associate Director for Publications David C. Lotts Editor Su Clauson-Wicker Assistant Editor Netta S. Eisler Art Director Glen Duncan Graphic Design Meg Nugent Laurie Zuckerman Photography Gary Colbert Rick Griffiths Bob Veltri Business Manager Alva Phillips Alumni Notes Jo Farmer Dale Alvarez
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