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Photo: Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis signed a portrait by a member of the church where the Lilliston family attends. The portrait features Joshua alongside Lewis and will be auctioned off with proceeds to benefit a local school.
It has been more than a year since Joshua Lilliston, a member of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, lost his battle with a rare form of eye cancer. To honor their fallen classmate, the cadets donated the proceeds from their annual Shadow Day fundraiser to the the newly created Joshua Lilliston ‘14 Memorial Scholarship fund.
The recipient of this scholarship is an upperclassman in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets with a medical condition preventing the student from entering the military.
If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation to this fund, you can donate online, or send a check to the Virginia Tech Foundation with “Lilliston Scholarship” on the memo line. The address is Virginia Tech, University Development 0336, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Attention VTCC.
About Shadow Day
Each year, the Corps of Cadets has a Shadow Day in which freshmen cadets bid for a chance to shadow high-ranking upperclassmen in leadership positions. The event takes place over two days. The top bidders shadow their upperclassman on the first day to learn about the leadership position they hold. On the second day, the freshmen take over the upperclassmen positions and rank and lead the regiment for the day.
First-year cadets to visit National D-Day Memorial
For the sixth straight year, first-year cadets in Virginia Tech’s Corps of Cadets will visit the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va.
The cost of transportation and meals for the cadets is funded through a generous gift established by the late Raymond Reed, a Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets alumnus and member of the class of 1957, and his wife Peggy.
The freshmen cadets visit the memorial to gain an understanding of this special place. The Reeds’ gift has funded the transportation and meal costs each year, while the memorial grants the cadets free admission.
Click on the photo to learn more. And click here to learn more about the Reeds and their support for the Corps of Cadets and Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech’s next home game, Sept. 22 vs. Bowling Green, is homecoming weekend and the Corps of Cadets will be raising money to help fund the National D-Day Memorial. Bring a few extra bucks to help keep this important National Memorial up and running.
Why Bedford, you ask? Because proportionally, that community suffered the nation’s greatest loss by D-Day’s end. Learn more about the National D-Day Memorial.
Freshmen and their cadre the first day of New Cadet Week
Hahahahaha! Do the cadets still challenge the civilian resident advisors to a PT challenge before the students come back in August?
From our Facebook page:
It’s Memorial Day weekend, Hokies. From our military family to all families, we wish you safe travels and a good weekend.
Please take a moment to remember those who have given their lives in the service of this great nation, and give thanks to those who continue to protect our freedoms at home and abroad.
Words cannot accurately express our gratitude, but we say “thank you” nonetheless.
Virginia Tech graduate (‘01), alumni of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Seth Mitchell, was killed in October 2009 while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. He is one of many Virginia Tech alumni to make the ultimate sacrifice in the service of this country.
On April 9, 2010, his name was added to the Virginia Tech Ut Prosim Pylon at the War Memorial, which honors Virginia Tech alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect this country.
In 2011, U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Zachary Eckhart’s name was added to the Pylons.
In 2012, U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Maurice Hukill’s name was added to the Pylons.
On Saturday, April 14, the freshman class of the Corps of Cadets will be making the second half of the 26-mile march completed in 1872 by Virginia Tech’s first cadet and student, Addison Caldwell.
The spring semester chain-of-command, the upper-class cadets who are leading the Corps of Cadets, will march with the freshman to honor them as they complete their challenging year of training.
Alumni and family have donated $88,000 in support of the Caldwell March, a tradition for the corps.
Click on the photo for more information.
Mad respect for the Corps of Cadets!
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 26, 2012 – The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech invites Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff, as well as area residents, to become part of university history by signing a steel beam that will be placed within the structure of the center’s new facility. Signatures will be collected through Thursday, March 29 at 5 p.m.
The beam is on display at the entrance to Shultz Hall facing Monteith and Shanks Halls. The spot is directly adjacent to the future location of the Center for the Arts, which is being constructed at the corner of Main Street and Alumni Mall. Construction of the 147,000-square-foot center continues to take shape and is on schedule, with an opening date slated for fall 2013.
Click on the photo to learn more.
This was pretty cool. The Center for the Arts building is one of three major construction projects (that I know of) ongoing at Virginia Tech. And while I love my alma mater, sometimes I wish we could go a semester or two without a major construction project. How many buildings do you need?
Cadets from Virginia Tech’s Corps demonstrate their obstacle course for alumni as part of VTCC’s homecoming weekend. I was out there before the seniors arrived and saw some freshmen cadets practicing and trust me when I say it is much harder than it looks. And it looks hard.
We’ll have more on this story next week, so stay tuned. Until then, have a great weekend and GO HOKIES!
What’s that? Your college doesn’t have Corps of Cadets? Sucks to be you! Reblog if you are proud of Virginia Tech’s Corps of Cadets!
Roanoke Times: Tech Corps of Cadets sees enrollment surge
The Roanoke Times published an article on the front page of Tuesday’s (Sept. 6, 2011) paper about the rise of enrollment for Virginia Tech’s Corps of Cadets. This year’s freshman class of 383 cadets is the largest since 1969 and nearly equals the corps’ entire enrollment of 1992, which was about 400.
Read the article on Roanoke.com.
Much respect to the Corps of Cadets! I lived on upper quad my first two years and my best friend from high school was in the Corps. He’s now serving another tour in Iraq … Godspeed and come home soon, old friend!
University to honor U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Zachary R. Eckhart on Ut Prosim pylon | Virginia Tech
Amid all the talk about NCAA snubs and so on, it’s important to remember that there is far more that makes Virginia Tech special than performance on an athletic field or court.
