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- Title
Dairy Club of Virginia Tech: Capturing the Past, Defining the Future.
- Authors
Leech, J. L.; Winston, D. R.
- Abstract
The Dairy Club was organized at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1921, and was one of the three original curricular clubs on campus. The Dairy Club of Virginia Tech, as the organization is now known, has a past that is rich in history and achievement. In 1924 the Dairy Club published its first annual and sponsored Virginia Tech's first dairy judging team. The following year, 1925, the club held its first Little All-American Dairy Show. The Virginia Tech Dairy Club became a member of the American Dairy Science Association in 1938. In the years that followed the club has been recognized as the Outstanding Chapter of the ADSA - Student Affiliate Division more than any other chapter. Since 1960, six club members have served ADSA-SAD president and seven have been recognized as the ADSA-SAD Outstanding Student. The club has enjoyed similar success in the Southern Branch, having been named the outstanding chapter 20 times since 1980. Today, the club is highly visible on campus through its milkshake sales at all home football and basketball games. The Dairy Club has made national news more than once. In 1971 the Little All American show was featured on NBC's Today Show and in 2005 a Virginia Tech Holstein calf named Shana made national headlines on ESPN and the Wall Street Journal for her ability to "predict" Hokie football game scores. The club is helping define the future by training dairy leaders through its activities that compliment the undergraduate curriculum in Dairy Science.
- Subjects
VIRGINIA Polytechnic Institute &; State University; NATIONAL Broadcasting Co. Inc.; DAIRY farms; BASKETBALL games; FOOTBALL games; TECHNICAL institutes; SCIENCE associations
- Publication
Journal of Animal Science, 2006, Vol 84, p469
- ISSN
0021-8812
- Publication type
Article