Public Relations

NEWS RELEASES SPEECHES

Jan. 22, 2003--Gods & Generals director/producer will present movie clips and answer questions in visit to Virginia Tech

Nov. 12, 2002-- Virginia schools receive classroom guide for teaching Civil War

Oct. 9, 2002-- Booksigning scheduled for two new Civil War books; one making national debut

Jul. 29, 2002-- Va Tech professor receives honorary degree, delivers commencement address at Shenandoah University

Nov. 1, 2001-- As part of its chief goal to educate the nation’s young about the Civil War, Virginia Tech’s Virginia Center for Civil War Studies has distributed a two-volume video set, West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War, to every elementary and middle school and to every library in West Virginia.

Oct. 5, 2001-- When James I. Robertson answered the phone and heard someone say, "Hello, Dr. Robertson. This is Robert Duvall," Robertson's first thought was "Oh, right, and I'm the king of...." But as he listened to the familiar voice that started asking him about the character of Robert E. Lee in the film-in-progress Gods and Generals, Robertson realized he really was talking to one of the actors he admired most.

Aug. 31, 2001-- James I. Robertson Jr., historical consultant for the movie Gods & Generals, now being shot in Lexington, Va., and executive director of Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, will be the featured speaker at a social and dinner at the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Cafetorium.

March 10, 2001-- Sandra C. Cupp, widow of prominent Blacksburg businessman Patrick D. Cupp, has created a charitable trust in excess of $1 million at Virginia Tech, half designated for the university's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the remainder for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in recognition of her late husband.

Nov. 2, 2000-- Internationally acclaimed historical artist Mort Künstler visited Virginia Tech to sign a special Virginia Tech limited edition print of his latest painting "The Winds of Winter: Jackson's Romney Campaign January 1862."

May 5, 2000-- William C. Davis, an award-winning author of numerous books on the American Civil War and a nationally noted consultant on the period, will join the Virginia Tech faculty as director of programs for the university's new Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.

April 26, 2000-- Greystone Communications, an award-winning production company based in North Hollywood, will produce two videos on West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War for Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.

April 18, 2000-- Virginia Tech's Virginia Center for Civil War Studies will produce two videos about West Virginia as a Child of the Civil War with a grant from the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation, an independent foundation that supports secondary and higher education, historic preservation, the arts, community development, and health in West Virginia and Virginia.

April 5, 2000-- From traumatic injuries and widespread infection to epidemics and hygiene, the American Civil War was the spawning ground for a number of modern medical practices. One hundred fifty-five physicians from Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, and Louisiana gathered in Roanoke to examine the influence of the mid-1800s conflict on their profession.

April 21, 1999-- Fifth-grade students at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School in Blacksburg spent time raking leaves, pulling weeds, planting flowers, babysitting, washing cars, and doing other odd jobs to raise money for Virginia Tech's proposed Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.

March 12, 1999-- Building on the reputation of nationally renowned Civil War historian James I. Robertson Jr. and a massive collection of Civil War books, Virginia Tech announced that it has initiated a $3-million fund drive to establish the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.