Video: Honest, it's Abe touting Virginia Tech's land-grant heritage
BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 20, 2012 – In a 90-second video story, America's 16th president briefs Virginia Tech students on the law that created greater access to higher education and inspired practical research.
- Andrea Brunais
- Communications Director, Outreach & International Affairs
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Virginia Tech celebrates 150 years of American land-grant universities
A sweep of Abraham Lincoln’s pen 150 years ago led to the creation of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now called Virginia Tech. Without Lincoln’s decisive action, the land-grant system, which gave Americans greater access to higher education, might never have happened.
