Fellow Alumni - Are You Going to Represent? We Need Lane Sponsors for the Student Send-Off. Time is Running Out! Current Sponsored Lanes: College of Arts & Science (Garrett & Marcella Childs) Electrical Engineering & Chemistry (Michael & Peggy Chapman) Fashion Merchandising & Mathematics (Shawn & Stacy Ellis) Hokie Bird '86 Way (Chris Sessoms) Groove Phi Groove Fraternity Inc. (Dr. James D. Watkins) Dr. James Watkins The Whitehurst Family (Winston & Ricardo Whitehurst) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (Roland Whitley) Roland Whitley '95 College of Engineering (Dr. Charlie Yates) Please show your support for these new VT Hokies by sponsoring a bowling lane. Represent your major, family name, fraternity/sorority, or anything you choose! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- The Greater Hampton Roads Regional Black Alumni Council (GHRRBAC) of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association cordially invites you to join us for our 2007 Student Send-Off Social. Come out and have fun as we meet-and-greet incoming African-American freshmen from the Hampton Roads area who will be starting school in the fall. Relax and enjoy the conversation as we we bowl, shoot pool, play putt-putt golf, share our VA Tech experiences, and offer our support to these wonderful students. What: 5th Annual Student Send-Off Social for Incoming & Returning African-American Students and Alumni When: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. *RSVP by July 25, 2007* Where: AMF-Western Branch Lanes 3101 Lynnhurst Boulevard Chesapeake, VA 23321 757-686-2695 (Located off I-664 at the intersection of Taylor Road and Pughsville Road) Cost: FREE - New & Current VT students $8.00 per bowler for alumni, family, and friends ** Alumni Lane sponsorships available (see below) ** The Greater Hampton Roads Regional Black Alumni Council of VT invites you to its 5th Annual Student Send-Off Social for African-American incoming and current students from the Greater Hampton Roads area. Meet-and-greet local AA alumni, current students, and "new" VT Hokies while bowling, shooting pool, playing putt-putt golf. RSVP by July 25, 2007 with total # of persons in your party, including # of current and new VT students. RSVP to: Michael Chapman 757-864-4687 w 757-827-9971 h 757-344-3908 c Michael.A.Chapman@xxxxxxxxx Make checks payable to "Greater Hampton Roads Regional Black Alumni Council - VTAA" and mail by July 25 to: Michael Chapman 107 Tanglewood Drive Hampton, VA 23666 Lane Sponsorship: In order to offer the event free to VT students, VT alumni are asked to sponsor bowling lanes. Lane sponsorship is only $50 per lane for six bowlers. Alumni with similar majors or professions are encouraged to join together and sponsor lanes (i.e., the Chemistry Lane). Other sponsored lane creativity is encouraged (i.e. the Smith Family, your fraternity/sorority, etc.). In years past, we have had a host of alumni, current and incoming students with their families at this event. The bowling was fun, as well as competitive! Please come out and show your support to these new and returning African-American VT students. Questions - please contact: Adriane James '80, GHRRBAC President AdrianeBJames@xxxxxxx, 757-857-7166 h, 757-201-7701 w, 757-651-7691 c Michael Chapman '80, GHRRBAC Treasurer, michael.a.chapman@xxxxxxxx, 757-827-9971 h, 757-864-4687 w, or 757-344-3908 c Directions: From Hampton/Newport News/Peninsula area: Take I-664 South toward Downtown/Newport News/Suffolk. Cross the Monitor Merrimac Bridge Tunnel. Continue on I-664 S to Exit #10 Rt. 659/Pughsville Road. Turn left onto VA-659N/Pughsville Road. Make a left at traffic light onto Lynnhurst Boulevard (traffic light is at the intersection of Taylor and Pughsville Roads). Western Branch Lanes in on the left. From Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Portsmouth/Suffolk: Take I-664 North going toward Newport News/Hampton. Continue on I-664 N to Exit #10 Rt. 659/Pughsville Road. On the exit ramp, bear right onto VA-659N/Pughsville Road. Make a left at traffic light onto Lynnhurst Boulevard (traffic light is at the intersection of Taylor and Pughsville Roads). Western Branch Lanes in on the left. We hope you will join us in welcoming our newest Hokies!!! Please forward to VT students and alumni. VTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVT Michael A. Chapman, P.E. Head, Data Acquisition & Test Techniques Branch - COD NASA Langley Research Center http://dadqt.larc.nasa.gov/ (LaRC domain only) Michael.A.Chapman@xxxxxxxx 757-864-4687 (w) 757-864-4799 (f) 757-827-9971 (h) VTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVT "The Secret Of Your Future Is Hidden In Your Daily Routine"