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        <title>Two generations, one class ring tradition</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For Connor Hennesey, designing the Class of 2027 ring isn’t just about Virginia Tech tradition. He’s following in the footsteps of his father.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fay H. Street ’77 and Frances Keene ’16 will be honored at Ring Dance in March. ]]></description>
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        <title>In memoriam: Irving L. Peddrew III</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Peddrew was the first Black student admitted to a historically white, four-year public institution in any of the 11 former states of the confederacy. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ John Leschinskey &#39;97 thought he lost his class ring forever when playing volleyball as a student in the Eggleston Quad. Over 25 years later, it was discovered by the Division of Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities&#39; heavy equipment crew in the very place it was lost.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Travis &#34;Rusty&#34; Unterzuber, an alumnus who graduated almost 50 years ago, recently participated in the Hokie Gold Legacy Program, a unique program that allows Virginia Tech alumni to donate class rings to be melted to create gold for use in future class rings. This tradition is rare in that connects the past, the present and the future. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech introduces a new collection of ring designs for each class. The tradition spans more than 100 years. The Class of 2021 ring design was unveiled at the annual Ring Premiere event on October 9th, 2019. ]]></description>
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