VCOM - Virginia 2016 Yearbook

Special Thanks

Imagery throughout this publication was shared by artists and travelers in our VCOM family who have sought out and captured the Appalachian spirit of Virginia, as well as the beauty of the area, which we call home.

Christina Hornack | Class of 2018 • Cascade Falls, Giles County, Virginia, page 3 Audrey Nichols | Resident • Big A Mountain, Council, Virginia, pages 6 - 7 Jenna Nichols | Director for Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications • Claytor Lake, Pulaski County, Virginia, pages 114 - 115

• Chestnut Ridge, Honaker, Virginia, pages 170 - 171

James Palimieri | Associate Professor for Microbiology and Immunology • Cascade Falls, Giles County, Virginia, page 2

• New River Valley Trail, Draper, Virginia, page 3

• Potomac River, Great Falls, Virginia, pages 190 - 191

• Pine Creek Gorge, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, page 193

• New River Trail, Draper, Virginia, inside back cover

Julianna Procaccini | Premedical Graduate Certificate Program Class of 2017 • Huckleberry Trail, Blacksburg, Virginia, pages 4 - 5 Shannon Sampson | Director for Admissions • McAfee’s Knob, Appalachian Trail near Roanoke, Virginia, page 2

Al Rawlins | Audio and Virtual Lab Coordinator • Cascade Falls, Giles County, Virginia, page 2

• Cascade Falls, Giles County, Virginia, page 68 - 69

Cindy Shepard Rawlins | Vice President for Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications • Breaks Interstate Park, Haysi, Virginia, page 192

• Blue Ridge Parkway, Roanoke County, Virginia, pages 202 - 203

Whitney Stokes | Assistant Vice President for Student Services • McAfee’s Knob, Appalachian Trail near Roanoke, Virginia, page 3 Lydia Vargas | Director for Web Applications Development and Graphic Designer • McAfee’s Knob, Appalachian Trail near Roanoke, Virginia, page 2

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