BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 14 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Bree Manning and York Seaton started their first year of classes as Hokies this fall alongside thousands of other students. Unlike most of their peers, these students had already spent a month building the skills and confidence needed to succeed at Virginia Tech.
Manning and Seaton participated in the Student Transition Engineering Program (STEP), a four-week summer program that gives some incoming College of Engineering students the opportunity to live and learn on the Blacksburg campus before their first semester begins.
STEP is one of many summer programs supported by Virginia Tech Conference and Guest Services, part of ...