Class Rings
ALUMNI
Hokie Gold Legacy Program
Bequeath or donate a class ring to be melted down or displayed.
Ring Service for Alumni
Purchase, replace, or have your class ring repaired or resized.
Past Rings
Take a look back at moments in Virginia Tech history, etched in stone.
Class of 2025: Making of the 2025 Class Ring
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Tradition
The Ring Tradition
The tradition began in the 1911-1912 school session when four classes (1911-1914) designed their rings. The ring tradition celebrated 100 years with the 2011 ring. Since the beginning, each class has designed a ring unique to their own class. Today, Virginia Tech is one of only a few schools that redesigns their ring collection each year.
The Ring Design
Virginia Tech introduces a new collection of designs for each class. Each year, the sophomore class selects a ring committee responsible for designing their class ring collection. Each collection includes certain elements: the screaming eagle, American flag, campus buildings, and an interlocking chain around the bezel.
How to Wear the Tradition
Students
Current students should wear their rings so that the name Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and/or the honor point on the bezel faces the wearer.
Alumni
Upon graduation, the ring is turned to face out to let the world know the wearer is a Hokie alum. Those who wear the ring proudly state to others, "I am a Hokie, a Virginia Tech graduate who understands the meaning of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve)."
The Ring Dance
A tradition dating from 1934 beginning with the Corps of Cadets, the Virginia Tech Ring Dance symbolizes the transition from junior to senior and the presentation of the highly anticipated class ring.
Centennial Big Ring
This was gifted by the Class of 2011 to commemorate 100 years of the class ring tradition. The large cast bronze centennial ring is displayed in Squires Student Center.