Virginia HBCU Hosts Latino Student Symposium: As the heat rose with the early Virginia morning sun, so did the anticipation of volunteers hoping to relive an experience that once changed their lives.“I can’t wait ‘til they get here,” said one orange-teed volunteer to another as they milled around the empty Whiting residence hall at Virginia State University. Dozens of peppy college students, identified by their orange-colored name badges and infectious energy, were ready to impart the same wisdom that made a higher education possible for them.
“You can really feel the energy in here,” said Frank Hernandez, a Virginia Tech mechanical engineering major in his senior year, never once breaking his smile.
Then the rumble of a rear-engine, diesel-fueled locomotive unsealed the intensity, and cheering ensued almost on cue. The kids had arrived.
“Welcome to the 2010 HYS!”
