Area resident honored at Virginia Tech commencement

Vernon — Jason Colonno, of Vernon, was among the Virginia Tech students honored at the university’s fall commencement ceremony held on Dec. 15, 2006 in Lane Stadium. Colonno received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree from the College of Engineering. Approximately 2,500 bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. candidates along with their families and friends attended the on-campus ceremony presided by Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger. Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech, whose main campus is in Blacksburg, has grown to become the largest university in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 180 academic degree programs.