Shirin Hokie Gold Legacy yana bawa tsofaffin ɗaliban Virginia Tech damar ba da gudummawar zoben aji waɗanda aka narke don ƙirƙirar zinare don amfani a zoben aji na gaba-al'adar da ke haɗa abubuwan da suka gabata, yanzu da nan gaba.
Travis “Rusty” Untersuber yana cike da motsin rai yayin da yake magana game da mahaifinsa, zoben kammala karatun mahaifinsa 1942, ƙaramin zobe na mahaifiyarsa da damar da za a ƙara ga gadon dangi a Virginia Tech. Watanni shida da suka wuce, shi da yayyensa ba su san abin da za su yi da zoben iyayensu da suka rasu ba. Bayan haka, kwatsam, Untersuber ya tuna da shirin Hokie Gold Legacy, wanda ke ba tsofaffin ɗalibai ko dangin tsofaffin ɗalibai damar ba da zoben aji, sa su narke don ƙirƙirar zinare na Hokie kuma a haɗa su cikin zoben aji na gaba. Tattaunawar iyali ta shiga kuma suka amince su shiga cikin shirin. "Na san akwai shirin kuma na san muna da zobe," in ji Winterzuber. "Wata shida kacal da suka wuce suna tare." A ƙarshen Nuwamba, Entesuber ya tuka sa'o'i 15 daga garinsu na Davenport, Iowa, zuwa Richmond don ziyartar dangi a lokacin hutun godiya. Daga nan ya ziyarci Blacksburg don halartar bikin narke zobe a VTFIRE Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry a harabar Virginia Tech. Bikin bayar da kyaututtukan, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 29 ga watan Nuwamba, ana gudanar da shi ne duk shekara tun daga shekarar 2012, har ma an gudanar da shi a shekarar da ta gabata, duk da cewa shugabannin ajin na shekarar 2022 ne kadai suka halarta saboda takunkumin da ke da alaka da coronavirus kan adadin mutanen da aka ba su izinin shiga cibiyoyi. Wannan al'ada ta musamman ta haɗa abubuwan da suka gabata da na gaba sun fara ne a cikin 1964, lokacin da wasu 'yan wasa biyu daga Kamfanin M na Virginia Tech Cadets-Jesse Fowler da Jim Flynn— suka gabatar da ra'ayin. Laura Wedin, mataimakiyar darakta mai kula da dalibai da tsofaffin daliban, ita ce ta tsara shirin karbar zobe daga tsofaffin daliban da ke son narkar da zobensu da cire duwatsu. Hakanan yana bin fom ɗin gudummawa da bios na mai mallakar zobe kuma yana aika da tabbacin imel lokacin da aka karɓi zoben da aka ƙaddamar. Bugu da kari, Bikin aure ya daidaita bikin narkar da zinare, wanda ya hada da Almanac na kaho da ke nuna shekarar da aka narke zoben zinare a cikinta. Ana buga zoben da aka ba da gudummawa a shafin jama'a na tsofaffin ɗalibai ko tsofaffi, sannan kuma memba na yanzu na kwamitin ƙirar zobe ya canza kowane ɗayan waɗannan zoben zuwa cikin faifan graphite kuma ya faɗi sunan tsofaffin ɗalibai ko tsofaffi ko matar da suka fara sanya zoben shekarar karatu. Kafin sanya zobe a cikin wani abu mai silinda.
Ant Zuber ya kawo zobe uku don a narke - zoben ajin mahaifinsa, zobe na mahaifiyarsa da zoben auren matarsa Doris. Untersuber da matarsa sun yi aure a shekarar 1972, a shekarar da ya kammala karatu. Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, mahaifiyarta ta ba wa 'yar uwarsa Kaethe zobe, kuma Kaethe Untersuber ta amince ta ba da kyautar zoben idan bala'i ya faru. Bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, an bar karamar zoben mahaifiyarsa ga matarsa Doris Untersuber, wadda ta amince ta ba da kyautar zoben ga shari'ar. Mahaifin Untersuber ya zo Virginia Tech a kan tallafin ƙwallon ƙafa a 1938, ya kasance ɗan ƙarami a Virginia Tech kuma ya yi aikin soja bayan ya sami digiri a aikin injiniyan aikin gona. Mahaifinsa da mahaifiyarsa sun yi aure a cikin 1942, kuma ƙaramin zobe ya zama zoben alkawari. Untersuber ya kuma ba da gudummawar zoben ajinsa don cika shekara 50 da ya kammala karatu daga Virginia Tech a shekara mai zuwa. Sai dai zoben nasa baya cikin zoben nan takwas da aka narka. Madadin haka, Virginia Tech yana shirin adana zobensa a cikin “kwalkwalin lokaci” da aka gina kusa da Burroughs Hall a zaman wani bangare na bikin cika shekaru 150 na jami’ar.
"Muna da zarafi don taimaka wa mutane su yi tunanin abin da zai faru a nan gaba kuma su yi tasiri, kuma mu sa mutane su yi tunani game da tambayoyi kamar, 'Ta yaya zan iya tallafa wa wata manufa?' da 'Ta yaya zan ci gaba da gadon?'" Untersuber ya ce. "Shirin Hokie Gold duka biyu ne. Ya ci gaba da al'ada kuma yana sa ido don ganin yadda muke yin zobe mai girma na gaba. ... Gadon da yake bayarwa yana da matukar amfani a gare ni da matata. Yau ne. Don haka ne muka ba da kyautar Untersuber guda biyu, wadanda suka bi sahun mahaifinsa kuma suka yi digiri a fannin aikin gona kafin su yi aiki a masana’antar kayan aikin gona kuma yanzu ya yi ritaya, sun halarci bikin ne tare da wasu mambobin kwamitin zanen zobe da shugaban kasa. Na Ajin 2023 Da zarar an cika zobe, ana ɗaukar crucible zuwa wurin kafa, inda Alan Drushitz, mataimakin farfesa a fannin kimiyyar kayan aiki ke kula da aikin gabaɗaya. A ƙarshe an sanya crucible a cikin ƙaramin tander da aka yi zafi zuwa digiri 1,800, kuma a cikin mintuna 20 an canza zinare zuwa nau'in ruwa. Shugaban Kwamitin Zayyana zoben Victoria Hardy, ƙaramar yarinya daga Williamsburg, Virginia, wacce za ta kammala karatun digiri a 2023 tare da digiri a injiniyan injiniya da kimiyyar kwamfuta, ta ba da kayan kariya kuma ta yi amfani da filan don ɗaga crucible daga tanderun. Sai ta zuba gwal ɗin ruwan a cikin gyaɗar, wanda ya ba shi damar yin ƙarfi a cikin wani ɗan ƙaramin gwal mai kusurwa huɗu. "Ina ganin yana da kyau," in ji Hardy game da al'adar. “Kowane aji yana canza ƙirar zobensu, don haka ina jin kamar al’adar kanta ta bambanta kuma tana da nata halin kowace shekara. Amma idan aka yi la’akari da cewa kowane rukunin zoben aji yana ɗauke da Hokie Gold da waɗanda suka kammala karatun digiri da kwamitin da suka gabace su suka ba su gudummawa, kowane aji yana da alaƙa sosai. Akwai yadudduka da yawa ga duk al'adar zobe kuma ina tsammanin wannan yanki shine yanke shawara mai wayo don samar da ci gaba ga wani abu inda kowane aji ya bambanta. Ina son shi kuma ina farin ciki da shi. Mun sami damar zuwa wurin kafuwar kuma muka zama wani ɓangare na shi.
Ana narkar da zoben a 1,800 Fahrenheit kuma an zuba zinare na ruwa a cikin wani nau'i na rectangular. Hoton Kristina Franusich, Virginia Tech.
Wurin zinare a cikin zobba takwas yana auna nauyin 6.315. Bikin aure ya aika da sandar zinare zuwa Belfort, wadda ta kera zoben ajin Virginia Tech, inda ma'aikata suka tace zinaren kuma suka yi amfani da shi wajen jefa zoben ajin Virginia Tech na shekara mai zuwa. Hakanan suna adana ɗan ƙaramin adadin daga kowane narke don haɗawa cikin narke zobe a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. A yau, kowane zobe na zinariya ya ƙunshi 0.33% "Zinaren Hoki". Sakamakon haka, kowane ɗalibi yana alamar alaƙa da tsohon wanda ya kammala digiri na Virginia Tech. An dauki hotuna da bidiyo ana yada su a shafukan sada zumunta, inda aka gabatar da abokai, abokan karatunsu da sauran jama'a ga wata al'ada da 'yan kadan suka sani. Mafi mahimmanci, maraice ya sa ɗaliban da suka halarta suyi tunani game da gadon su na gaba da yiwuwar shiga cikin zoben ajin su na gaba. "Tabbas ina so in tattara kwamiti tare kuma in yi wani abu mai ban sha'awa kamar sake zuwa wurin kafa kuma in ba da gudummawar zobe," in ji Hardy. “Wataƙila kamar bikin cika shekaru 50 ne. Ban sani ba ko zobena ne, amma idan haka ne, zan yi farin ciki da fatan cewa za mu iya yin wani abu makamancin haka. “Wannan babbar hanya ce don sabunta zobe. Ina tsammanin zai zama ƙasa da "Bana buƙatar wannan kuma" kuma kamar "Ina so in zama wani ɓangare na al'ada mafi girma," idan wannan ya sa hankali. Na san wannan zai zama zaɓi na musamman ga duk wanda yayi la'akari da shi. "
Antsuber, matarsa da yayyensa sun yi imanin cewa wannan zai zama mafi kyawun yanke shawara ga iyalinsu, musamman bayan da su hudu suka yi tattaunawa mai raɗaɗi tare da tunawa da tasirin Virginia Tech a rayuwar iyayensu. Sun yi kuka bayan sun yi magana game da tasiri mai kyau . "Abin tausayi ne, amma babu shakka," in ji Winterzuber. "Da zarar mun fahimci abin da za mu iya yi, mun san cewa wani abu ne da ya kamata mu yi - kuma muna so mu yi."
Virginia Tech yana nuna tasiri ta hanyar tallafin filaye na duniya, yana haɓaka ci gaba mai dorewa na al'ummominmu a cikin Commonwealth na Virginia da ma duniya baki ɗaya.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-21-2023