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== ~~'''~~About Virginia Tech~~'''~~ ==

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as [http://www.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech], was established in 1872 in Blacksburg, VA. Virginia Tech is a public, land-grant university built around the campus motto, ''Ut Prosim'', "That I May Serve." The campus mascot is the HokieBird who easily blends into the sea of maroon and orange provided by 33,000 Hokies, in 250 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.  The university fulfills its land-grant mission of learning, discovery, and engagement, transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia. VT is ranked 44th in university research in the United States. As of September, 2020 it has been recognized as the 13th best Engineering school in the United States.

== <span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family:~~georgia,serif~~Georgia;background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">~~'''~~Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship~~'''~~ ==

~~Here~~ Virginia Tech’s growing innovation ecosystem includes some instances of collaboration between institutes and departments at ~~Virginia Tech,~~ the university to promote innovation and ~~entrepreneurship~~ forward-thinking collaboration among students. One example is ~~a spectrum~~the partnership between the [http://www.icat.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology] and the [http://www.pamplin.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pamplin College of Business]. ~~In parts~~  This partnership seeks to leverage the resources ICAT is awarded as one of the ~~university~~research institutes at Virginia Tech (most specifically grants and well-outfitted workspaces), ~~such as~~ and pair them with undergraduate students (often coming out of the college of business, ~~there~~ though ICAT is ~~a strong pull for this, but~~ explicitly an interdisciplinary body) who are motivated to pursue research. In our work on the ~~other side~~ landscape canvas, we also discovered many instances of the ~~spectrum, there are departments~~ practice and promotion of innovative thought processes in the ~~university that have not integrated a positive I&E culture~~classroom. ~~There are many clubs~~Specifically, classes, such as Leadership for Managers and ~~opportunities that utilize I&E~~ Entrepreneurs and ~~promote growth~~ the Creative Technologies major have their students engage in ~~that field~~excellent experiential learning experiences. However, ~~the classes~~ we would say that ~~encourage I&E~~ these courses are ~~typically exclusive~~ not functioning inside of a larger initiative to ~~business majors unless professor permission is given~~teach innovation at tech, rather existing as siloed experiences at the moment. ~~The clubs are open to anyone and everyone~~One truly holistic initiative by the university was announced in 2016 In 2016, ~~but~~ the ~~majority of advertising and promotion~~ university laid out plans for the ~~clubs are done to business students. There are plenty~~ formation of ~~out of class opportunities for I~~a&~~E, but not many Virginia Tech students are aware of them~~nbsp;[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/09/da-cid. ~~There is no unified ideology that I~~html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman&~~E is beneficial to all fields. Some departments agree~~#039;; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creativity and ~~some disagree~~Innovation District]. ~~Part of our goal is to unify~~ This will guide future thinking at the ~~faculty~~ administrative level, repurpose assets, and ~~students under the idea that multidisciplinary I&E is beneficial~~ create physical spaces to ~~the growth of the school~~leverage creative and entrepreneurial activities and spark interdisciplinary innovation.~~ ~~

== ~~'''Encouraging faculty innovation~~ Here at Virginia Tech, the practice and promotion of entrepreneurship is on the rise. In parts of the university, such as the College of Business and specifically the recently founded APEX center for Entrepreneurship, there is strong evidence for this. APEX hosts many events and workshops, such as the New Venture Builder workshops, which seek to connect students across disciplines to work on startups and ideas. For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, Apex has identified that there were more than 90 active startup companies founded by VirginiaTech students. However, on the other side of the spectrum, there are departments at the university that have not integrated a positive I&E culture. Classes that teach entrepreneurship~~'''~~are typically exclusive to business majors unless professor permission is given. Clubs such as the Entrepreneurship Club and the Innovate Living Learning community are open to anyone and everyone, but the majority of advertising and promotion for the clubs are done to business students. ==

~~== ~~~~'''Actively supporting~~ In summary, there are plenty of opportunities for I&E at Virginia Tech, but not many Virginia Tech students are aware of them. There is no unified ideology that I&E is beneficial to all fields. Some departments agree, and some disagree. Part of our goal is to unify the faculty and students under the idea that multidisciplinary I&E is beneficial to the growth of the ~~university technology transfer function'''~~school. ==

== ~~ ~~<span style="~~font-family:~~georgia,serif~~Georgia; background-color: transparent;font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">~~'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

~~Blacksburg is home to the~~ Virginia Tech ~~Corporate Research Center~~ encourages innovation and entrepreneurship for faculty members in several ways. The [https://www.apex.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(~~CRC)~~17, ~~home to nearly 200 research~~85, ~~technology~~204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship] <span style="color: rgb(0, ~~and support companies employing over 3~~0,~~000 employees. The CRC~~ 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">works closely with the ~~university~~ Virginia Tech faculty to ~~advance the~~ help encourage entrepreneurship and innovation campus wide.  The [https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/03/030716-research-catalyst.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, ~~educational~~85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Catalyst Program] helps faculty members (as well as also students and  alumni) to launch new startups or accelerate existing ventures. Virginia Tech also established a technology ~~transfer missions of~~ commercialization training program for faculty members and hosts a special outreach program, including attendance at industry market conferences, in areas ripe for increasing Virginia Tech inventions, through the [http://www.vtip.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia TechIntellectual Properties, Inc. ~~The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and~~ ] (VTIP).  Regarding funding opportunities, the ~~university to advance research~~[https://osp.vt. ~~The CRC also connects companies with~~ edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Sponsored Programs] provides a comprehensive array of support services for faculty as they pursue and ~~student~~ manage external funding projects in innovation and entrepreneurship. Aiming to enable faculty members to respond quickly to ~~be conducted at~~ market needs requiring technical expertise, Virginia Tech developed the ~~research park~~[http://www.tap.vt. ~~They also facilitate a number of programs~~ edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(~~intellectual property support~~17, 85, ~~physical research~~ 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space~~, research~~: pre-~~related employment for students~~wrap;">Technical Assistance Program] (TAP), ~~supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between the~~ a consulting activity intended to strengthen university and ~~the surrounding community~~faculty relationships with external organizations.

==<span style="font-size:~~larger~~13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia;font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">~~Virginia Tech also maintains a presence in Northern Virginia, and participates in numerous collaborations between~~ Actively supporting the university and all levels (organizational, local, state, and federal) of government. One program is the DC I-Corps, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The program is a partnership between the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Tech. DC I-Corps connects technology ~~entrepreneurs with participants, and helps participants build business models for their technology innovations in a collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs as the instructors.~~transfer function==

The ~~Apex Systems~~ [http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center ~~for Innovation and Entrepreneurship~~ ] advances the technology transfer mission through a ~~partnership between the university’s Pamplin College of Business and Apex Systems~~program called [http://www.vtknowledgeworks. ~~Apex Systems is an IT staffing and services company founded~~ com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT KnowledgeWorks] that helps create companies based on VT-developed technology licensed by ~~four~~ [http://www.vtip.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech ~~alumni who have committed $5 million to advancing student entrepreneurial empowerment~~Intellectual Properties, Inc.<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">] (VTIP). This institution is in charge of commercialize VT Inventions, including technology evaluation, protection, licensing and monitor licensees for success. The ~~CIE~~ tech transfer process at VIIP includes ~~a wide variety of activities~~ identifying new technologies, protecting technologies through patents and copyrights, forming development and commercialization strategies (such as marketing and licensing to ~~involve all students~~existing private sector companies or creating new start-up companies based on the technology). [http://www.vtknowledgeworks.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT KnowledgeWorks] provides business formation and growth support services, ~~regardless~~ engaging an extensive network of ~~major program. These include Entrepreneur Club~~consultants, mentors, ~~the Innovate Living Learning Community~~early-stage investors, and ~~many funding sources for students~~ professional service providers to ~~engage in innovation & entrepreneurship~~help emerging and expanding enterprises maximize opportunities and minimize risks.

== ~~ ~~~~'''Engaging with regional and local development efforts'''~~Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration ==

Virginia Tech’s efforts to solve society’s problems, improve quality of life, and keep the United States globally competitive require the speedy transfer of ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace ([https://www.research.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT Research and Innovation]). Working with business and industry is an essential characteristic of the Virginia Tech culture, and it is in the DNA of the university’s students and its 2,500 teaching and research faculty members, many of whom work to patent discoveries, start companies, and provide practical knowledge to the world. Blacksburg is home to the [http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)], home to nearly 200 research, technology, and support companies employing over 3,000 employees. The CRC works closely with the university to advance the research, educational, and technology transfer missions of Virginia Tech. The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and the university to advance research. The CRC also connects companies with faculty and student projects to be conducted at the research park. They also facilitate a number of programs (intellectual property support, physical research space, research-related employment for students, faculty, and surrounding area, supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between the university and the surrounding community. Virginia Tech also maintains a presence in Northern Virginia and participates in numerous collaborations between the university and all levels (organizational, local, state, and federal) of government. This 2020 Virginia Tech opened [https://vt.edu/innovationcampus/index.html Innovation Campus], located in the Alexandria portion of National Landing near Potomac Yard, about two miles from Amazon's new location in Arlington. One program is the [http://www.dcicorps.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC I-Corps], sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The program is a partnership between the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Tech. DC I-Corps connects technology entrepreneurs with participants, and helps participants build business models for their technology innovations in a collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs as the instructors. The [https://www.apex.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship] is a partnership between the university’s [http://www.pamplin.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pamplin College of Business] and Apex Systems. Apex Systems is an IT staffing and services company founded by four Virginia Tech alumni who have committed $5 million to advancing student entrepreneurial empowerment. The CIE includes a wide variety of activities to involve all students, regardless of major program. These include [http://www.vteclub.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneur Club], the Innovate Living Learning Community, and many funding sources for students to engage in innovation & entrepreneurship. ==<span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Engaging with regional and local development efforts== At Virginia Tech, community engagement is crucial to us. We have an [https://econdev.vt.edu/About.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Economic Development]  that focuses on just that. We partner with business and communities with on-campus and local resources. One of the main studies that has garnered much interest was studying and analyzing the impact of the prominent Virginia Tech football team plays on the local economy. Our university football team helps provide 300 local jobs and $69 million to the community. Our school is passionate about efforts to improve the area we live in and are striving to discover more ways to do so. ==Related Links== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Student_Priorities Virginia Tech Student Priorities] Supporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo '''Fall 2022 Candidates'''  [[Fellow:Cameron Savage|<big>Cameron Savage</big>]] [[Fellow:Lane Robertson|Lane Robertson]] [[Fellow:Shiva Ghasemi|Shiva Ghasemi]] '''Fall 2020 Candidates'''  [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Pierina_Galvez Pierina Galvez] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Sai_Gurrapu Sai Gurrapu] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Grace_Hutchinson Grace Hutchinson] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Blake_Warner Blake Warner] '''Fall 2019 Candidates'''  [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alisha_Bajaj Alisha Bajaj] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Will_Makowski Will Makowski] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isabela_Nunez_Nova Isabela Nunez Nova] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michael_Rauco Michael Rauco] '''Fall 2018''' [[Connor Mulligan|Connor Mulligan]] [[Shafe Ahmed|Shafe Ahmed]] [[TJ Cosby|TJ Cosby]] [[Sydney Miller|Sydney Miller]] '''Fall 2017''' [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jarrodd_Davis Jarrodd Davis] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Danielle_jeffers Danielle Jeffers] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Najla_Mouchrek Najla Mouchrek] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sunny_Murthy Sunny Murthy] <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">(Source: several VT websites) [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Virginia_Tech]]{{CatTree|Virginia_Tech}}

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