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== <span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size:large"><span style="font13.999999999999998pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-familycolor:georgia,seriftransparent;">'''About Virginia Tech'''</span></span> ==

<span style="font-size:11ptsmall; "><span style="font-family:'Open Sans'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as </span>[http://www.vt.edu / <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech</span>]<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">, 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. &nbsp;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></span></span></span>

==<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size:11pt13.999999999999998pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#666666Georgia; background-color:transparent; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span>==

== <span style="font-size:largesmall;"><span style="font-family:georgiaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Promoting student <span style="color:black">Virginia Tech’s growing innovation ecosystem&nbsp;includes some instances of collaboration between institutes and entrepreneurship'''departments at the university to promote innovation and forward-thinking collaboration among students. One example is the partnership between the </span>[http://www.icat.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#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;">Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology</span> ]&nbsp;<span style="color:black">and the&nbsp;</span>[http://www.pamplin.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#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;">Pamplin College of Business</span>].&nbsp;<span style="color:black">This partnership seeks to leverage the resources ICAT is awarded as one of the research institutes at Virginia Tech (most specifically grants and well-outfitted workspaces), and pair them with undergraduate students (often coming out of the college of business, though ICAT is explicitly an interdisciplinary body) who are motivated to pursue research. In our work on the landscape canvas, we also discovered many instances of the practice and promotion of innovative thought processes in the classroom. Specifically, classes such as Leadership for Managers and Entrepreneurs and the Creative Technologies major have their students engage in excellent experiential learning experiences. However, we would say that these courses are not functioning inside of a larger initiative to teach innovation at tech, rather existing as siloed experiences at the moment. One truly holistic initiative by the university was announced in 2016 In 2016, the university laid out plans for the formation of a&nbsp;</span>[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/09/da-cid.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#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 Innovation District</span>]<span style="color:black">. This will guide future thinking at the administrative level, repurpose assets, and create physical spaces to leverage creative and entrepreneurial activities and spark interdisciplinary innovation.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:11ptsmall; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Virginia Tech’s growing innovation ecosystem &nbsp;includes interdisciplinary collaboration between institutes and department across the university to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students. One example is the partnership between the </span>[http://www.icat.vt.edu <span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:&#039;Open Sans&#039;; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparent; fontarial,helvetica,sans-weight:400serif; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline">Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology</span>]<span styleid="fontdocs-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; backgroundinternal-color:transparent; fontguid-weight:400; fontaae9bcdf-style:normal; font11fc-variant:normal; textbb87-decoration:none; vertical15da-align:baseline99c4b4bbdc88">with the </span>[http://www.pamplin.vt.edu <span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:&#039;Open Sans&#039;; color:#000000; backgroundvariant-color:transparent; fonteast-weight:400; font-styleasian:normal; fontwhite-variantspace:normal; textpre-decoration:nonewrap; vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:&#039;Open Sans&#039;; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baselineblack">Pamplin 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</span>]<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">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 aims seek to connect students across disciplines to expand work on startups and refine efforts to prepare ideas. For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, Apex has identified that there were more than 90 active startup companies founded by VirginiaTech students for entrepreneurial opportunities. In 2016However, on the other side of the spectrum, there are departments at the university has announced 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 formation majority of a advertising and promotion for the clubs are done to business students.</span>[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/09</da-cid.html <span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:&#039;Open Sans&#039;; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline">Creativity and Innovation District</span>]</span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">, that will guide future thinking, repurpose assets, and create physical space that is intended to leverage creative and entrepreneurial activities and spark interdisciplinary innovations.</span>

<span style="font-size:11ptsmall; "><span style="font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; backgroundarial,helvetica,sans-color:transparentserif; font-weight:400; font-"><span style="color:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baselineblack">Here at Virginia Tech, innovation and entrepreneurship is a spectrum. In parts of the university, such as the College of Business, there is a strong pull for this, but on the other side of the spectrumsummary, there are departments of the university that have not integrated a positive I&E culture. There are many clubs, classes, and opportunities that utilize I&E and promote growth in that field. However, the classes that encourage I&E are typically exclusive to business majors unless professor permission is given. The clubs are open to anyone and everyone, but the majority of advertising and promotion for the clubs are done to business students. There are plenty of out of class opportunities for I&Eat 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 school.</span></span></span>

== <span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-size:large99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="13.999999999999998pt; font-family:georgia,serifGeorgia; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">'''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship'''</span></span></span><br/> ==

<span style="font-sizefamily:largearial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:largesmall;"><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-family:georgia,serif99c4b4bbdc88">'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs; white-internalspace: pre-guid-7ddf7fa9-a632-75e0-0c49-1140d5d6316ewrap;">Virginia Tech encourages innovation and entrepreneurship for faculty members in several ways. &nbsp;The </span>[httphttps://www.apexcieapex.vt.edu / <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-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>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">works closely with the Virginia Tech faculty to help encourage entrepreneurship and innovation campus wide. &nbsp;The </span>[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/03/030716-research-catalyst.html <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Catalyst Program</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">helps faculty members (as well as also students and &nbsp;alumni) to launch new startups or accelerate existing ventures. Virginia Tech also established a technology 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 </span>[http://www.vtip.org/ <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#1155cc; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:underlinebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">(VTIP)</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">. &nbsp;Regarding funding opportunities, the </span>[https://osp.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Sponsored Programs</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">provides a comprehensive array of support services for faculty as they pursue and manage external funding projects in innovation and entrepreneurship. Aiming to enable faculty members to respond quickly to market needs requiring technical expertise, Virginia Tech developed the </span>[http://www.tap.vt.edu / <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039; color:Times New Roman&#1155cc039;; background-color:transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technical Assistance Program</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">(TAP), a consulting activity intended to strengthen university and faculty relationships with external organizations.</span>'''</span></span></span>

== <br/><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-size:large99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="13.999999999999998pt; font-family:georgia,serifGeorgia; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">'''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function'''</span></span></span><br/> ==

<span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span style="font-familysize:'Open Sans'small; color:#000000; background"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">The </span>[http://www.vtcrc.com / <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:&#039;Open SansTimes New Roman&#039;; color:#1155ccrgb(17, 85, 204); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">advances the technology transfer mission through a program called </span>[http://www.vtknowledgeworks.com/ <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:&#039;Open SansTimes New Roman&#039;; color:#1155ccrgb(17, 85, 204); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT KnowledgeWorks</span> ]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">that helps create companies based on VT-developed technology licensed by </span>[http://www.vtip.org/ <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:&#039;Open SansTimes New Roman&#039;; color:#1155ccrgb(17, 85, 204); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span> ]<span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color:#000000rgb(0, 51, 153); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:noneunderline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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 tech transfer process at VIIP includes identifying new technologies, protecting technologies through patents and copyrights, forming development and commercialization strategies (such as marketing and licensing to existing private sector companies or creating new start-up companies based on the technology).&nbsp; </span>[http://www.vtknowledgeworks.com/ <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:&#039;Open SansTimes New Roman&#039;; color:#1155ccrgb(17, 85, 204); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">VT KnowledgeWorks</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">provides business formation and growth support services, engaging an extensive network of consultants, mentors, early-stage investors, and professional service providers to help emerging and expanding enterprises maximize opportunities and minimize risks.</span></span></span></span>

== <br/><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-size:large;99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size:large13.999999999999998pt;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serifGeorgia;font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''</span></span></span> ==

<span style="font-size:largersmall;">Blacksburg is home to the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(CRC0, 0, 0), home ; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech’s efforts to nearly 200 researchsolve society’s problems, technologyimprove quality of life, and support companies employing over 3,000 employees. The CRC works closely with keep the university to advance United States globally competitive require the research, educational, and technology speedy transfer missions of Virginia Tech. The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and ideas from the university laboratory to advance the marketplace (</span>[https://www.research. The CRC also connects companies with faculty and student projects to be conducted at the research parkvt. They also facilitate a number of programs edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(intellectual property support17, physical research 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</span>]<span style="color: rgb(102, research102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-related employment for studentswrap;">). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, faculty0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with business and surrounding areaindustry is an essential characteristic of the Virginia Tech culture, supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between it is in the DNA of the university 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 surrounding communityworld.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:largersmall;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blacksburg is home to the </span>[http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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 also maintains a presence in Northern VirginiaCorporate Research Center (CRC)</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, home to nearly 200 research, technology, and participates in numerous collaborations between support companies employing over 3,000 employees. The CRC works closely with the university and all levels (organizationalto advance the research, local, stateeducational, and federal) technology transfer missions of governmentVirginia Tech. One program is The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and the DC I-Corps, sponsored by university to advance research. The CRC also connects companies with faculty and student projects to be conducted at the National Science Foundationresearch park. The program is They also facilitate a partnership between the University number of Marylandprograms (intellectual property support, George Washington Universityphysical research space, research-related employment for students, Johns Hopkins Universityfaculty, and Virginia Tech. DC I-Corps connects technology entrepreneurs with participantssurrounding area, supports Strategic Services and helps participants build business models for their technology innovations in a collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between the university and the instructorssurrounding community.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:largersmall;">The Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(CIE0, 0, 0) is ; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech also maintains a partnership presence in Northern Virginia and participates in numerous collaborations between the university’s Pamplin College university and all levels (organizational, local, state, and federal) of Business and Apex Systemsgovernment. Apex Systems is an IT staffing and services company founded by four This 2020 Virginia Tech alumni who have committed $5 million to advancing student entrepreneurial empowermentopened [https://vt. The CIE includes a wide variety edu/innovationcampus/index.html Innovation Campus], located in the Alexandria portion of activities to involve all studentsNational Landing near Potomac Yard, regardless of major about two miles from Amazon's new location in Arlington. One programis the </span>[http://www. These include Entrepreneur Clubdcicorps.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The program is a partnership between the Innovate Living Learning CommunityUniversity of Maryland, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Tech. DC I-Corps connects technology entrepreneurs with participants, and many funding sources helps participants build business models for students to engage their technology innovations in innovation & entrepreneurshipa collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs as the instructors.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style= "font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <br/span>[https://www.apex.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size:large12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</span>]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a partnership between the university’s </span>[http://www.pamplin.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size:large12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</span>]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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 </span>[http://www.vteclub.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:georgia&#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17, 85,serif204); 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</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Engaging with regional , the Innovate Living Learning Community, and local development efforts'''many funding sources for students to engage in innovation & entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></span> ==

==<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size:11pt13.999999999999998pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000Georgia; backgroundfont-colorvariant-ligatures:transparentnormal; font-weight:400; fontvariant-east-styleasian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline" id="docs; white-internalspace: pre-guid-7ddf7fa9-a636-5a2d-4798-4305b3fee79bwrap">At Virginia Tech, community engagement is crucial to us. We have anEngaging with regional and local development efforts</span></span>== <span style="font-size:11ptsmall; "><span style="font-family:'Open Sans'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color:#666666; background"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">At Virginia Tech, community engagement is crucial to us. We have an </span>[https://econdev.vt.edu/About.html <span style="font-size:11pt12pt; font-family:'Open Sans'&#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color:#003399rgb(0, 51, 153); backgroundfont-colorweight:transparent700; font-weightvariant-ligatures:400normal; font-stylevariant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Economic Development</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#666666; background-color:transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400; fontvariant-styleligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; fontwhite-variantspace:normal; textpre-decoration:nonewrap; vertical-align:baseline">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.</span></span></span></span> ==<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Related Links</span></span></span></span>== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Student_Priorities Virginia Tech Student Priorities] Supporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech:&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo  <span style="font-size:larger">'''Fall 2022 Candidates'''&nbsp;</span> [[Fellow:Cameron Savage|<big>Cameron Savage</big>]] [[Fellow:Lane Robertson|Lane Robertson]] [[Fellow:Shiva Ghasemi|Shiva Ghasemi]]  <span style="font-size:larger">'''Fall 2020 Candidates'''&nbsp;</span> [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Pierina_Galvez <span style="font-size:larger">Pierina Galvez</span>] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Sai_Gurrapu <span style="font-size:larger">Sai Gurrapu</span>] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Grace_Hutchinson <span style="font-size:larger">Grace Hutchinson</span>] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Blake_Warner <span style="font-size:larger">Blake Warner</span>]  <span style="font-size:larger">'''Fall 2019 Candidates'''&nbsp;</span> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alisha_Bajaj <span style="font-size:larger">Alisha Bajaj</span>] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Will_Makowski <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Will Makowski</span></span>] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isabela_Nunez_Nova <span style="font-size:larger">Isabela Nunez&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: larger">Nova</span>] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michael_Rauco <span style="font-size:larger;">Michael Rauco</span>] <br /><span style="font-size:larger">'''Fall 2018'''</span> [[Connor Mulligan|<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger">Connor Mulligan</span></span>]] [[Shafe Ahmed|<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger">Shafe Ahmed</span></span>]] [[TJ Cosby|<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger">TJ Cosby</span></span>]] [[Sydney Miller|<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger">Sydney Miller</span></span>]] <br /><span style="font-size:larger">'''Fall 2017'''</span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jarrodd_Davis Jarrodd Davis]</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Danielle_jeffers Danielle Jeffers]</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Najla_Mouchrek Najla Mouchrek]</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:larger"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sunny_Murthy Sunny Murthy]</span></span></span></span> <span><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)</span></span> [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Virginia_Tech]]{{CatTree|Virginia_Tech}}