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== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="family: Georgia; font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; fontwhite-familyspace: Georgiapre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">About Virginia Tech</span></span><br/> ==

<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="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as </span>[http://www.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-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 style="font-size:small;"><span style= "font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Georgia; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color:black">Promoting student innovation Here at Virginia Tech, the practice and promotion of entrepreneurshipis 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.</span></span></span></span></span> ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">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: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17arial, 85helvetica, 204); backgroundsans-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-wrapserif;">Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0black">In summary, 0there are plenty of opportunities for I&E at Virginia Tech, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">with the </span>[http://wwwbut not many Virginia Tech students are aware of them.pamplinThere is no unified ideology that I&E is beneficial to all fields.vtSome departments agree, and some disagree.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 Part of Business</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">, which aims our goal is to expand unify the faculty and refine efforts to prepare students for entrepreneurial opportunities. In 2016, under the university has announced idea that multidisciplinary I&E is beneficial to the formation growth of a </span>[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/09/da-cidthe school.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="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">, &nbsp;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>

==<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12pt13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'Georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Here at Virginia Tech, Encouraging faculty 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 spectrum, 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&E, 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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style= "font-size:small;"><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;">Virginia Tech encourages innovation and entrepreneurship for faculty members in several ways. The </span>[https://www.apex.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 1312pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">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;">works closely with the Virginia Tech faculty to help encourage entrepreneurship and innovation campus wide. &nbsp;The </span>[https://vtnews.vt.999999999999998ptedu/articles/2016/03/030716-research-catalyst.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia&#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">Catalyst Program</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;">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: 12pt; backgroundfont-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: transparentrgb(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;">Encouraging Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span>]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(VTIP)</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. &nbsp;Regarding funding opportunities, the </span>[https://osp.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</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;">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: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">Technical Assistance Program</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;">(TAP), a consulting activity intended to strengthen university and faculty relationships with external organizations.</span></span></span></span>

==<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><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">Virginia Tech encourages innovation and entrepreneurship for faculty members in several ways. &nbsp;The </span>[http://www.apexcie13.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)Georgia; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">works closely with Actively supporting 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: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">Catalyst Program</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">helps faculty members (as well as also students and &nbsp;alumni) to launch new startups or accelerate existing ventures. Virginia Tech also established a university 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 transfer function</span>[http://www.vtip.org/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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 Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span>]<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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">(VTIP)</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">. &nbsp;Regarding funding opportunities, the </span>[https://osp.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</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">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: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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;">Technical Assistance Program</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">(TAP), a consulting activity intended to strengthen university and faculty relationships with external organizations.</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;">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 (</span>[https://www.research.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt12pt; font-family: Georgia&#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;">Actively supporting VT Research and Innovation</span>]<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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 university technology transfer functionworld.</span></span></span></span> ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; 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">The </span>[http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17arial, 85helvetica, 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: presans-wrapserif;">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center</span>]<span styleid="fontdocs-size: 12pt; fontinternal-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fontguid-variantaae9bcdf-ligatures: normal; font11fc-variantbb87-east15da-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">advances the technology transfer mission through a program called </span>[http://www.vtknowledgeworks.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;99c4b4bbdc88">VT KnowledgeWorks</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;">that helps create companies based on VT-developed technology licensed by Blacksburg is home to the </span>[http://www.vtipvtcrc.orgcom/ <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 Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgbCorporate Research Center (0, 51, 153CRC); 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;"></span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">&nbsp;</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;">(VTIP). This institution is in charge of commercialize VT Inventions, including home to nearly 200 research, technology evaluation, protectionand support companies employing over 3, licensing and monitor licensees for success000 employees. The tech transfer process at VIIP includes identifying new technologiesCRC works closely with the university to advance the research, protecting technologies through patents and copyrightseducational, forming development and commercialization strategies (such as marketing technology transfer missions of Virginia Tech. The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and licensing the university to existing private sector advance research. The CRC also connects companies or creating new start-up companies based on with faculty and student projects to be conducted at the technology)research park. &nbsp;</span>[http://www.vtknowledgeworks.com/ <span style="fontThey also facilitate a number of programs (intellectual property support, physical research space, research-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17related employment for students, faculty, 85and surrounding area, 204supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives); 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 KnowledgeWorksas an intermediary between the university and the surrounding community.</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">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 id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><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">Facilitating University-Industry CollaborationEngaging with regional and local development efforts</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="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;">At Virginia Tech’s efforts to solve society’s problemsTech, improve quality of life, and keep the United States globally competitive require the speedy transfer of ideas from the laboratory community engagement is crucial to the marketplace (us. We have an </span>[https://www.researchecondev.vt.edu/ About.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(170, 8551, 204153); 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 InnovationOffice of Economic Development</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(102, 102, 102)&nbsp; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">) </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;">&nbsp;Working that focuses on just that. We partner with business and industry is an essential characteristic 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 culture, football team plays on the local economy. Our university football team helps provide 300 local jobs and it $69 million to the community. Our school is passionate about efforts to improve the area we live in the DNA of the university’s students and its 2,500 teaching and research faculty members, many of whom work are striving to patent discoveries, start companies, and provide practical knowledge discover more ways to the worlddo so.</span></span></span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88">=<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-wrapmedium">Blacksburg is home to the </span>[http://www.vtcrc.com/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17georgia, 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;serif">Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)</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">, 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.Related Links</span></span></span></span>==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><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">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. One program is the</span>[http://www.dcicorpsuniversityinnovation.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<wiki/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">, 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_Student_Priorities 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.</span></span>Student Priorities]

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; colorSupporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">The </span>[http://www.apexcie.vt.edu/ <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: normalnbsp; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)</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">is a partnership between the university’s </span>[httphttps://www.pamplin.vtyoutube.educom/ <span stylewatch?v="font-size: 12pt; fontvRXTFV5-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>]<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">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: &#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;">Entrepreneur Club</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">, the Innovate Living Learning Community, and many funding sources for students to engage in innovation & entrepreneurship.</span></span>Upo

<span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: larger">'''Times New RomanFall 2022 Candidates'; 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">At Virginia Tech, community engagement is crucial to us. We have an </span>[https://econdev.vt.edu/About.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; 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</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'&nbsp; 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">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 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">Written by[[Fellow:Cameron Savage|</span></spanbig>Cameron Savage<br/big> =]]

<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">[[Jarrodd Davis|Jarrodd Davis]], [[Danielle jeffers|Danielle Jeffers]], [[Najlamk|Najla Mouchrek]], and [[Sunny MurthyFellow:Lane Robertson|Sunny MurthyLane Robertson]]</span></span>

[[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>