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The Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is a partnership between the university’s 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 Entrepreneur Club, the Innovate Living Learning Community, and many funding sources for students to engage in innovation & entrepreneurship.

== '''Engaging with regional and local development efforts''' ==

<span style="font-size:~~larger~~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" id="docs-internal-guid-7ddf7fa9-a636-5a2d-4798-4305b3fee79b">At Virginia Tech, community engagement is crucial to us. We have an [https://econdev.vt.edu/About.html <span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:'Open Sans'; color:#003399; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline">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.~~ ~~

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