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&lt;parsererror == <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="displayfont-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: blockGeorgia; white background-spacecolor: pretransparent; border font-variant-ligatures: 2px solid #c77normal; padding font-variant-east-asian: 0 1em 0 1emnormal; margin font-variant-position: 1emnormal; background vertical-coloralign: #fddbaseline; color white-space: blackpre-wrap"&gt;>About Virginia Tech</span></span><br/> ==

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 1312pt; 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.999999999999998ptvt.edu/ <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;">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;">About , was established in 1872 in Blacksburg, VA. Virginia Techis 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.</span></span> ==

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 1312pt; 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.999999999999998ptedu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia&#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;">Promoting student innovation Institute for Creativity, Arts, and entrepreneurshipTechnology</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">with the </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>]<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 to expand and refine efforts to prepare students for entrepreneurial opportunities. In 2016, the university has announced the formation of a </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="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: 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;">Here at Virginia Tech’s growing innovation ecosystem &nbsp;includes interdisciplinary collaboration between institutes and department across the university to promote Tech, innovation and entrepreneurship among studentsis a spectrum. One example is In parts of 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, Artsuniversity, and Technology</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;">with such as the </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>]<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 to expand and refine efforts to prepare students there is a strong pull for entrepreneurial opportunities. In 2016this, but on the university has announced other side of the formation spectrum, there are departments of the university that have not integrated a </span>[https://vtnewspositive I&E culture.vt.edu/articles/2016/09/da-cid.html <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17There are many clubs, 85classes, 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;">, opportunities that utilize I&nbsp;E and promote growth in that will guide future thinkingfield. However, repurpose assetsthe 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 create physical space 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 intended beneficial to leverage creative all fields. Some departments agree, and entrepreneurial activities some disagree. Part of our goal is to unify the faculty and spark interdisciplinary innovationsstudents under the idea that multidisciplinary I&E is beneficial to the growth of the school.</span></span>

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 12pt13.999999999999998pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)Georgia; 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 id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 1312pt; 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.apexcie.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: 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">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: 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 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; 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.999999999999998pt</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia'Times New Roman'; background 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: 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 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 id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 1312pt; 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.999999999999998ptcom/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; 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 Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center</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">advances the university technology transfer functionmission 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;">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 </span>[http://www.vtip.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;">Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.</span><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;"></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 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: 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;">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">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: 1312pt; 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’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.999999999999998ptresearch.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; 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;">Facilitating UniversityVT Research and Innovation</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">) </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-Industry Collaborationspace: pre-wrap">&nbsp;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.</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’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 Blacksburg is home to the marketplace (</span>[httpshttp://www.research.vtvtcrc.educom/ <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;">VT Virginia Tech Corporate Research and Innovation</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgbCenter (102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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;">&nbsp;Working , home to nearly 200 research, technology, and support companies employing over 3,000 employees. The CRC works closely with business the university to advance the research, educational, and industry is an essential characteristic technology transfer missions of the Virginia Tech culture, . The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and the university to advance research. The CRC also connects companies with faculty and it is in student projects to be conducted at the DNA research park. They also facilitate a number of the university’s programs (intellectual property support, physical research space, research-related employment for students and its 2,500 teaching and research faculty members, many of whom work to patent discoveries, start companiesand surrounding area, supports Strategic Services and university outreach initiatives) as an intermediary between the university and provide practical knowledge to the worldsurrounding community.</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;">Blacksburg 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 home to the </span>[http://www.vtcrcdcicorps.comorg/ <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 Corporate Research Center (CRC)DC I-Corps</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 employeessponsored by the National Science Foundation. The CRC works closely with program is a partnership between the university to advance the researchUniversity of Maryland, George Washington University, educationalJohns Hopkins University, and technology transfer missions of Virginia Tech. The CRC facilitates relationships between companies and the university to advance research. The CRC also DC I-Corps connects companies technology entrepreneurs with faculty participants, and student projects to be conducted at the research park. They also facilitate helps participants build business models for their technology innovations in 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) collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs as an intermediary between the university and the surrounding communityinstructors.</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">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: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech also maintains a presence in Northern Virginia Apex Systems Center for Innovation and participates in numerous collaborations between the university and all levels Entrepreneurship (CIE)</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(organizational0, local0, state, and federal0) of government. One program ; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">is a partnership between theuniversity’s </span>[http://www.dcicorpspamplin.vt.orgedu/ <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-CorpsPamplin 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;">, sponsored and Apex Systems. Apex Systems is an IT staffing and services company founded by the National Science Foundationfour Virginia Tech alumni who have committed $5 million to advancing student entrepreneurial empowerment. The program is CIE includes a partnership between the University wide variety of Marylandactivities to involve all students, George Washington Universityregardless 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, Johns Hopkins University0, and Virginia Tech. DC I0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-Corps connects technology entrepreneurs with participantswrap">, the Innovate Living Learning Community, and helps participants build business models many funding sources for their technology innovations students to engage in a collaborative environment with successful entrepreneurs as the instructorsinnovation & entrepreneurship.</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;">The </span>[http://www13.apexcie.vt.edu/ <span style="font-size: 12pt999999999999998pt; font-family: &#039;Times New Roman&#039;; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700Georgia; 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 Engaging with regional 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>[http://www.pamplin.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: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pamplin College of Businesslocal development efforts</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>

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-aae9bcdf-11fc-bb87-15da-99c4b4bbdc88"><span style="font-size: 1312pt; 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, community engagement is crucial to us. We have an </span>[https://econdev.vt.edu/About.999999999999998pthtml <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia&#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;">Engaging Office of Economic Development</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 focuses on just that. We partner with regional business and communities with on-campus and local development 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 effortsto improve the area we live in and are striving to discover more ways to do so.</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;">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-spaceWritten by: pre-wrap;">Office of Economic Development</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 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><br/span>=

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