Virginia Tech
Since its founding in 1872, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly known as Virginia Tech, has grown to become the state's largest university and its top research institution. It has evolved into a comprehensive university of national and international prominence. Recognizing that higher education is a key force behind the quality of American life, its economic competitiveness, and our democratic form of government, President Charles W. Steger has now challenged the university to become one of the nation's top 30 research schools by the end of the decade. The university is organized into eight colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences, Architecture and Urban Studies, Arts and Sciences, Pamplin College of Business, Engineering, Human Resources and Education, Natural Resources, and Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Together, they offer about 170 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. Many of Virginia Tech's traditions and strengths are rooted in the university's motto, Ut Prosim: "That I May Serve," and its land-grant missions of instruction, research, and solving the problems of society through public service and outreach activities. Through the generation of new knowledge and the outreach mandate, Virginia Tech disseminates practical knowledge through the classroom and to society as a whole. It is a university that puts knowledge to work.
Visit the university on the Internet at
www.vt.edu
Blacksburg, Virginia
One of America's best college towns, Blacksburg is a perfect setting for Virginia Tech. The town is located 2,100 feet above sea level on a plateau between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains in Southwest Virginia. It features a laid-back lifestyle of a small town while still offering the amenities one would expect to find around a major center of higher education. Virginia Tech and Blacksburg are nearly indistinguishable, but the town and university really come together to support their beloved Hokies.

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