Naming Opportunities at the Innovation Campus
A monument to technology – and humanity.
Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus will enhance D.C. as a global hub while the university pioneers teaching and research to address complex technical challenges in industry and society.
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IMPACT
A blueprint for tech talent and research
Virginia Tech is building the most diverse graduate technology campus in the U.S. Doors open in January 2025. Be part of the first chapter of this game-changing story.
Naming an Innovation Campus space, faculty position, or scholarship is a powerful and lasting demonstration of your commitment to lifelong learning and innovation.
SPACES
Building the foundation for next-gen learning and research
Leave a lasting legacy at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus through an investment in a named space. Your contribution to our state-of-the-art facilities will be seen by thousands of students, staff, faculty, and community members who pass through Greater D.C.'s newest landmark.
Becoming an initial namesake, before the building opens, sends a powerful message for all to see and celebrate.
11 Floors | 300,000 Square Feet
Academic Building One
The 300,000-square-foot, southern anchor of the National Landing Development provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity for prominent naming of the first building of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus. This showcase building, designed by SmithGroup, is a primary element of Virginia’s statewide investment in technology education that helped lure Amazon’s new headquarters to the commonwealth.
1st floor | 4,313 Square Feet
Main Floor Entrance Hall/Lobby
The two-story entry to the Innovation Campus’ initial building is defined by natural light, high ceilings, compelling architecture, and constant foot traffic. All faculty, students, industry partners, government leaders, and community stakeholders will pass through this inspiring space, providing unique visibility to this most prominent interior portion of the building.
1st floor | 2,300 Square Feet
Visitor's Center
The primary interior greeting space of Innovation Campus Building One will be utilized by all first-time entrants, including prospective students, potential industry partners, and faculty recruits. This high-visibility area features digital displays, rotating art, and project exhibitions. The Visitor's Center will be noticed, and remembered, by all who engage with programs within the Innovation Campus.
8th Floor | 3,000 Exterior Square Feet
Roof Terrace
An unforgettable space with breathtaking views of D.C. landmarks, the Potomac River, and Reagan National Airport, the Roof Terrace will regularly host events that bring together academic and industry leaders, national and state officials, and other high-profile groups.
3rd and 4th Floor | 2,000 Square Feet
Drone Lab
This completely enclosed, double-height space on the third floor of Building One will be a hub of experimentation and innovation in unmanned aerial systems technology, and the largest facility of its kind in such close proximity to D.C., the Pentagon, and a major airport.
1st and 2nd Floor |
Learning Loft
A center of activity, this space dominates the street view into the building in a uniquely inspiring and visible fashion. Both floors of the Learning Loft provide much needed space for students, faculty, and partners to connect and collaborate, day or night. The high-traffic Learning Loft is the central location for delivery of our project-based curriculum.
Multiple Floors | Varying Sizes
Conference Room
Centers of collaboration for student teams, faculty work groups, and industry-higher education partners, high-use conference rooms are available to name throughout Innovation Campus Building One.
| Innovation Campus Named Spaces | Spoken for |
|---|---|
| AUDITORIUM - Premier space, designed to accommodate up to 300 people with the latest communication and learning technology. | X |
TALENT
Invest in the people who make it possible.
Pursuing top talent doesn’t just happen in industry. Universities around the world compete for faculty and students who stand out. Your generosity helps ensure the world’s brightest graduate students will gather for learning and discovery, guided by faculty members of international renown in artificial intelligence and machine learning, intelligent interfaces, quantum computing, and next generation wireless communications.
It takes a visionary leader to collaborate with the Virginia Tech president to reshape the environment for technological research and graduate education in the nation’s next tech hub. The Innovation Campus vice president and executive director is that leader.
The game-changing discoveries to come from the Innovation Campus will be sparked by leading experts in fields that are transforming the world. While building research teams and integrating graduate students into the process of discovery, founding chairs also provide valuable insights to policymakers, tech companies, and fellow academics.
Virginia Tech is committed to putting research into action to improve lives. That’s impossible without collaboration with leaders in industry, government, and the nonprofit sector who are on the front lines of today’s defining issues. Professors of practice bring their unique knowledge, experience, and connections to the Innovation Campus’ classrooms and research facilities.
Scholarships enable talented students to pursue their dreams. They deepen the pool of talent taking on today’s toughest problems. And they are never forgotten by their recipients. Scholarships are a human investment, a show of faith in the future, and a crucial resource for universities that strive to bring tomorrow’s leaders together, today.
Innovation. Technological translation. Entrepreneurship. Diversity. And perspective on what’s next. None of these themes fit neatly into a traditional degree program. But all of them are in the minds of visionary individuals and companies. Supporting an interdisciplinary programming funds at the Innovation Campus helps round out the process of learning and discovery that is essential to make meaningful change.
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