Welcome. Welcome. Welcome.
Welcome. Welcome.
This is a semester
like no other with
new challenges
and opportunities
to make a difference
in the world.
You're part of
something historic.
The first class of
Virginia Tech's
Innovation Campus.
Just like many of you,
I'm new to Virginia Tech.
I can't wait to
get started.
So, Let's Go!
Wow, we are so
excited you're
getting started.
Our Innovation
Campus launched
nearly two years ago when
Virginia Tech
stepped up to help
win a national
competition to land
Amazon's new east coast
headquarters in
Northern Virginia.
Our team has been hard
at work designing
buildings and planning
curricula and
building programs.
At your arrival
really symbolizes
the progress they've
made. Years from now,
I hope you'll
look back with
pride at what you
helped create.
[Virginia Tech is building
a new Innovation
Campus in Alexandria.]
[Having Virginia
Tech, I mean,
one of
the most premier
research universities in
the country, coming
to Alexandria is very, very exciting.]
The digital revolution is
changing the way we live,
work and think.
The impacts of
technology are
far-reaching, influencing
quality of life,
government and
public policy,
security and privacy,
creativity in arts,
entrepreneurship and more.
Our collective
future depends on
our success and harnessing
technology for global good.
With our Innovation Campus,
Virginia Tech is
driving change.
We're working with
partners to build
a new approach to
graduate education,
one that intersects
that industry and
public service
to prepare you,
our next generation of
leaders, to solve
problems in
that world. 
Our new Alexandria Campus
will open in 2024
but we aren't waiting to
have an impact now.
And that's where you, a
member of our
first-class, come in.
Your Innovation
Campus cohort
includes graduate students
from computer science and
computer engineering
based here in
the DC metro
region. Virginia Tech 
has a long history of
graduate education
in this region.
But what we're
building together,
is special.  That's
why I've joined 
Virginia Tech
to launch the new Master of
Engineering and
Computer Science.
We're on the move.
Let's build something
great together.
