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- Updating the University Strategic Plan 2001(Virginia Tech, 2001)The new library reading room "bridge," a modern version of Virginia Tech's unique collegiate gothic architecture, represents the 2001 Strategic Planning Process. The bridge exemplifies a forward-looking university that embraces innovation and technology while honoring traditional values associated with a land-grant institution. It also reflects the university's aspiration to bridge disciplines and establish new partnerships while identifying creative approaches to enhancing academic quality and stature.
- 2004/05 Annual Report: Innovation and ImpactOffice of the President (Virginia Tech, 2005)
- 2006-2012 Strategic Plan Update: Invent the Future--Quality, Innovation, Results(Virginia Tech, 2006)The 2006 2012 Strategic Plan Update reaffirms Virginia Tech’s commitment to achieving excellence as a comprehensive land grant university that makes innovative contributions in learning, discovery, and engagement to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. The 2006 – 2012 Strategic Plan Update is comprised of three Scholarship Domains and three Foundation Strategies that serve to achieve Virginia Tech’s mission and core values.
- 2005/06 Annual Report: Ideas in Action(Virginia Tech, 2006)
- 2006/07 Annual Report: The Power of Community(Virginia Tech, 2007)
- 2007/08 Annual Report: Together Ahead(Virginia Tech, 2008)
- 2008/09 Annual Report(Virginia Tech, 2009)
- 2009/10 Annual Report: The Art of Innovation(Virginia Tech, 2010)
- Virginia Tech Annual Report 2010/11(Virginia Tech, 2011)
- 2012-2018 Strategic Plan: A Plan for a New Horizon(Virginia Tech, 2012)Virginia Tech faces a new horizon defined by a future characterized by geopolitical and geo-economic transition, an accelerated pace of globalization, and structural shifts caused by technological innovation. Our graduates will face uncertainties that range from security issues and resource scarcities to political instability and social turmoil—challenges that will be embedded in and defined by complex and interdependent systems. Simultaneously, we have entered an era of data-driven, networked societies.
- 2013/14 Annual Report: Transition and Tradition(Virginia Tech, 2014)
- Campus Beautification Projects(Virginia Tech, 2015)Statement of Purpose: Virginia Tech will create physical spaces, both indoors and outdoors, which support a culture of community and connection for meaningful interactions and relationships among students, staff, and faculty. Virginia Tech’s beautiful landscape, iconic architecture, and relationship between buildings and open spaces creates a powerful “sense of place.”
- 2014/15 Annual Report: Global Impressions(Virginia Tech, 2015)
- Open letter to Ms. Malia ObamaSands, Timothy D. (Virginia Tech, 2015-04)An open letter from President Tim Sands to Malia Obama and all high school juniors and seniors engaged in the college search.
- President's Letter to the Virginia Tech Class of 2019Sands, Timothy D. (Virgini aTech, 2015-07)An open letter from President Tim Sands welcoming the incoming class of 2019 to the Virginia Tech community.
- Open Letter to the Virginia Tech Community, Jan. 29, 2017Sands, Timothy D. (Virginia Tech, 2017-01-29)Friday’s U.S. Presidential Executive Order on interior immigration enforcement will have an impact on members of the Virginia Tech community...
- Information and Communications Infrastructure(Virginia Tech, 2017-08-17)The events of April 16, 2007 and the response, investigation, and recovery at Virginia Tech that followed placed extraordinary demands on telecommunications network resources and university Information Technology professionals. This report provides a comprehensive inventory and analysis of the communications infrastructure and information systems used during this time period. It addresses resources depended upon by emergency responders, investigating law enforcement officers, university officials, media, faculty, staff, students, and families of the university community. It includes information about communications resources owned and operated by the University and relevant resources owned and operated by providers and responders.
- Working Group Report on the Interface between Virginia Tech Counseling Services, Academic Affairs, Judicial Affairs and Legal Systems(Virginia Tech, 2017-08-17)In response to the tragic events of April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger requested an internal review conducted by a working group to examine the interface between the university’s student counseling services, academic affairs, judicial affairs and the legal system. The Working Group was charged with examining “...the existing systems and the interface between them; determining what constraints legal and otherwise hamper effective interaction among these areas.” The Group consisted of 17 key personnel from the units in the overall system and focused its attention on examining Virginia Tech’s capacity and efficacy in identifying, responding to and supporting at-risk students. The Group conducted its work through five methods: (1) full committee discussions (2) one-on-one interviews between the Chair of the Working Group and individual personnel (3) participation in a symposium with six national experts (4) analysis and review of relevant educational policies and proceduresat Virginia Tech and other educational institutions, and (5) analysis and review of relevant state and federal documents.