Engineering News : Spring 2015

In fall 2011, ground was broken for the Signature Engineering Building, a dream project of current engineering Dean Richard C. Benson and Virginia Tech President Emeritus and former College of Engineering Dean Paul Torgersen. After three years of construction, the Hokie-stone-adorned, $95.2 million structure opened in August 2014 to welcome students to new classes (See Page 8) and weeks later was renamed to honor the philanthropy of longtime Virginia Tech supporters Alice and Bill Goodwin.