Emerging Leaders Workshop Honors Veteran Leader Emmett E. Smith Jr.

For six years, the Virginia Tech Graduate School has offered the Emerging Leaders Workshop to give rising college sophomores and juniors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) an opportunity to prepare for graduate school and careers. From the beginning, Emmett E. Smith Jr. of Richmond, an engineering specialist at E.I. DuPont Co., has provided leadership to the university-industry collaborative effort.