President Tim Sands

Leading Virginia Tech since 2014

About: Timothy D. Sands is the 16th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a professor in the College of Engineering. Since joining Virginia Tech in 2014, President Sands has set the university on a course to become a leading modern, global, land-grant institution aligned with the needs and opportunities created by a rapidly changing world in the context of the evolving landscape of higher education.; Read more

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Virginia Tech again named a top-25 public university in U.S. News & World Report rankings , article Date: Sep 23, 2025 -
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Lance Collins named vice president of the greater Washington, D.C., area , article Date: Sep 18, 2025 -
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Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Office marks a year of education and advocacy , article Date: Sep 11, 2025 -
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Committee selected for the inaugural executive director of the Institute for Advanced Computing , article Date: Sep 08, 2025 -

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#VirginiaTech has dedicated a new flag plaza to 1st Lt. Timothy Price ’01, standing as a lasting tribute to his legacy & our motto, #UtProsim.🧡

Price was commissioned as a military police officer and deployed to Iraq, where he was killed in action on Sept. 7, 2004. pic.twitter.com/mYOOwmNh2k
— Virginia Tech (@virginia_tech) September 22, 2025