BLACKSBURG â Courtney Martin has been stuck at her parentsâ house for a year.
She graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in hospitality and tourism management. Of course she never could have imagined that a pandemic would sweep across the country and blow up the leisure and hospitality industry that relies on group social environments and in-person interaction.
Before she was set to graduate last year, she had a job lined up with a hotel company, but the company had to halt any job offers after states began adopting social distancing measures. So she returned home to Roanoke and worked in a restaurant in Salem until the economy started to improve. She tried to remain patient and optimistic. Her mother was sympathetic of her daughterâs circumstances.
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Boeing will give Virginia Tech $50 million for scholarships and programming at its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia.
Boeing was named the campus’ first “foundational partner,” Virginia Tech announced Tuesday. The $50 million gift, matching the most ever donated to the school, is intended to help create the most diverse graduate technology campus in the country. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“This is a milestone moment in our university’s history, and it will propel our work to help establish the greater Washington, D.C., area as the world’s next major tech hub,” Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said in a statement.