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Heather DucoteSenior Director of Marketing and Brand Management
Heather Ducote is the Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Management at Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), with responsibility for marketing, brand creative, and licensing and trademarks. Bringing 19 years of experience in higher education and 30 years overall in marketing and communications, Heather’s work is focused on supporting the university’s institutional goals though brand standards, strategy, initiatives, and protection.
At Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), we’re reimagining how education and technology intersect. This approach transforms the ways we teach and learn, perform research, and engage with communities around the world.
The Latest from Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Hokie Nation…. IT’S (SPRING) GAME WEEK‼️
See you Saturday🫡
#LetsGoHokies
A new #VirginiaTech study reveals that sinking land, not just rising oceans alone, will be the main cause of future coastal flooding along Indonesia’s densely populated Java Island, putting millions at risk sooner than expected.
🔗: https://go.vt.edu/unHQ1
#VirginiaTech students are taking submarine design to the next level. 🚤
As part of the Interdisciplinary Capstone program, the @VTEngineering human-powered submarine team built a half-scale testbed to prototype, test, and refine their ideas year-round.
After 12 years of service to the university community & the Commonwealth, & a career dedicated to the advancement of science & the impact of public higher education, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands intends to step down in the coming months.
Story ➡️ http://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/04/president
Sands made the announcement Thursday in a letter addressed “to Hokies everywhere.”
Read the full letter from President Sands. ⬇️
A letter to Hokie Nation
Stewarding Virginia Tech as president over the last dozen years has been the most fulfilling experience of my career.
news.vt.edu
For most people, architecture starts with what they see. For these architecture students, it starts with sound, touch, memory, & movement.
This year, they’re expanding accessible design for people blind or visually impaired.
🔗: http://go.vt.edu/unxr3
#VirginiaTech received both national and international recognition after earning high marks in the latest rankings release by both @usnews and @QSCorporate. 🤩
🔗: https://go.vt.edu/unwQm
Virginia Tech and Aclara Resources are helping build a North America-based green tech supply chain 🌱
This new facility will give @VTEngineering students hands-on experience and prepare them to lead in the future of the industry.
Blacksburg back in bloom. 🤩🌸
How do you accessorize the iconic HokieBird? ✨🦃
@VT_AAD students in the School of Performing Arts partnered with @hokiesports to design an outfit and learn how to costume for exaggerated proportions.
Ut Prosim - That I May Serve
Through research, teaching, and service, Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach in preparing scholars to be leaders and problem solvers. A comprehensive institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity.
Virginia Tech offers the widest range of degree choices in Virginia to more than 38,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on all its campuses. With a main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech has an education and research presence across Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
Virginia Tech is a leading global research institution – externally sponsored research grew by 13.4 percent during the last fiscal year – and boasts seven world-class research institutes. The university has invested in Research Frontiers, bringing together diverse expertise that transcends traditional discipline boundaries. In partnership with industry, government, and foundations, these focus areas address emerging challenges and opportunities that seek to improve the human condition and create a better world for all.
Driven by its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech has a clear vision of how we can serve in our personal, professional, and civic pursuits. The university is committed to making its top-quality education accessible even as we push the boundaries of knowledge to make a difference in the world.
Mission and vision
- Inspired by our land-grant identity and guided by our motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech is an inclusive community of knowledge, discovery, and creativity dedicated to improving the quality of life and the human condition within the Commonwealth of Virginia and throughout the world.
- Virginia Tech has a 2,600-acre main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia; a significant presence across the commonwealth, including the Innovation Campus in Northern Virginia, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, and sites in Newport News and Richmond; educational and research facilities across the state; a study-abroad site in Switzerland; and a 1,800-acre agriculture research farm near the main campus. The campus proper is located in the New River Valley and is 38 miles southwest of Roanoke.
4000+ faculty researchers
38,000
students on and off the main campus
5%
increase in applicants identified as first-generation college students
With locations in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, and the Washington D.C. metro area including the Innovation Campus, Virginia Tech’s research enterprise encompasses over $650 million in annual research expenditures.
Nine colleges and seven research institutes contribute to Virginia Tech’s robust research and innovation ecosystem, with interdisciplinary research capabilities and accomplishments spanning the fields of science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, the arts, and humanities.
The Office of Research and Innovation provides services and support that help faculty, staff, and students to plan, perform, and commercialize groundbreaking research.
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