From FUN to FORMAL:
Get your brand in front of students with sponsorship opportunities:

We offer for students events — including our annual fall tailgate party and our annual fall dining etiquette dinner — and other ongoing services that we could not provide without sponsor support. Sponsors are recognized in advertising and other materials for the sponsored event. Giving levels begin at $500.

Smith Career Center rooms and spaces are and can be named for donor organizations or individuals; giving levels begin at $15,000.

We are very grateful for our kind supporters, recognized in detail below and on our home page!

---

Events:

• Annual first-Friday-of-fall-semester open house tailgate party

• Annual fall dining etiquette dinner

Annual Open House Tailgate Party
First Friday of Fall Semester

• When: First Friday of fall semester.
  2012 event: Friday, August 31, 2012
  10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  Held since 2004, the first year in our current facility.
• What: Welcome event for all students to introduce Career Services’ programs, resources and services in a fun, entertaining atmosphere. Attendance over 1,000 each year.
  More about the tailgate party.
• Funding levels and benefits of sponsorship:

  Hokie Hi Level Sponsorship ($1,500 or more):
  - All Maroon-level benefits, PLUS:
  - One additional representative at the event (three total).
  - Table in Career Services during event to share your organization literature and information with students.

  Maroon Level Sponsorship ($1,000-$1,499):
  - All Orange-level benefits, PLUS:
  - One additional representative at the event (two total).
  - Organization name on Career Services website for two years.
  - Organization banner (provided by you!) on display in Career Services.

  Orange Level Sponsorship ($500-$999).
  - Opportunity to have one representative at the event.
  - Organization name on home page of Career Services website for one year.
  - Organization logo printed on posters, fliers, and newspaper ads for event.

• Sponsorship committment deadline for 2012: Must be confirmed in July 2012 to be included in all publicity for the 2012 event.
• Sponsors:
  • 2012 event sponsors:
    CCS-Inc., Danaher, Ernst & Young, FedBid, Kohl's, Ferguson, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman, U.S. Cellular
  • 2011 event sponsors:
    Hokie Hi Level: Enterprise, ExxonMobil, Kohl's, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman, SAIC
    Maroon Level: Danaher, Ferguson, a Wolseley Company
    Orange Level: USG
    
  • 2010 event sponsors:
    Hokie Hi Level: Capital One, Dominion, Norfolk Southern, SAIC
    Maroon Level: Caterpillar, Danaher, Kohl's, Ferguson
    Orange Level: Lockheed Martin, USG
  • 2009 event sponsors:
    Hokie Hi Level: Caterpillar, Dominion, Norfolk Southern, SAIC
    Maroon Level: Danaher, Tindall, Wolseley
    Orange Level: Enterprise-Rent-A-Car
  • 2008 event sponsors:
    Hokie Hi Level: Caterpillar, General Motors, KPMG, Northrop Grumman
    Maroon Level: Cisco, Danaher, Tindall
    Orange Level: DCS, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, Kohl's, Lockheed Martin
  • 2007 event sponsors: Apex Systems, BearingPoint, Caterpillar, Danaher Motion, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Ernst & Young, Haley & Aldrich, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Newell Rubbermaid, Tindall, and Ferguson, a Wolseley company.
    The 2007 event and concept won one local and two national awards:
    Virginia Tech, Division of Student Affairs: Program Award.
    National Association of Student Affairs Administrators: Silver Program Award.
    National Association of Colleges and Employers: Excellence Award.

 

Fall Dining Etiquette Program

• Held annually in fall semester.
  2012 event date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012.
  Location: Owens Hall Banquet Room at Virginia Tech
  Funding: $1,500 per sponsor.
  Commitment deadline for 2012: mid-September 2012.
• Accommodates up to 250 student participants, plus our staff and sponsor table hosts. Sponsorship offsets the cost of dinner for students and supports costs of venue, program supplies and advertising. Sponsor representatives are welcome to serve as table hosts at dinner.
  More about the dining etiquette program.
  
  
• Sponsors:
  • 2012 sponsors: Kohl's, Ingersoll Rand, PepsiCo, VT Alumni Association.
  • 2011 sponsors: Capital One, Kohl's, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman, Vanguard, Virginia Tech Alumni Association.
  • 2010 sponsors: Dominion, Kohl's, USPS, Virginia Tech Alumni Association.
  • 2009 sponsors: Advance Auto Parts, Eaton Corporation, Rackspace, USPS, Virginia Tech Alumni Association.
  • 2008 sponsors: Ameriprise Financial, Lockheed Martin, Vanguard, Wolseley North America (Ferguson), Virginia Tech Alumni Association.
  • 2007 sponsors: Apex Systems, Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Wolseley North America (Ferguson).

---

Ongoing services:

 

MyPlan.com | Do What You Are

• Self-assessment resources help students explore academic majors and career options.
• 2011-2012 sponsors: Kohl's, The Virginia Tech Parents' Fund
• Annual funding needed: $1,000.

 

Interview Stream

• 24/7/365 practice interviews online for Virginia Tech students, alumni, faculty and staff.
• Offered since the start of spring semester 2010.
• Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

 

Career Spot videos

• Educational career-related videos for Virginia Tech students.
• Offered since the start of fall semester 2010.
• Sponsor: Northrop Grumman

 

VT Career Services t-shirts for students for
November National Career Development Month

2007-2008 shirt

• Students love VT orange and maroon t-shirts to show our Virginia Tech spirit. In support of National Career Development Month in November, thanks to sponsor funding, we give our students t-shirts with Career Services information and sponsor logos.
• Sponsors:
  • 2012-2013: TBA
  • 2011-2012: Enterprise, Kohl's, KPMG, MWV, Northrop Grumman
  • 2010-2011: Kohl's, Meadwestvaco, and Northrop Grumman
  • 2009-2010: Kohl's and Meadwestvaco
  • 2007-2008: Ameriprise Financial
  • 2006-2007: Capital One, Norfolk Southern
  

  2006-2007 t-shirt

• Funding needed for 2012-2013:
  $5,500 to produce 1,000 t-shirts and for refreshments for Career Development Month program.
  Commitment deadline: September 2012.

---

Smith Career Center

Building opened in summer 2004. Career Services opened in our current location for regular student and employer services on Monday, June 28, 2004, then named the Career Services Building. Our location is adjacent to the Student Services Building, across from McComas Hall and Litton-Reaves Hall, and near to student dining and residence halls. We have experienced a significant increase in student traffic since moving from Henderson Hall to our current facility.

Our grand opening ceremony and open house, with recognition of contributors and dedication of the first named area, was held Wednesday, September 22, 2004. We recognized Ferguson Enterprises (now Wolseley North America), for whom the Ferguson Interview Reception Area is named.

Dedication of the Smith Career Center in October 2007.

On Saturday, October 20, 2007, the Smith Career Center was dedicated, named for Garnett E. and Patsy T. Smith, generous and long-time supporters of Virginia Tech.

 

Donors for whom spaces within the Smith Career Center are named:

• Ferguson Enterprises (a Wolseley Company): Ferguson Interview Reception Area (2004)
• Norfolk Southern: Interview Rooms (two) (2006)
• Philip Morris USA: Interview Room (2008)
• SAIC: Interview Room (2009)

Donor recognition: Donors at particular giving levels (1-page PDF, 146KB) are formally recognized in the building with elegant brass plaques seen by the students, employers, faculty, and administrators who visit Career Services.

Opportunities still exist to have rooms and spaces named for donor organizations or individuals. Giving levels begin at $15,000.

All supporters of Career Services are listed on our home page.

View west from

Ferguson Interview

Reception area

Building features:

• Two floors, solely housing Career Services, designed to meet student and employer needs. Wireless Internet access throughout.
• 32 private, large, air-conditioned interview rooms.
• Two interview waiting areas: one for students and one for employer-greeters to meet with candidates.
• Space for information sessions and receptions; including a servery equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, and ice machine.
• Spacious Career Resource Center for research and advising.
• Classroom, seminar room and two conference rooms.

 

---

Contact for print literature, tours and conversations about giving and recognition:

Dr. Donna Cassell Ratcliffe
Director
(540) 231-8077


Mr. Jim Henderson
Associate Director, Employer Relations
(540) 231-8079