Alumni

Virginia Tech computer science alumni are shaping how computing serves industries and communities.

Stay connected to the department, share your expertise, mentor the next generation, and help build momentum for students and faculty doing work that matters. 

Ways to engage

Alumni strengthen the department by mentoring students, speaking in classes, hiring Hokies, joining events, sharing career stories, nominating distinguished graduates, and supporting scholarships and programs.

Connect with Lindsay Tolar, our alumni relations manager. She creates and hosts events, provides information and resources for alumni, and works with our department's Advisory Board.

When you update your contact information with the university, you can receive event registration information and our quarterly email newsletter that highlights student achievements, donor impact, faculty and student research breakthroughs, alumni gatherings, and more. 

Other ways to connect

• Join our alumni Facebook and LinkedIn groups! 
  
• Nominate a fellow graduate or yourself for the Computer Science Academy of Distinguished Alumni.

Hokies give back

Gifts to computer science expand student support, strengthen inclusive excellence, and give the department flexible resources to respond to new opportunities.

Direct student support

• The Anne & George Gorsline Endowed Scholarship was established to recognize and promote the continuation of Gorsline's achievement of having females represent 30 to 40 percent of the department's student population during his tenure. Specify the "Anne & George Gorsline Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science" - Fund Number 885589.
• The Barbara Ryder Excellence Fund, which is focused on supporting diversity and inclusion in computer science.
• The George Gorsline Memorial Scholarship is given each year to a rising senior who has made the most significant rebound from his/her freshman year. Specify the "George Gorsline Memorial Scholarship Award" - Fund Number 883979.
• Unrestricted gifts have immediate and flexible impact on students, as well as the department's growth and excellence.
• Endowed scholarships help grow our undergraduate scholarship endowment, donate to the CS Investment in Excellence Endowment.