- 1949 - The late Paul Mellon and his wife donate a 420-acre farm in Middleburg to Virginia Tech.
The Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension (MARE) Center is devoted primarily
to beef cattle research until 1992.
- 1954 - The Virginia Cooperative Extension opens an office in
Arlington County.
- 1963 - The College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS) offers an
Urban Affairs and Planning graduate program.
- 1969 - Virginia Tech opens the door to its first Northern Virginia Graduate Center, located in a Reston farmhouse on Sunset Hill Road. Homer Kempfer is appointed the first director of the center. There are two resident faculty members, a part-time staff, and 65 students.
- 1970 - The College of Education offers graduate degrees in Adult Learning.
- 1971 - An economics program is initiated, doubling the number of resident faculty.
- 1972 -
- 1973 -
- Having outgrown space in a Reston farmhouse, Virginia Tech moves its graduate center to the first floor of the Dulles International
Airport Gateway 1 building.
- The College of Business offers an MBA degree.
- 1974 - An engineering program begins in the region.
- 1978 -
- 1979 - The Virginia Cooperative Extension in Arlington County launches
the first Farmer's Market in the area.
- 1980 -
- 1981 -
- Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia move their shared graduate center in the region from the first floor of the Dulles International
Airport Gateway 1 building to Telestar Court in Falls Church.
- 1982 - The College of Engineering offers its first graduate programs.
- 1983 - Gary Fernstermacher becomes the fourth director of the graduate center.
- 1984 - The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, one of three campuses of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, opens in Leesburg as a teaching hospital.
- 1985 -
- 1986 -
- The Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) establishes the Architecture
Consortium which allows participating universities from around the world to send students and faculty members to Alexandria for a semester or academic
year.
- The Virginia Tech Foundation purchases two buildings on Patrick Street in Old Town Alexandria. The Rectory
houses the American Institute of Architects (AIA) offices and The Gallery serves as a limited capacity dormitory for students in the region.
- Computer Science in the College of Engineering
offers an M.S. in Information Systems.
- 1991 - The Virginia Tech Foundation sells the building at 101 Columbus Street and purchases a historic
building in Old Town Alexandria, the old schoolhouse at 1001 Prince Street. It becomes the permanent home for the College of Architecture and Urban Studies'
Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC). Built in 1910 as the Lee School for Girls,
the City of Alexandria used the building as a public school until 1980.
- 1992 - The Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension (MARE) Center rededicates itself
to equine research. The center's former focus, on beef cattle research, dates back to 1949 when Virginia Tech acquired the 420-acre farm from the late Paul
Mellon and his wife.
- 1993 -
- 1994 - College of Natural Resources offers a graduate program at the Telestar Court
facility.
- 1995 -
- Judy C. Pearson becomes the seventh director of the graduate center.
- Groundbreaking is held for the Virginia Tech/University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center (NVC) in Falls Church, 7054 Haycock Road.
- Science and Technology Studies is added to Virginia Tech graduate programs in the region.
- 1997 - Virginia Tech President Paul Torgersen and University of Virginia President John Casteen III, dedicate the
Northern Virginia Center (NVC), a 105,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art graduate center located adjacent to the West
Falls Church Metro station.
- 1999 -
- 2000 - The College of Engineering offers full-time M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
- 2001 -
- Virginia Tech establishes Northern Virginia Operations and names
James Bohland executive director.
- Richard Worrell becomes the ninth director of the graduate center. Following his death several months later, Karen E. Akers is named the ninth (interim) director.
- The College of Natural Resources names
David Trauger full-time director of the Natural Resources masters program.
- The Center for Food, Nutrition, and Policy (CFNP) serves as a Virginia Tech research center (until 2005).
- The International Institute for Information Technology (IIIT) is formed, led by Leonard Ferrari, vice provost for special initiatives,
with offices in the Alexandria Research Institute (ARI). IIIT later combines with Northern Virginia Operations in 2003.
- 2002-
- Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Operations moves into new facilities at 1101 King Street in Old Town Alexandria, joined by the Center for Food
Nutrition and Policy (CFNP) and the International Institute for Information Technology (IIIT).
- The Metropolitan Institute (MI) at Virginia Tech launches to conduct basic and applied research
on national and international development patterns, focusing on key forces shaping metropolitan growth such as demographics, environment, technology,
design, transportation, and governance. It is located in Old Town Alexandria in the King Street offices.
- Karen E. Akers becomes the tenth director of the graduate center.
- 2003-
- 2004-
- 2005- The Alexandria Research Institute (ARI) moves to the Ballston area of Arlington and is renamed
the Advanced Research Institute.
- 2006 - The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) opens an office in Old Town
Alexandria at 1101 King Street.
- 2007-
- 2008-
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In 1969, Virginia Tech opened the door to its first graduate center in the region, located in a Reston farmhouse.
Having outgrown space in the Reston farmhouse, Virginia Tech moved its graduate center to the first floor of the Dulles
International Airport Gateway 1 building in 1973.
In 1981, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia move their shared graduate center to Telestar Court in Falls Church.
The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, one of three campuses of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,
opens in Leesburg as a teaching hospital in 1984.
The Virginia Tech Foundation purchased a historic building at 1001 Prince Street in Old Town Alexandria in 1991 to house the College
of Architecture and Urban Studies’ Washington Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC). Built in 1910 as the Lee School for Girls, the building was
a City of Alexandria public school until 1980.
In 1997, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia dedicated the Northern Virginia Center (NVC), a 105,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art
graduate center located adjacent to the West Falls Church Metro station. At the ribbon cutting ceremony (left to right) were: Paul Torgersen,
President, Virginia Tech; John Casteen, President, University of Virginia; Katherine Hanley, Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors; U.S.
Senator Chuck Robb; U.S. Representative Tom Davis, and Virginia Delegate Bob Hull.
Northern Virgina Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church.
In 1999, Virginia Tech launched the Alexandria Research Institute (ARI), headquartered at 405 South Washington Street, Old Town Alexandria.
ARI, which provides a platform for engineering and computer science researchers to interact with their counterparts in academia, government,
and industry in the metropolitan DC area, was renamed Advanced Research Institute and moved to Arlington in 2005.
In 2003, the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech and other graduate programs move into a newly-renovated building, purchased by the
Virginia Tech Foundation, at 1021 Prince Street.
The Alexandria Research Institute is renamed Advanced Research Institute and moves from Old Town Alexandria to 4300 Wilson Boulevard in
the Ballston area of Arlington in 2005.
Artist rendering of major research center in Ballston, scheduled to open in late 2010.
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