While many Virginia Tech students are preparing to come back to campus, some are also preparing for an inaugural pilot program that will launch them into a career serving the nation.
Virginia Tech is one of four universities selected by the Department of Defense‘s Acquisition Innovation Research Center to participate in the pilot interdisciplinary scholarship and talent development program called the Defense Civilian Training Corps. The pilot program will provide students with defense-related coursework, internships, and facilitate job placement within the Department of Defense upon graduation.
Being in the pilot program “is exciting because it’s giving me a head start with everything,” said Sangmuk Kang, a senior majoring in business information technology with a focus in cybersecurity as well as public health with a minor in leadership.
Kang is a member of the Citizen-Leader…
