The Boeing Co. is partnering with the commonwealth of Virginia to set up a new workforce development and education hub for veterans and their families at Virginia Tech’s campus in Potomac Yard, the company announced Monday.
Boeing (NYSE: BA), which just last month made public its plans to move its global corporate headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, is digging deeper into the area with the new Boeing Center for Veteran Transition & Military Families.
In May 2021, the aerospace giant announced a $50 million investment in Virginia Tech’s tech-centric Alexandria graduate campus, where the first academic building is now under construction. The new center will use some of those dollars, with the remainder slated for student scholarships, recruiting faculty and researchers and supporting STEM initiatives for local K-12 students. Spokespeople for Boeing and Virginia Tech declined to say how much of the company’s investment will fund the new center.
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