Welcome Corps on Campus

Virginia Tech was selected to be in the first cohort of colleges and universities participating in the US State Department’s Welcome Corps on Campus program. A first-of-its kind program for refugee students, Welcome Corps on Campus provides a path to permanent legal status in the United States for refugee students. Participating U.S. higher education institutions enroll refugee students in degree programs, and campus sponsor groups commit to supporting their resettlement through private sponsorship. Together, they play an instrumental role in refugee students’ journey towards long-term integration in the United States. Virginia Tech qualified for this program through extensive training and memberships with the President’s Alliance for Higher Education and Immigration and Every Campus a Refuge. 

Generously funded by the Cranwell Foundation, the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, the Pamplin College of Business, the College of Science, and several private donors, Virginia Tech’s WCC program welcomed its first two students in Fall 2024.