Community Building Events
Come meet us at our upcoming Fall 2025 events!
Fall Welcome Back - August 22, 4:30-6pm
Location: GLC Multipurpose Room and Graduate School Lawn
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) of Virginia Tech will be hosting our 2025 annual Fall Welcome Back event on August 22, from 4:30-6pm at the GLC Multipurpose Room and front lawn. All VT graduate and professional students are invited! Enjoy free food and lawn games with your fellow grad students. Come hang out, make new friends, catch up with old ones, and have a blast before the semester begins! Submit your RSVP today at: https://forms.office.com/r/QJNUpFqAU7. Please email gpss@vt.edu if you have any accessibility needs. We look forward to seeing you at the event! (Kindly be aware that food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.)
Graduate Student Resource Fair - September 11
3-5pm - GLC Multipurpose room
Learn about resources to help you succeed in grad school! The Resource Fair features over 20 university units and departments, with representatives available to talk with you about the graduate student experience, mental health and wellbeing, career and professional development, research support, student services, and more! Discover tools and services you may not know you have access to... and free food! This event is a collaboration with the BOV Graduate and Professional Representative and the Graduate School.
Little Hokie Hand Me Down - November 11-12- Time TBA
FALL EVENT PLANNING
We welcome your ideas for new and exciting events to be held this year! We also gladly welcome other student-serving organizations to join us in creating events that serve our communities.
Dates and times of all of our major events will be announced on this page, on our Twitter and Instagram (@VTGPSS) accounts, and through the weekly Graduate School listserv email.
Example volunteer opportunities: organization of events, marketing of events, vendor management for an event, set up of event, tear down at end of event, organization of participants and their activities.
Questions? Please email the Director of Events from your VT email address.
Our Community Building events are opportunities for our graduate and professional students to connect on a deeper, more personal level, encouraging their personal and professional growth. We will host in-person and virtual events throughout the coming year.
We welcome your ideas for new and exciting events to be held this year! We also gladly welcome other student-serving organizations to join us in creating events that serve our communities.