We have such good students

I have to admit, I'm just a bit biased when it comes to our students.  We have such good students.  I've said that many times, in many circumstances.  Good, as in smart; good, as in hardworking; good, as in being really good people.  I love seeing and hearing about our alumni, and what they are up to these days.  Seeing an article about one of our grads was what pushed me back to this blog, after I took some time away for family. 

In today's local paper, there's an article about Tilt.  Tilt is still fairly new to Blacksburg, but has several other locations.  One of our grads is the director of engineering for the Blacksburg location, which is being called "Tiltsburg."  Check out what Ian Good and Brian Hartsock, both grads of our department, are doing at Tilt.

While you're at it, read about Blacksburg's own TechPad.  Tilt is located there now and you can see  the growing list of companies that have moved on from TechPad.

In the article about Tilt, the Roanoke Times mentioned another one of our grads.  Hayden Lee was the president of the VT Entrepreneur Club and I sent out announcements for him to our students several times.  He's now part of a start up called CONVRGE.  As someone who used IRC in the early 90s and was excited to try AIM when it came out, this looks pretty cool.  Read more about Hayden and this really neat startup.