Graduate Education Week 2025 Statement 'Create Your Own Adventure' The Graduate School salutes Virginia Tech’s outstanding graduate students, graduate advisors, and graduate and research faculty and staff for their contributions to quality graduate education. Graduate Education Week highlights the importance of graduate education, increases the university community’s awareness of the contributions of graduate students to teaching, research, and service, and enhances the graduate student experience through professional development programs and celebratory events. The week-long celebration offers opportunity to all members of the university community to be involved with graduate education.