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Sponsorship Opportunities

The Business Leadership Center serves as a resource for students to develop the leadership skills needed to be successful in their field upon graduation. The Business Leadership Center helps ambitious students grow their leadership abilities through intellectually stimulating courses, opportunities to interact with successful business leaders, and participation in real world leadership positions. Students involved in the Business Leadership Center enter their professional field with the ability to achieve success in the workplace.

Help the Business Leadership Center continue providing Virginia Tech students with the resources needed to assist them in reaching their full potential as valuable leaders.

Platinum Level – $6,000 and above

  • Become a partner and lead sponsor for all educational programs offered by the Business Leadership Center. The BLC offers a variety of educational experiences throughout the year, including minor and certificate programs, conferences, ethics symposium, scholarships, and other training sessions.
  • Benefits include:
    • Lead Sponsor for BLC
    • Present workshop to all conference attendees 
    • Company representatives invited to network at future BLC events 
    • Invitation to dinner before conference to network with PLDT team 
    • Promote company workshops and involvement on campus throughout the year 
    • Full page advertisement in conference program 
    • Networking session with all conference attendees 
    • Logo on BLC & PLDT marketing materials and websites

Gold Level – $3,500

  • As a Gold Sponsor, your company will be a lead partner for our annual Pamplin Student Leadership Conference in January 2021
  • Benefits include:
    • Present workshop to all conference attendees 
    • Invitation to dinner before conference to network with PLDT team 
    • Promote company workshops and involvement on campus throughout the year 
    • Half page advertisement in conference program 
    • Networking session with all conference attendees 
    • Logo on sponsors' page of BLC & PLDT websites

Silver Level – $1,750

  • As a Silver Sponsor, your company will be a workshop sponsor for our annual Pamplin Student Leadership Conference in January 2021
  • Benefits include:
    • Present two workshops with outreach committee (organized as virtual or in-person events for 22-23 academic year) 
    • Networking session with all conference attendees 
    • Logo on sponsors' page of BLC & PLDT websites

Bronze Level – $800

  • As a Bronze Sponsor, your company can network at the annual Pamplin Student Leadership Conference in January 2021
  • Benefits include:
    • Networking session with all conference attendees 
    • Logo on sponsors' page of BLC & PLDT websites 

Other Sponsorships

  • The Business Leadership Center must raise funds for all of its leadership development programs. Please consider sponsoring students through scholarships for the conference.
    • Annual Pamplin Student Leadership Conference: $100 per student
    • 30th Annual Del Alamo/Hogan Business Ethics Symposium: $500
    • Caught in the Act of Leadership Scholarships: $1,000 per student
    • Pamplin Leadership Academy: $2,000 per student
  • Benefits include:
    • Name on BLC website
    • Company logo on marketing materials for that program
    • Invitation to that event, where appropriate