Galileo and Hypatia

Galileo & Hypatia is a living learning community for engineering students. The community is directed by the Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery (CEED).

Galileo & Hypatia brings together engineering students (men and women) in a residential environment to provide encouragement and support in pursuing a career in engineering. Galileo & Hypatia is for first-year College of Engineering students interested in exploring engineering, making lasting friendships, and achieving academic success. Upper-class leaders live in the community to provide community support.

This community is designed to create supportive, multi-generational communities where students can:

• discover development opportunities and support resources within and beyond the College of Engineering
• develop the professional/interpersonal skills necessary for a successful career
• contributing to a welcoming environment.
• connect authentically with others over shared experiences and interests

Galileo and Hypatia are located in Pritchard Hall.

The majority of the students living in the communities are first-year students, but we also have a large team of upper class engineering students who live in the hall and serve as mentors and committee members.

Students commit to live in the community for one year at a time. Many students live in the community multiple years but most of the beds are reserved for first-year students.

For more information or to ask a question, please contact Program Director Jazmin Becerra Montaño at jazminma@vt.edu.