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{{Infobox University President| name =Timothy D. Sands| image =| caption =| order =| university =President of [[Category:PeopleVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]| term_start =2014| term_end =Current| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1958|3|26}}| birth_place =[[San Francisco, California]]| death_date =| death_place =| predecessor =| successor =| alumna =| residence =| profession =| religion =| spouse =Laura Prouty Sands| children =| website =| footnotes =|}}
Timothy D. Sands is the 16th president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a professor in the College of Engineering. Since joining Virginia Tech in 2014, he has worked collaboratively with the provost and university leadership to set the university on track to become a leading modern, global, land-grant institution. Virginia Tech’s strategic plan and vision, The Virginia Tech Difference: Advancing Beyond Boundaries, aligns the university with the emerging needs and opportunities of a rapidly changing world in the context of the evolving higher education landscape.
President Sands is joined at Virginia Tech by his wife, Dr. Laura Sands, a professor of gerontology in the Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech. All four of their children are proud members of the Virginia Tech community. Follow President Sands on Twitter and Instagram at @VTSandsman.
[https://www.president.vt.edu/content/dam/president_vt_edu/about-the-office/SandsCV-abridged-Jan20%20(002).pdf Presidnet President Sands' Curriculum Vitae] [[Category:Presidents of Virginia Tech]]