sentences:  Additionally, the university raised $17 million in a campaign for athletic scholarships and facilities and initiated the Campaign for Virginia Tech to raise $250 million by 1998.State voters approved a $472-million bond issue, which included $46 million for construction at Virginia Tech (McComas had campaigned heavily for the bond issue).The university secured final federal funding for a biotechnology center, and the Virginia Tech Foundation purchased facilities in Switzerland to house a new international studies center.