Pat Leahy
Office Manager

P: (540) 464-7212
F: (540) 464-7719

Dean's Office
Virginia Military Institute
210 Smith Hall
Lexington, VA 24450

Dean's Hour Schedule 2012-2013

  Date  

 

Mondays 1100-1215 hrs.  

If there are multiple mandatory events scheduled at the same time, cadets that are required to attend more than one event have the right to decide which to attend.   

 

 
03 May 2013  
  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-07
    SSH 218 / COL E. Miller
  2. Optional talk for all cadets regarding steroid abuse
    Cameron Hall / COL Hutchings
  3. Mandatory for all 1st Class Biology majors, lunch meeting beginning at 1130
    MBH 213 / Ms. Fredenburg
  4. Mandatory pre-departure meeting for all cadets studying abroad in fall 2013
    Old Hospital 100 / CPT Irby
  5. Mandatory Chemistry research presentations for all cadet presenters
    MBH 400 / COL Timmons
  6. Mandatory for all Physics majors, Society of Physics Students meeting
    Mallory 312 / LTC G. Topasna
 

29 April 2013 

 
  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-05
    SSH 218 / COL E. Miller
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 220X-01
    Location: TBD / LTC MacDermott
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HI-206-05
    SSH 510 / COL Wilkinson 
  4. Mandatory for all Computer Science majors, CS 490W Capstone Research Presentations
    Mallory Hall 314 / COL Baker
  5. Mandatory for all cadets participating in 2013 SURI and their faculty mentors, SURI kick-off reception
    Turman Room / Ms. Hardin
  6. Mandatory pre-departure meeting for all cadets participating in Lithuania study abroad
    Mallory 413 / COL Siemers
 
24 April 2013
  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-07
    SSH 218 / COL E. Miller
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 330W-01
    SSH 239 / Ms. Storey
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HI-206-05
    SSH 510 / COL Wilkinson
  4. Mandatory make-up Saturday workshop for 4th class cadets who were excused from the 13 April Saturday workshop
    Mallory Hall 119 / LTC Humphrey 
 

22 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors, Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-06 (except for BI majors)
    SSH 217 / COL E. Miller
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-08 (except for BI majors)
    SSH 218/ COL Badgett 
  4. CANCELLED: Optional meeting for cadets enrolled in the Institute Honors Program, overview of postgraduate scholarship opportunities
    Location: TBA / COL R. McDonald
     
 

15 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory for all Physics majors, Annual Physics Banquet
    Moody Hall / Ms. Byers  
  2. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors, Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman  
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 102-05 (except cadets required to attend either of the mandatory events 1 & 2 shown above)
    SSH 201 / Ms. Storey
  4. Optional for all cadets, faculty, staff and local community, Life After Language event with CLE's Leader-in-Residence, Mr. Christopher Gergen
    Location: TBA / COL Bulger-Barnett and CAPT Rabern 
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-06
    SSH 218 / COL E. Miller
  6. Mandatory meeting for all 4th Class Computer Science majors
    Mallory Hall 407 / COL Gluck
  7. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 230-01 & -02
    SSH 501 / MAJ Rhamey
 

10 April 2013 

NOT AVAILABLE - DTT traded for 24 April CTT  

04 April 2013

  1. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors, Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  2. Mandatory initiation for all current Tau Beta Pi members, and those being initiated
    NEH 514 / COL Arthur
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 349-01
    SSH 117 / CDR Hart
 

25 March 2013 

ANNUAL FACULTY LECTURE- NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTEDMandatory for all Honors Program cadets, optional for all other cadets, faculty and staff, MAJ Dimitrova-Grajzl, "My Journey from Communism to Capitalism: Culture, Institutions and Development"
Gillis Theatre / COL R. McDonald
 

18 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory Cadet Counseling Training for all 4th Class cadets
    Various Locations / MAJ Griffin
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 220X-01
    Location: TBD / LTC MacDermott 
  3. Mandatory Language Honor Society Inductions: Pi Delta Phi (French); Delta Phi Alpha (German); Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish); Phi Sigma Iota (International), for approx. 25 select cadet language majors and minors 
    SSH 420 & 421 / COL Bulger-Barnett 
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 310-01
    NEH 429 / COL Mullen 
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-05
    SSH 218 / COL E. Miller
 

04 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors, Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all 1st Class ECBU majors
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan
     
  3. Mandatory meeting for all Class of 2014 English majors
    1100-1300 hrs. (lunch will be served) 
    Smith Hall Board Room / COL E. Miller 
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-12 (except for BI, ECBU and 2014 EN majors)
    SSH 218 / COL Badgett 
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in MA 307
    Mallory 414 / COL Dewald 
  6. Mandatory for all cadets enrolled in HI 200-01 (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-5 shown above)
    class excursion to Marshall Library
    Marshall Library Reading Room / MAJ Johnson
  7. Mandatory Critical Thinking Test for Psychology Majors Class of 2013, Philosophy Minors Class of 2013, Psychology Majors Class of 2015 and Philosophy Minors Class of 2015 (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-6 shown above)
    Carroll Hall 303 (Class of 2013), SSH 502 (Class of 2015) / Ms. Waters
     
  8. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 102-13
    SSH 219 / COL Baragona 
  9. Mandatory Review Session for cadets enrolled in IS 230-01 & IS 230-02 (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-8 shown above)
    SSH 401 / MAJ Rhamey
     
 

25 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory Cadet Counseling Training for all 4th Class cadets
    Various Locations / MAJ Griffin
  2. Mandatory for all cadets enrolled in BU 339-01,-02, and -03, optional for all other EC/BU cadets, talk given by Dave Adams, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HealthcarePays, a global leader in data capture, management and consulting in the hospitality and brewing industries
    NEH Auditorium / COL Cobb  
  3.  Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HNL 380WX-01/EN 420WX-01
    SSH 201 / COL Miller
     
  4. Mandatory meeting for all Psychology majors (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-4 shown above)
    Mallory 135 / Ms. Waters
     
  5. Optional for all cadets, talk given by guest speaker Dr. G. Kurt Piehler, presenting on Memory and War
    SSH 501 / MAJ Johnson
     
  6. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EN 209-01
    SSH 219 / COL R. Thompson 
     
  7. Mandatory meeting for all Computer Science majors and minors
    Turman Room / COL Gluck
     
     
 

18 February 2013 

HB JOHNSON DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED
Mandatory for all Honors Program cadets, all NROTC cadets, and some classes, optional for all other cadets, speaker Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, Chief of Naval Research

Gillis Theatre / COL R. McDonald  

11 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all 4th Class ECBU majors
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all 3rd class Institute Honors Program cadets who plan to graduate with Institute Honors
    Turman Room / COL R. McDonald
  3. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors (except 3rd class Biology majors in the Honors Program), Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  4. Mandatory meeting for all Class of 2015 English majors
    1100-1300 hrs. (lunch will be served)
    CLE Blue Ridge Room / COL E. Miller
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 102-05 (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-4 shown above)
    SSH 201 / Ms. Storey
  6. Mandatory Study Abroad meeting for all 4th Class cadets (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-5 shown above)
    JM Hall / CPT Irby
     
 

04 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory for all 2nd, 3rd and 4th Class Chemistry majors, meeting regarding summer research opportunities for Chemistry majors
    MBH 314 / LTC McCain 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all 2nd Class ECBU majors
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HNL 380WX-01/EN 420WX-01
    SSH 218 / COL Miller
  4. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors, Biology Department Colloquium Series
    Mallory 135 / MAJ Moosman  
  5. Mandatory meeting for all Modern Languages majors and minors. Cadets who have participated in undergraduate research will speak about undergraduate research opportunities.
    SSH 420 / Ms. Hardin and Dr. Naoui-Khir 
     
  6. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 330W-01 (except cadets required to attend any of the mandatory events 1-5 shown above)
    SSH 239 / Ms. Storey
 

28 January 2013 

 HB JOHNSON DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED
Mandatory for all cadets, talk given by Mr. Ed Viesturs, legendary Mountaineer
Cameron Hall / COL R. McDonald
 

21 January 2013 

 INAUGURAL PARADE - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED  

  1. Mandatory meeting for all 1st Class ECBU majors
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan
     
  2. Mandatory meeting for all Modern Languages majors and minors.  Cadets who have participated in undergraduate research will speak about undergraduate research opportunities.
    SSH 420 / Ms. Hardin and Dr. Naoui-Khir
     
  3. Mandatory meeting for all Psychology majors
    Mallory 135 / Ms. Waters
     
  4. Mandatory for all Physics majors, faculty presentation on undergraduate research opportunities
    Mallory 312 / Ms. Joyce
     
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HNL 380WX-01/EN 420WX-01
    SSH 201 / COL Miller
     

  

10 December 2012  
  1. Mandatory meeting for all cadets that are new or current members of Tau Beta Pi
    NEH 514 / COL Arthur
  2. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in EE 422, optional for other interested cadets and faculty, ECE Senior Design Project: IEEE Autonomous Logistics Robot Presentation
    NEH 501 library / COL Barr
  3. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in HI 103-18 & -19, field trip to Reeves Center at W&L
  4. Mandatory for all 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class Applied Mathematics majors and minors, Applied & Industrial Mathematics program presentation and introduction of the new study abroad program to Lithuania for summer 2013 
    Mallory 135 / COL Siemers 
  5. Optional for all cadets, informational meeting for cadets interested in 2013 spring furlough cultural and history tour of Vietnam
    SSH 301 / Dr. Adams
 

03 December 2012 

 
  1. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 303-all sections
    SSH 501 / COL Cobb 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors
    MH 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  3. Optional for cadets, faculty, staff and local community, lecture "Can the Constitution Survive Terrorism?", given by MAJ Todd Pierce, U.S. Army officer with the Judge Advocate General Corps
    Turman Room / MAJ Holston 
  4. Optional meeting for all ECBU Cadet Advisory Committee members
    TBD / COL Duncan 
  5. Mandatory pre-departure briefing for all cadets studying abroad in spring 2013
    SSH 501 / CAPT Irby 
  6. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in ME 201-03
    NEH 303 / COL Hardin 
  7. Mandatory for all 2nd, 3rd & 4th class Computer Science majors, oral capstone presentations given by 1st class CS majors
    Mallory 135 / COL Gluck 
 

19 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors
    MH 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  2. Mandatory for all English majors and recommended for all English minors, Fine Arts minors, and Writing minors, "Spotlight on Undergraduate Research"
    SSH 501 / CDR Hart
  3. Mandatory meeting for all 3rd class ME majors and Modern Language students interested in participating in the Germany Study Abroad during Summer 2013
    NEH Auditorium / COL Hardin
     
 

12 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory Cadet Counseling Training for 4th Class, 1st battalion cadets 
    Various Locations / LTC Jones 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 322-all sections
    NEH 701 / Ms. Hodges 
  3. Optional informational session for faculty - Interdisciplinary and Service Oriented Undergraduate Research
    Turman Room / Ms. Joyce
  4. Mandatory meeting for all 1st Class Economics & Business majors and faculty
    NEH Auditorium / COL Duncan  
  5. Mandatory talk for all 2nd Class cadets, optional for all other cadets, “Morality, Brotherhood, Honor”, given by Dr. Lad Sessions, Gottwald Chair
    Gillis Theatre / CAPT Rabern  
 

05 November 2012 

HB JOHNSON DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED
Mandatory for some classes (ie, EC 300-01,-02 & -03; EC 303-01,-02 & -03) optional for all other cadets, talk entitled "A Mathematical View of the Modern Battlefield", Dr. Keith Devlin, NPR "Math Guy"
Gillis Theatre / COL R. McDonald
 

29 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 322-all sections
    NEH 701 / Ms. Hodges 
  2. Optional informational session for faculty - Integrating Undergraduate Research into the Curriculum
    Turman Room / Ms. Joyce
  3. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors
    MH 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  4. Mandatory meeting for all Rat Class Economics & Business majors and faculty
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan 
  5. Mandatory make-up Academic Success workshop for all Rat cadets who missed the 27 Oct. workshop, EXCEPT BI and EC/BU MAJORS. Rats that need to attend include travel football, men's and women's rifle, men's and women's soccer, water polo, men's and women's cross country and women's rugby. All attendees need to bring paper, pen/pencil, and their Cadet Success Planner.
    NEH 514 / LTC Humphrey
     
  6. Mandatory STAMP assessment testing for 1st class MLC majors and double majors
    SSH Language Lab / COL Bulger-Barnett 
 

22 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory talk for all 2nd Class cadets, optional for all other cadets, “Morality, Brotherhood, Honor”,  given by Dr. Lad Sessions, Gottwald Chair 
    Gillis Theatre / CAPT Rabern 
     
  2. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in SE 300-02
    SSH 218 / CDR Hart 
  3. Mandatory meeting for all 3rd Class Economics & Business majors and faculty
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan  
  4. Mandatory for all graduating Modern Languages majors and double majors, Career Services Orientation
    SSH 117 / COL Cerkey 
  5. Mandatory meeting for all 3rd Class ME majors who could not attend the 15 October DTT mandatory meeting
    NEH Auditorium / COL Hardin 
 

15 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in SE 300-02
    SSH 218 / CDR Hart 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all 2nd Class Economics & Business majors and faculty
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan  
  3. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors
    MH 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  4. Mandatory for all Math and Computer Science majors, optional for all International Studies and History majors and faculty, lecture/discussion given by COL Daniel Shrimpton, US Army, HQ Department of the Army
    NEH Auditorium / COL Dewald 
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in ME 302
    NEH 303 / COL Hodges 
  6. Mandatory meeting for all 3rd Class ME majors.  Cadets not available at this time must attend the mandatory meeting held at DTT on 22 October
    NEH TBA / COL Hardin  
  7. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EN 203X-01 Baseball Literature
    SSH 219 / COL Baragona 
  8. Mandatory writing exercise review for cadets enrolled in HI 205W-03 and HI 205W-04
    SSH 501/502 / COL Wilkinson 
 

08 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 322-all sections
    NEH 701 / Ms. Hodges 
  2. Mandatory meeting for all Biology majors
    MH 135 / MAJ Moosman 
  3. Mandatory for all Physics majors, talk given by John Leacock '05, on the results of his collaborative research on the QWEAK experiment 
    MH 312 / LTC D. Topasna 
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 101
    SSH 219 / COL R. Thompson
 

03 October 2012 

S.T.E.M. CONFERENCE SPEAKER - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED
Mandatory for all cadets, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
Cameron Hall / CAPT Rabern
  

24 September 2012 

  1. Mandatory Cadet Counseling Training for 4th Class, 2nd battalion cadets 
    Various Locations / LTC Jones 
 

17 September 2012 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all Psychology majors
    Mallory Hall 135 / Ms. Waters
  2. Optional information meeting for all cadets interested in Spring 2013 study abroad, who have not attended a meeting this semester
    SSH 502 / CPT Irby 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 322-all sections
    NEH 701 / Ms. Hodges 
  4. Mandatory meeting for cadets enrolled in SE 300-07
    SSH 218 / COL Miller 
  5. Mandatory meeting for cadets enrolled in SE 300-17
    SSH 217/ COL C. McDonald 
  6. Mandatory meeting for all Rat Class Economics & Business majors and faculty
    SSH 501 / COL Duncan 
  7. Mandatory for all Chemistry majors, seminar about summer research opportunities given by cadets Corinne Lariviere and Abraham Jordan
    MBH 314 / COL Timmons 
  8. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 104-02
    NEH 601 / COL Sadler 
  9. Mandatory for all Rats except for Psychology, Chemistry, EC/BU majors and cadets enrolled in AC 101, Academic Strategies Workshop
    Gillis Theatre / LTC Humphrey 
 

12 September 2012 

ACADEMIC CONVOCATION - NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PERMITTED   
Mandatory for all cadets, Keynote address by Dr. Sherry Turkle,  
Cameron Hall / COL R. McDonald 

03 September 2012
  1. Mandatory Cadet Counseling Training for 4th Class, 1st battalion cadets 
    Various Locations / LTC Jones
  2. Optional information meeting for all cadets interested in Spring 2013 study abroad, who have not attended a meeting this semester
    SSH 501 / CPT Irby  
  3. Mandatory make-up class for all cadets enrolled in EC 303-all sections
    SSH 501 / COL Cobb