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Literacy Story Booths and the Spilman Symposium on Issues in Teaching Writing are two language-related events occurring at VMI on Sept. 25 and 26.

The VMI Mail Room, which handles all mail to offices on post and mail to all cadets, is moving to a new location on the Concourse Level of New Barracks today. Packages to cadets will require a different address.

The Virginia Military Institute host a two-day conference to explore the role of the Citizen Soldier as Protector of the Homeland.  The conference will be held Sept. 18 and 19 at Marshall Hall at VMI.

The George C. Marshall Foundation and Virginia Military Institute will co-host a symposium on Oct. 23 and 24 on George C. Marshall: Servant of the American Nation .  It will focus on the remarkable legacy of General George C. Marshall. 

Dr. Rushworth Kidder, a noted ethicists, addessed the 1,500 members of the VMI Corps of Cadets at the Institute's academic convocation.

Rushworth Kidder, president and founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, will deliver the keynote address at the Virginia Military Institute's academic convocation on Sept. 9. The event is free and open to the public, and it will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Cameron Hall.

The John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis at the Virginia Military Institute announced the winners of its 2008-09 Cold War essay contest today.

A new program being launched by VMI's Center for Leadership and Ethics on Sept. 4, "Friday Nite at the Movies," is a twice-monthly film series exploring questions of leadership and ethics through the medium of film.

New rules will be in force beginning with this Saturday's game for parking on post during games and for tailgating, and a new location has been set for remote parking and shuttle service to games.

Cases of H1N1 "swine" flu are expected this fall on the VMI Post as on campuses across the United States, and VMI is well prepared.

The 490 new cadets matriculating Saturday at VMI and their families faced adversity almost from the start as a downpour soaked many attempting to move their belongings into barracks and the 30 or so volunteers from the VMI Parents Council offering assistance.

Virginia Military Institute kept its place in the top rank of liberal arts colleges in the latest ranking released today by U.S. News & World Report .

The VMI community mourns he loss of two retired professors during the summer with the dealth of Col. Albert Deal in August and the death of Dr. Dean B. Foster in June.

VMI’s Superintendent, Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, has endorsed Grow By Degrees, a campaign initiated by the Virginia Business Higher Education Council.

The Center for Leadship and Ethics brings aboard new employees, preparing the way for an active season of conferences.

The VMI Bookstore and the Post Exchange – the snack bar area in the Lejeune Hall portion of the Barracks complex, will be closed July 27 to July 31.

A surprising bequest made by Robert B. Rust Jr. '34 makes $14 million to fund an endowment to support scholarships to VMI cadets.

The VMI Foundation and the VMI Keydet Club announced that the number of alumni who made a gift to VMI increased 11.7 percent for the fiscal year that ended June 30 as compared to the previous fiscal year.

VMI Summer Theatre will present Agatha Christie’s classic murder-mystery, “The Mousetrap.” on July 15, 16, 17, and 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Gillis Theater, Marshall Hall, Center for Leadership and Ethics, at VMI.

The Virginia Military Institute has been named the winner of the Big South Conference’s annual Institutional Sportsmanship Award for the 2008-09 athletic season, it was announced by the League office.  VMI receives the honor for the fourth consecutive year and has claimed the honor all four years of the award’s history.

The linchpin role that the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces play in the defense of the American homeland will be the topic of a national conference this September at Virginia Military Institute.  

Virginia Military Institute’s program to recruit women cadets will receive a grand gold medal from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at its annual Summit for Advancement Leaders in San Francisco on July 9

The VMI Theatre will present Oscar Wilde's “The Importance Of Being Earnest,” as its first summer production beginning Wednesday, June 10, and running through Saturday, June 13.

Walter C. Perrin II ’62, president of the VMI Foundation, announced May 1 that this year’s Distinguished Service Award, chosen by unanimous vote of the VMI Foundation’s Board of Trustees, will honor John C. Allen ’62.

Many Virginia Military Institute faculty, staff and cadets were honored at the annual Institute Awards convocation on May 14.

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus shook the hand of each of the 249 members of the VMI Class of 2009 after they accepted their diplomas. Many of the 128 graduates who commissioned the day before will serve in the area of operations he is responsible for as commander of U.S. Central Command.

Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn, U.S. Marine Corps deputy commandant for combat development and integration, called commissioning VMI cadets the “greatest” of their generation during VMI’s commissioning ceremony today in Cameron Hall on the VMI Post. 

When Cadet Nick Campbell gives his valedictory address to his Brother Rats on May 16, he will focus on the people who have helped make his cadetship at the Virginia Military Institute successful.

Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III '62, superintendent, announced today that Col. James E. Turner ’65 has been named head of the Department of Biology effective June 1.

Felicia Matheny, benefits administrator in the Institute’s Office of Human Resources, was one of six state employees to receive the Governor’s Award for Public Service today.

Cmdr. Michael J. Sebastino has been named Virginia Military Institute’s assistant dean for academic administration and planning, Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, superintendent, announced today.

More than 2,000 Civil War reenactors are expected to take part in the 145th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of New Market, May 16-17. 

Virginia Military Institute Superintendent General J.H. Binford Peay III, ’62, announced today that Colonel Jeffrey H. Curtis, VMI Class of 1979 and a native of The Plains, Va.,  will assume the duties of Chief of Staff on 1 July 2009.

A planning effort extending over several years and that even included an exercise in the fall is paying off as VMI prepares to deal with swine flu if the illness emerges at the Institute.

The cost of attending Virginia Military Institute will increase 5.8 percent for Virginia residents and 4.8 percent for out-of-state residents for the academic year beginning in August.

Two probable cases of swine flu were reported at Washington and Lee University. VMI has not cases at this time.

False reports have been circulating on some talk television and radio programs and on the Internet alleging that cadets are routinely waterboarded at VMI as part of a “ritualized hazing.”

As the granddaughter of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Susan Eisenhower knows quite a bit about history. On April 27 in an address the Virginia Military Institute community, she drew upon the history her grandfather.

Lt. Col. Daren Timmons has been named Head of the Department of Chemistry effective July 1, Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III ’62 announced today.

VMI’s annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) held earlier this month generated a wealth of projects and the addition of the VMI Exhibition of the Arts.

The situation surrounding the emergence of Swine flu in Mexico is creating headlines, but at this time there doesn't appear to be any need for concern from the VMI community beyond heightened awareness.

Pete du Pont, former governor of Delaware, represented the du Pont family at the unveiling of a plaque honoring his ancestor, Henry A. du Pont (1838-1926), in the foyer of Virginia Military Institute’s Jackson Memorial Hall on April 21.

VMI is making available a live webcast of the first annual historical symposium sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission on Wednesday, April 29, in the Turman Room of Preston Library.

Robert Mrazek, former US Congressman and author of A Dawn Like Thunder--The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight, will present a public lecture Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 pm in the VMI Museum

Dr. Lewis Sorley, the Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. ’43 Visiting Professor of Leadership and Ethics at VMI, will present the inaugural Class Lecture to all members of the Class of 2009 at 7:45 p.m., Thursday, April 9, in the Gillis Theater in the Center for Leadership and Ethics at Marshall Hall.

Gerry Jones, a Marine veteran of World War II and businessman and contemporary observer possessing five decades of experience with China, will present two lectures at Virginia military Institute on Monday, April 13. 

The Virginia Environment Symposium has presented its 2009 Erchul Environmental Leadership Award to Ann F. Jennings, Virginia executive director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF).

Capt. John E. Riester Jr., has been named head of the Department of Civiland Environmental Engineering  and  Lt. Col. Troy Siemers has been appointed as the new head of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Gov. Tim Kaine took time away from the Environment Virginia Conference today to dedicate the renovated and enlarged Kilbourne Hall, home of Virginia Military Institute’s ROTC programs.

A female cadet reported she was the victim of a sexual assault this weekend

Dr. Allan R. Millett, director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans and one of the nation’s distinguished military historians, will present talk on the involvement of U.S. military advisers during the Korean War.

Photographer Mark Steinmetz will give a slide show presentation and discuss his work at Virginia Military Institute on April 2.  The presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the Turman Room, Preston Library, and is free and open to the public.

Two sides in the war of words over nuclear energy production will meet March 25 to discuss the issue at Virginia Military Institute.

National and state environmental leaders will join with members of the public and private sectors to exchange information and transfer technology at the 20^th annual Environment Virginia Symposium March 31-April 2

Former state Sen. Elmon T. Gray will be presented with Virginia Military Institute’s prestigious Harry F. Byrd Jr. ’35 Public Service Award on March 27.

The parade scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, has been canceled.

Engineering students from Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Tech will go head-to-head on March 28 to see which team can best use the medieval weapons they built.

Army General David H. Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, will deliver the commencement address to Virginia Military Institute’s graduating cadets on May 16.

Virginia Military Institute’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will host Robotics Day 2009 from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, in the main level of Cocke Hall.

The Regimental Band heads to perform in a number of events associated with the Mardi Gras in Mobile, Ala., Feb. 21-24.

The VMI College Bowl team competed in the fourth annual Big South College Bowl Tournament at Gardner-Webb University earlier this month, finishing with a record of 5-1, second out of seven teams behind the University of North Carolina-Asheville.

Virginia Military Institute Professor Col. Gary Rogers explains how one of VMI’s founders, Col. Claudius Crozet, engineered what at the time was the longest railroad tunnel in the world Feb. 21-26 on With Good Reason, a weekly, half-hour public radio program that features scholars from Virginia’s public universities and colleges.

Col. Malcom Muir discusses whether a newly powerful Russia suggests the possibility of a second Cold War Feb. 14-19 on With Good Reason, a weekly, half-hour public radio program that features scholars from Virginia’s public universities and colleges.

Military Historian Andrew A. Wiest will discuss the role of the South Vietnamese military and the country’s flawed alliance with the United States in a talk at Virginia Military Institute on Thursday evening, Feb. 19.

Colonel Robert L. McDonald has been named Virginia Military Institute’s Acting Deputy Superintendent for Academics and Dean of the Faculty.

A funeral service for Colonel William J. Stockwell has been set for 11 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 7) at Jackson Memorial Hall at Virginia Military Institute.

The Corps of Cadets marched past the presidential reviewing stand at President Obama’s inauguration and drew praise from the Superintendent.

C-Span appears to be the safest bet to view the Corps marching past in the presidential inaugural parade, though other cable and broadcast television may show it.

Marines with the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will land aircraft on the Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground and bring demonstration teams for a community outreach day Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Virginia Military Institute’s 16-piece jazz band, the “VMI Commanders,” will be taking the show on the road Jan. 4-11 to perform several engagements in Germany.

The Virginia Military Institute Foundation has begun a national search for a new chief executive officer.

Cadet Adam Green, an international studies major who has spent the fall semester at the Moulay Ismail University in Morocco, joined with a Moroccan student to organized a forum to allow an open dialog between Moroccan and U.S. students.

New Admissions site designed to appeal to 14- to 17-year-olds

Two guards will be posted to the Third Barracks Tuesday, marking the occupancy by the Corps of Cadets of the addition to Virginia Military Institute’s barracks complex.

Instructions for Visitors on Nov. 8 – Military Appreciation Day LEXINGTON, Va., Nov. 6, 2008 – Visitors to the Saturday (Nov. 8) events will notice enhanced security at Virginia Military Institute as Vice President Dick Cheney reviews the Corps of

Cadets were evacuated from the Virginia Military Institute Barracks Tuesday morning after a natural gas line was broken at the Third Barracks construction site.

Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy, a noted historian of the Roman army, will discuss ancient warfare this Thursday (Nov. 6) in the auditorium of VMI’s Nichols Engineering Building.

Retired Marine Col. John W. Ripley, who served as professor of naval science at VMI from August 1990 to June 1992, died Oct. 28.

VMI is developing plans to deal with expected high turnout for events on Nov. 8 and with parking constrictions due to security requirements surrounding the visit that day by Vice President Dick Cheney.

James L. Adams ’71 has announced his retirement as the executive vice president of the VMI Foundation, effective June 30, 2009.

Two VMI alumni will join Author Donna Foote next week in a discussion of her book about Teach for America.

VMI will conduct an exercise of its pandemic flu plan Oct. 28-30 in conjunction with its annual adminstration of flu shots to cadets.

Lt. Col. David Hess The Superintendent regrets to inform the VMI community of the death of Lieutenant Colonel David E. Hess Jr., head of media services for Preston Library. He was found dead in his home in Buena Vista on

Mark Perry, the author of Partners in Command: George C. Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace (2007), will present a public lecture titled “Marshall and Eisenhower.” 

James N. McPherson, one of the most celebrated living historians of the American Civil War will present a public lecture at VMI titled “Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.”

Garrett Peck '90 is featured speaker for Friends of Preston Library's fall meeting on Oct. 17.

VMI has been named the winner of the Big South Conference’s annual Institutional Sportsmanship Award for the 2007-08 athletic season.

CNN Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and Yale Law Professor Stephen Carter kick off VMI's Distinguished Speaker Series with presentations Sept. 17 and Sept. 22 respectively.

VMI Cadet Ira Gallagher ’09 placed 10th in his age group in the long distance triathlon world championships held in Almere, Holland, Aug. 31.

A collection of Civil War-themed art donated by VMI Alumnus Robert A. Raeburn '51 will be displayed at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park’s Hall of Valor Museum.

Virginia Military Institute kept its place in the top rank of liberal arts colleges in the latest ranking released by U.S. News & World Report.

Cadet Robert R. Knight '11 died in an early morning automobile accident on Aug. 16, 2008.

Forbes magazine ranked VMI on its list of America’s Best Public Colleges this week. VMI ranked No. 9 in the list of public colleges.

Four VMI cadets, Noah L.W. Scribner ’09, Jonathan H. Fanelli ’10, Edward C. Burton ’10, and Leah-Hao Wu ’10, returned recently from VMI’s third summer program in Kanazawa, Japan, a city located about 300 miles west of Tokyo.

Twenty-one cadets are scheduled to present findings from their summer research projects July 25.

Col. James E. Turner ’65, VMI professor of biology/chemistry and director of undergraduate research, has recently published a research article in the journal Brain Research. Co-authors on the paper were six of Turner’s undergraduate researchers.

William L. McMillan III, 22, died July 8 of wounds suffered when his patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device.

Two Institute Honors cadets and Col. James E. Turner ’65, VMI director of undergraduate research and professor of biology/chemistry, presented posters at the 8th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison June 25-29.

The VMI Theatre will present Characters! Characters! Wednesdays through Fridays, July 9-11 and 16-18, at 7:30 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium at VMI.  The play is a revue featuring glimpses of memorable characters from literature, folklore, theatre and music.

Expanded activities for children and families will add color and excitement for the thousands of people who flock to the BB&T Hot-Air Balloon Rally this Fourth of July week. VMI will be host for the event, organized for the 12th consecutive year by Lexington’s Sunrise Rotary Club.

VMI Cadet Ira Gallagher ’09 has earned a spot on Team USA to compete in the International Triathlon Union Long Course World Championships in Almere, Holland, this Aug. 20.

The recycling of 70,948 pounds of material on Post spring semester won VMI first-place honors at the state level in the 10-week RecycleMania Per Capita Classic competition.

Each summer, a crew of high school and college students helps the VMI Physical Plant prepare Post for the coming academic year. 

VMI’s Center for Molecular, Cellular and Biological Chemistry has received a $198,002 grant from the Commonwealth Health Research Board. 

Col. Rose Mary Sheldon, head of VMI’s history department, spoke at the IV International Festival of History sponsored by the Libreria Editrice Goriziana in Gorizia, Italy, May 14-19.

VMI faculty, staff and cadets who have distinguished themselves were recognized May 14 at the Institute’s annual awards convocation in Cameron Hall.

Before and after May final examinations at VMI, the Corps of Cadets got a chance to blow off some steam, thanks to the enterprising cadets on the S-7 Cadet Life staff.

VMI English Professor Alan Baragona explains how to understand the Early English pronunciations and phrases of Georffrey Chaucer's 14th century writings.

Selected cadets at Virginia Military Institute will benefit from a more robust Arabic language program, and the college will become a model for how other schools can teach the language, thanks to a grant award announced last week.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was the choice of speakers for the graduating class at the Virginia Military Institute at its commencement on May 16 in Cameron Hall.  The day before, 52 percent of the 246 members of the class commissioned into the U.S. military

The cost of attending Virginia Military Institute will increase 5.2 percent for Virginia residents and 5.9 percent for out-of-state residents for the academic year beginning in August.
 

The VMI Board of Visitors has signed a new contract with Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III '62, extending his term as superintendent to 2013.

Virginia Military Institute has scheduled a memorial service for Marine 1st Sgt. Luke C. Mercardante, a former ROTC instructor at the college who was killed in Afghanistan last month.

 The Virginia General Assembly included funds in a state bond issue to improve VMI’s Military and Leadership Field Training Grounds and to develop detailed plans to renovate the Science Building.

Marine 1st Sgt. Luke Mercardante, who served on the staff of the VMI Naval ROTC unit from 2002 to 2005, was killed in action in Afghanistan on April 15, according to a Department of Defense news release.

The VMI community will observe the anniversary of last year's mass shootings at Virginia Tech with a short memorial program beginning at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow (April 16).

The VMI Theatre, in cahoots with the Panhandle Playhouse, will present A Potluck Panorama of One-Act Plays and Music, featuring Western Wit and Continental Capers.

David Gergen, editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report and a professor of public service at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and director of its Center for Public Leadership, will speak to the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets at 11:15 a.m. on April 22 in Cameron Hall.

 Much of the work done by Virginia Military Institute cadets during Spring FTX was neither glamorous nor exciting. But all indications are it was for the betterment of the community and much appreciated.

The lessons VMI’s cadets learn about duty and honor combined with the high moral code they live by in the Barracks will prepare them for world

The 6th Annual Virginia Military Institute Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) will be held on April 3.

The 19^th Annual Environment Virginia Symposium will take place April 1-3 at the Virginia Military Institute. 

An interview of Col. Gordon Ball, professor of English, concerning the upcoming VMI-sponsored poetry symposium will be broadcast this Thursday (March 27) on public radio station WVTF.

The public is invited to the March 26 presentation to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Harry F. Byrd Jr. '35 Public Service Award.

VMI will hold its first poetry symposium April 4-5.  Friday evening readings by 2006 Pulitzer prize-winning poet Claudia Emerson and poet and Vietnam veteran Bruce Weigl will kick off the event, called “The Power of Poetry.”

Mike Bozeman, who has guided VMI Track and Field as head coach for the past 23 years, will retire at the conclusion of the 2008 outdoor season.

Emergency response agencies will test their plans during an exercise at VMI on March 17.

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will receive the Harry F. Byrd Jr. ’35 Public Service Award at a ceremony at the Virginia Military Institute on March 26.

Coach Sparky Woods is welcomed to VMI football.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Rick Atkinson will speak to the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets at 11:15 a.m. on Feb. 26 in Cameron Hall.

Retired intgelligence official W. Pagtrick Lang will discuss the value of language and culture at a public lecture.

Virginia Military Institute conducted a mass notification and evacuation exercise yesterday to test its ability to respond to emergency situations.

Keydets finish 2006-07 season with a 3.20 GPA.

Los Angles television station KTLA has placed a clip of the VMI Regimental and Pipes Band on its web site showing the cadets marching past the reviewing stand.

The Regimental Band will participate in Tuesday's Tournament of Roses Parade, but first cadets are engaged in practices and some preliminary events.

Twenty-three cadets walked across the stage in Jackson Memorial Hall today to receive diplomas from Virginia Military Institute during the Institute’s December commencement exercises.

VMI has three projects among those of public colleges and universities in a general obligation bond issue proposed by the governor.

The Regimental Band is preparing for its participation in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Roanoke Times was on hand for one of the band's practice sessions.

Col. James J. Hentz, head of the Department of International Studies and Political Science at Virginia Military Institute, has been awarded the Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellowship at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute.

Cadet Robert M. Frazier, a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and a cadet was awarded the Marine Commandant’s Trophy.

 The newly renovated annex to Virginia Military Institute’s primary physical education facility was dedicated today in honor of Dr. Clark King, who for nearly 40 years helped

A worker died Thursday, Dec. 6, in an accident at the Third Barracks construction site at Virginia Military Institute. VMI Police and the local rescue squad were called to

Cadets and faculty members will perform at a piano recital Friday at 7 p.m. in the Glee Club Room in Maury Brook Hall. Participating in the recital are cadets

The upcoming appearance of the VMI Regimental Band in the Rose Bowl Parade on Jan. 1 was the subject of recent news stories. WDBJ TV, CBS, Roanoke, Dec. 5 WSLS

Dr. Larry I. Bland, editor of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, historian, author, and teacher, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Lexington, Va.  He was 67

In late November and early December, the VMI Regimental Band and Pipe Band will be preparing in earnest for their highest

Photographs that appear in photo galleries on the VMI Web site are now for sale at www.vmi.edu photostore. The online photo store helps solve the problem of too many

Next to graduation, Ring Figure is the most significant milestone in the life of a VMI Cadet. “The Ring Figure Committee and

Col. David A. Rachels, professor of English and fine arts at Virginia Military Institute, will discuss his latest book, Mark Twain’s Civil War, at a lecture

VMI announced today that Cadet George W. “Will” Flathers III has received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, a two year opportunity for study in the United Kingdom that is

State Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., a 1968 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, praised the 1,300 members of the Institute’s Corps of Cadets for preparing themselves for

Members of the Cadet Battery at VMI will fire practice rounds Thursday in preparation for Friday’s Founders Day activities. VMI officials say no one should be alarmed by

Brig. Gen. Charles F. Brower IV, deputy superintendent for academics and dean of faculty, has informed VMI Superintendent General J.H. Binford Peay III of

By day Jon Meacham supervises national and international coverage of current events as editor of Newsweek magazine. By night he researches and writes

Dr. Thomas Buckley, professor of religious history at the Jesuit Theological Seminary at Berkeley, will deliver a lecture entitled “Reading Religious Freedom Differently Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson” Nov.

Dr. Glenn Bugh, associate professor of history at Virginia Tech, will discuss “Greek Warfare after Alexander the Great” in the auditorium of Virginia Military Institute’s Nichols Engineering

Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and author of the New York Times and Washington Post bestseller American Gospel   God, the Founding Fathers, and

It is a wet, dark, and dreary night.  The ground is muddy and puddles of water are everywhere.  It is Sunday evening after the Battle of New Market,

VMI Foundation President J. Robert Philpott, Jr. ’68, the 19th president of the VMI Foundation died Oct. 6, 2007, in Charlotte, N.C.. Mr. Philpott joined the VMI Foundation Board of Trustees in 2001. During

Beginning Nov. 1, VMI will no longer send bills through the mail.  All invoices for tuition, fees and cadet charges, including hospital bills, library fines, breakage and uniform charges, will

ROTC FTX Gets Taste of Enhanced Leadership Training Grounds By Bob Holland LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2007 – The ROTC Fall Field Training Exercises covered much territory and many motivational and training activities for future military officers the weekend of

VMI to Co Sponsor Conference on U.S. Citizen Soldier LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2007 – The Virginia Military Institute continues its association with the McCormick Tribune Foundation by co sponsoring “The U.S. Citizen Soldier at War   A Retrospective Look and

VMI Theatre to Present Medieval Comedy The VMI Theatre will present THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING, a romantic medieval comedy by Christopher Fry, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 17, 18, 19, 20 October, at 8 00 p.m., and Sunday

VMI Faculty Discuss Leadership, Civil Liberties on Public Radio LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 3, 2007 – Col. Stewart Husted, professor of economics and business at Virginia Military Institute, and Maj. Dennis Foster, assistant professor of international studies, will be a featured

History of Jamestown Commemorations Topic of Talk LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2007 – Dr. John D’Entremont, Theodore H. Jack Professor at Randolph College in Lynchburg, will deliver a lecture in observance of Virginia’s 400th anniversary in the Turman Room of

Constitution Day Sparks Lively Debate LEXINTON, Va., Oct. 1, 2007 – It’s likely the opinions about the separation of church and state were as varied among panelists in a Constitution Day discussion at the Virginia Military Institute as those held

VMI to Co Sponsor Conference on U.S. Citizen Soldier LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2007 – The Virginia Military Institute will continue its association with the McCormick Tribune Foundation by co sponsoring “The U.S. Citizen Soldier at War   A Retrospective

Civil War Horse Undergoes Make over By Col. Keith Gibson VMI Museum LEXINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2007 – It has been over 25 years since “Little Sorrel” last received conservation but the project that is currently underway is the most

Virginia Military Institute will observe Constitution Day with a panel discussion entitled “A Wall of Separation?  Church, State and the Founding Fathers,” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17

Inside VMI Sept. 7 Current and Upcoming Events. First Reunion Weekend, 7 – 9 September Alumni Board Meeting, 7 – 8 September Parade, 7 September, 4 35 p.m. Parade, 8 September, 10 30 a.m. Football vs. William & Mary, 8

Best-selling author Michael Beschloss will deliver the keynote address at the Virginia Military Institute's academic convocation on Sept. 18.

Football fans who plan to park on the Parade Ground for Saturday's game against Lock Haven University will be required to pay a $10 fee. The fee will be in effect for all home football games.

On Sunday, Sept. 2, VMI's newest cadet class, the Class of 2011, which matriculated Saturday, will travel the 75 miles north to New Market Battlefield State Historical Park for a serious taste of what this tradition is all about.

Even on the most witheringly hot and humid days of August, optimism about the course of club rugby at VMI during this new academic year was in full bloom.

The Class of 2011 passed through the tough instructional period prior to the beginning of classes known as Cadre Week (really a 10-day period) and culminating in the Rat Crucible.

Virginia Military Institute has postponed its Academic Convocation because the featured speaker is unable to attend.

A first-ever “Identity Standards Policy”, (General Order number 42) has been approved by the Superintendent. A manual to define the policy in detail is available on the VMI website at the Communications & Marketing webpage, under the publications directory.  The “Identity Standards Manual” is a desk reference guide that illustrates the Policy, sets standards and provides a uniform code for the use of VMI identifiers; the logo, the watermark, and the official the tag line, VMI:  “Great Challenge. Lifetime Reward”.

VMI has received a number of emails and calls from alumni who are angry about a recent news media story circulating on web news sites, with a picture of a 40-year old North Carolina high school track coach wearing a VMI basketball T-shirt, who married one of his students in what may have been an attempt to avoid sex offender charges.

Recent Virginia Military Institute graduate Chris Fields has been selected as one of 34 individuals to receive a graduate scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.  The scholarship will cover tuition, room, board, fees and books up to $50,000 annually for Fields’ study at Washington and Lee Law School in Lexington.

'07 Grad Saves Swimmers LEXINGTION, Va. June 28, 2007 – Recent VMI graduate Chris Guy, working this summer as a lifeguard in Newport News before entering duty with the Coast Guard, saved two girls from drowning on July 27. Read

Cadet Sarah McIntosh '10 is mobilizing with her National Guard unit and expects to be deployed to Iraq later this summer.

Grease is the word. Yellow grease, to be specific.  Two cadets from Virginia Military Institute are wrapping up six weeks worth of work with Banff 's UTSB Research, having studied the feasibility of having a locally sourced supply of biodiesel to run the Banff Airporter's fleet of vans and buses.

More than 460 cadets signed the matriculation book, received uniforms, said goodbye to family and friends, and began the rigorous 10-day introduction to life as a Rat before classes begin on Aug. 28.

Naval Aviator Lt. Ryan K. Betton, a 1998 graduate of Virginia Military Institute, died Aug. 15 in a training accident when his aircraft crashed during a nighttime training operation, according to a Department of Defense announcement.

Inside this issue: Matriculation, Marshall Exhibit, Corps Returns, Academic Convocation, Website Launch delayed

Virginia Military Institute reached its highest overall ranking ever among both public and private liberal arts colleges in the 2007 U.S. News & World Report rankings released today. In addition, VMI is ranked as the No. 3 public liberal arts college in the new rankings. There are 27 public liberal arts colleges.

Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter, recognized by Time magazine as one of the 50 leaders of the next century, will deliver the keynote address at the Virginia Military Institute's academic convocation on Thursday, Aug. 30.  Carter's talk, "Excellence and Integrity," will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Cameron Hall, and it is free and open to the public.

When Matriculation Day for the Class of 2011 begins at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 18 in Cameron Hall, VMI will welcome a new class of more than 460 matriculants.  More than 40 of the new cadets will be women. This matriculation marks the 10th anniversary of the assimilation of women into the Corps of Cadets.

Inside this issue: Matriculation, new VMI Website, Roanoke Times news article concerning the 10-year anniversary of the admission of the first class including women to the institute, Corps Returns, Academic Convocatioin

After several years of increasing costs of parking and operational requirements associated with major football weekends, Virginia Military Institute is implementing a new policy requiring people attending home football games to pay a $10 fee to park on the Institute's Parade Ground.