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 Evening Lecture Period Schedule  2012-2013

Date  

Wednesdays and Thursdays 1945-2100 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. 

02 May 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 202-11
    SSH 319 / Dr. Dimitrova-Grajzl 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BI 217-01
    Mallory Hall 210 / MAJ Alerding
  3. Mandatory pre-departure meeting for cadets studying in Morocco or Germany in summer 2013
    SSH 502 / CPT Irby
 

01 May 2013 

 
  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 202-13
    SSH 319 / Dr. Dimitrova-Grajzl 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 340-01
    SSH 319 / MAJ Hierman
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 403-01
    SSH 301 / MAJ Mornah
  4. Mandatory for cadets who could not attend 18 April meeting, orientation for cadets participating in SURI 2013
    NEH 501 / Ms. Hardin
  5. Mandatory pre-departure meeting for cadets studying in Hungary or Japan in summer 2013
    SSH 502 / CPT Irby
 

25 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory oral exams for cadets enrolled in PS 317-01
    Carroll Hall 416 / LTC Cotting
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 340-01
    SSH 319 / MAJ Hierman
  3. Optional for all cadets, Foreign Language Poetry Night
    Turman Room / COL Bulger-Barnett
 

24 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 330W-01
    SSH 239 / Ms. Storey
  2. Mandatory oral exams for cadets enrolled in PS 317-01
    Carroll Hall 416 / LTC Cotting
  3. Mandatory for all URS presenters and their faculty mentors, Keynote address given by Dr. Aaron Titus, Professor in the Department of Physics at High Point University
    Gillis Theatre / Ms. Hardin
  4. Optional for all cadets, faculty & staff, talk on the economics of being in NATO, given by Dr. Ghislain Dutheirl De La Rochere, professor at the French Military Academy at St. Cyr
    Turman Room / COLs Basu and Bulger-Barnett
     
 

18 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory orientation for cadets participating in SURI 2013
    NEH 501 / Ms. Hardin
  2. CANCELLED: Mandatory for cadets enrolled in IS 220-01 & -02 and IS 380-01, optional for all other interested cadets, faculty, staff and local community, talk given by James Shircliffe '01, FBI Staff and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council Sci-Tech Committee
    Turman Room / COL Burnett
     
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 306-03 & -04
    SSH 301 / MAJ Mornah
  4. Optional for cadets enrolled in Leadership Book Program, discussion with COL Ted Spain, co-author of  “Breaking Iraq: The Ten Mistakes That Broke Iraq” 
    CLE Shenandoah Room / Ms. Wirtanen
 

17 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory film screening for cadets enrolled in EN 202-02
    SSH 219 / MAJ Pennington
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 306-03 & -04
    SSH 301 / MAJ Mornah
 

11 April 2013  

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 435X-01
    SSH 401 / MAJ Sanborn 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in SE 300-03
    SSH 218 / COL Rachels 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in PS-344-01 & -02
    Carroll Hall 303 / LTC Cotting
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EE 122-01
    NEH 421 / COL Livingston
  5. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 210-01
    SSH 319 / MAJ Hierman
 

10 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 435X-01
    SSH 401 / MAJ Sanborn 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in MA 330WX-01
    Location: TBA / MAJ Herald
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EE 339-01
    NEH 404 / COL Livingston
 

04 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in WR 330W-01
    SSH 239 / Ms. Storey
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 470W-01
    SSH 401 / MAJ Hierman 
  3. Mandatory for all EC/BU majors, Roberts Lecture Series guest speaker, Burt W. Folsom, Jr., Editor of Continuity: a Journal of History. He is a frequent columnist in the libertarian Freeman magazine and also contributes to other publications writing in favorr of free market economics and limited government. 
    Gillis Theatre / COL Duncan 
 

03 April 2013 

  1. Mandatory film screening for cadets enrolled in WR 468W-01
    SSH 218 / MAJ Pennington  
  2. Mandatory National Leadership Honor Society Inductions; Omicron Delta Kappa, for approximately 35 select cadets from select departments majors and minors 
    Turman Room / BG Brower 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 330-01, -02, & -03
    SSH 301, 302 & 310 / Dr. Sen
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EC 202-12
    SSH 319 / Dr. Dimitrova-Grajzl 
  5. Optional for all cadets, faculty, staff and local community, talk given by Dr. Graydon Tunstall, on World War I as a global event.  Dr. Tunsall has written several books and articles on WW I, is a professor at the University of South Florida, and the Executive Director of Phi Alpha Theta, the national honors society for history
    NEH Auditorium / LTC Dowling 
  6. Optional exam period for cadets enrolled in EC 370-01 & -02
    SSH 319 / LTC J. Smith 
 

28 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 211, all sections
    Location TBA / COL Bush
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 310-01
    NEH 429 / COL Mullen 
 

27 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up review (Test 2. Comp day: 2 April) for cadets enrolled in EE 230-01
    NEH 428 / COL Squire
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 230-01 & -02
    Location: TBD / LTC MacDermott 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in MA 133-01
    Location: TBA / MAJ Herald

    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.  

 

21 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in HI 379, optional for other interested cadets, staff and general public, talk given by Professor Gary Sheffield, a distinguished military historian from Great Britain
    Turman Room / COL Jensen 
  2. Optional for cadets in the Cadet Leadership Book Program, and all other interested cadets, faculty and staff, book reading by Commander Kirk Lippold, who was the Commanding Officer of the USS Cole at the time she was attacked in Yemen
    CLE / CAPT Rabern 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled EN 378-01
    SSH 219 / COL Baragona 
 

20 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 211, all sections
    Location TBA / COL Bush
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in MA 330WX-01
    Location: TBA / MAJ Herald
  3. Optional for all interested cadets, faculty, staff and local community, talk on the subject of cyber terrorism given by CAPT Heidi Berg
    Gillis Theatre / Ms. Wirtanen 
 

07 March 2013 

  1. Optional talk "Major Power Status and the role of India and Brazil in the 21st Century" given by Thomas Volgy, Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of AZ, and Director of the International Studies Association
    Gillis Theatre / MAJ Rhamey 
  2. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in HI 385 and 1st & 2nd Class History majors, talk given by Dr. David Glantz '63, former US Army officer and expert on Soviet military history
    TBD / LTC Coleman 
 

06 March 2013 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in FA 340-01, Optional for all other cadets, faculty & local community, concert given by the Garth Newel Piano Quartet
    J.M. Hall / COL Badgett 
  2. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in HI 104 (all sections), talk given by Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer Professor Emeritus Ronald Hoffman, "The American Revolution as a Civil War"
    Gillis Theatre / COL McCleskey 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 340-01
    SSH 310 / MAJ Hierman 
 

28 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory for Honors Program cadets, optional for other cadets, faculty staff and local community, lecture & book signing, Mr. David Wharton, author of Small Town SouthTurman Room / COL R. McDonald
 

27 February 2013   

  1. Optional for all 3rd Class cadets, Life Skills Seminar on Planning for the Future
    501 or 502 SSH / LTC J. Smith
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CH 138-02
    Mallory Hall 211 / Dr. Raymond
 

21 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in PS 344-01 & -02
    Carroll Hall 303 / LTC Cotting 
 

20 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory film screening for cadets enrolled in WR468, 
    SSH 218 / MAJ Pennington  
 

14 February 2013 

 
  1. Mandatory meeting for cadets enrolled in CE 475
    NEH 601 / MAJ Moore  
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 230-01 and-02
    SSH 501 / MAJ Rhamey 
 

 13 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory meeting for cadets enrolled in CE 475
    NEH 601 / MAJ Moore 
 

07 February 2013 

  1. Optional for all cadets, faculty and local community, lecture on Arab Culture given by Prof. Mostafa Ouajjani, a senior lecturer of Arabic in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College
    Turman Room / Dr. Naoui Khir
     
 

06 February 2013 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in FA 340, optional for all other cadets, faculty & local community, concert given by the Baltimore Consort
    J. M. Hall / COL Badgett 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 220-01
    SSH 113 / COL Burnett 
 

31 January 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 435X-01
    SSH 401 / MAJ Sanborn  
  2. Optional informational meeting for all cadets, faculty and staff who are interested in traveling to Vietnam for spring furlough
    SSH 215 / Mr. Adams
 

30 January 2013 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 435X-01
    SSH 401 / MAJ Sanborn 
  2. Mandatory meeting for cadets interested in Hungary Summer Study Abroad Program
    SSH 438 / COL Burnett 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 371-01
    SSH 217 / Ms Heuer 
 

24 January 2013 

  1. Mandatory meeting for all IS second and third class IS majors on SURI
    SSH 501/502 / MAJ Hierman 
 

23 January 2013 

  1. Optional informational meeting for all cadets, faculty and staff who are interested in traveling to Vietnam for spring furlough
    SSH 215 / Mr. Adams
  2. Mandatory meeting for all cadets interested in participating in the 2013 Germany Summer Study Abroad program
    NEH 514 / COL Hardin & Ms. Hardin 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 380-01
    SSH 113 / COL Burnett 
 

17 January 2013 

  1. Optional for all 2nd Class cadets, Life Skills Seminar on Summer Opportunities
    502 SSH / COL Moreschi 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 211-01 & -02
    SSH 328 / COL Bush
 

16 January 2013 

 

08 December 2011 

 

06 December 2012 

  1. Mandatory for all Chemistry majors, presentation by faculty candidate
    TBA / LTC McCain 
  2. Optional class for cadets enrolled in EC 201-11-12 &-13
    SSH 501 / LTC J. Smith
  3. Optional for Physics majors, and other interested cadets, faculty and staff, lecture given by faculty candidate Dr. Christopher Bass, physicist at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
    Mallory Hall 135 / Ms. Byers 
  4. Mandatory for all cadets enrolled in IS 371, IS 376, and HNL 381, talk given by a field worker for past two Presidential campaigns, and advance travel staff for former President
    Turman Room / Mr. Blair
     
 

 05 Decemer 2012 

  1. Optional for all interested cadets, faculty and staff, Shepherd Poverty Program Internship informational session
    Turman Room / MAJ Herald
  2. Mandatory class for cadets enrolled in EC 405-01
    SSH 319 / LTC Allen
 
29 November 2012
  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in EC 306-04, movie at 2000 hrs.
    Turman Room / MAJ Dimitrova-Grajzl 
  2. Mandatory meeting for cadets enrolled in PS 201-02
    Carroll Hall 303 / LTC Cotting 
  3. Mandatory for all Chemistry majors, presentation by faculty candidate
    TBA / LTC McCain 
 

28 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 317-01
    SSH 319 / Mr. Macdonald 
  2. Mandatory Cultural Awareness Workshop for all cadets studying abroad in spring 2013
    KH 2089A / MAJ Irby 
 

15 November 2012 

 

14 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory film for all cadets enrolled in EN 202
    SSH 219 / MAJ Pennington 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CH 137-02
    Mallory Hall 119 / Dr. Raymond
 

08 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in EC 435XW-01 & -02, movie at 2000 hrs.
    Turman Room / MAJ Dimitrova-Grajzl 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in HI 385-01 & -02
    SSH 502 / Dr. Coleman 
 

07 November 2012  

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in BU 330-01 & -02 and WR 342W, talk given by Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor in Media Studies and Chair, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia 
    NEH Auditorium / CDR Hart and MAJ Gerow 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CH 137-02
    Mallory Hall 119 / Dr. Raymond
  3. Mandatory OPIc assessment testing for cadets who went on Morocco summer 2012 Program: KILLIAN BUCKLEY; ISAAC COPES; JOHN FOLTA; SARAH HEDGES; WESLEY JACOBS; MARK JOYCE; TESSA SCHLICTING; PARKER BLAZEVICH; THOMAS BROWN; JAMESON GOODELL; CAMERON GULCZYNSKI; RAY MONTOLIN; LAUREN WEINBERG
    SSH Language Lab / COL Bulger-Barnett 
     
 

01 November 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 272-01, -02 & -03
    NEH Auditorium or Library / LTC Newhouse 
 

31 October 2012 

  1. Optional for cadets, faculty, staff and local community ,talk given by Dennis Pogue "George Washington and the Beginning of the American Whiskey Industry"
    NEH Auditorium / Mr. Coffey 
 

25 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in EC 435XW-01 & -02, movie at 2000 hrs.
    Turman Room / MAJ Dimitrova-Grajzl 
 

24 October 2012 

 
  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EN 376
    SSH 210 / COL R. Thompson
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 310
    NEH 429 / COL Mullen 
 

18 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 210
    SSH 328 / COL Bush
  2. Optional for cadets, faculty, staff and local community, talk given by Dr. Jon E. Lendon, one of the leading authorities on ancient Greek warfare, and particularly on the Greek phalanx
    NEH Auditorium / LTC Dowling
     
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EE 431
    NEH 428 / COL Squire
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 340-01 & -02
    SSH 219 / MAJ Hierman 
  5. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in IS 230, activity on political party formation
    SSH 209 / MAJ Rhamey 
 

17 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 419-01 & -02
    TBD / LTC MacDermott 
  2. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in IS 230, activity on political party formation
    SSH 209 / MAJ Rhamey 
 

11 October 2012     

  1. Mandatory midterm examination for all cadets enrolled in PS 344-01 & -02
    Carroll Hall 303 / LTC Cotting 
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 321-02
    NEH 439 / MAJ Moore 
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EE 223 (for a class that will be canceled on 17 Oct)
    NEH 428 / COL Squire
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in EN 209
    SSH 219 / COL R. Thompson
 

10 October 2012 

  1. Mandatory for cadets enrolled in HI 205W-01 & -02 and HI 200-02, optional recommended attendance for other HI 205 sections, Society of the Cincinnati lecture given by Professor Emeritus Peter Onuf
    Turman Room / COL McCleskey 
  2. Optional for all cadets, Cambridge Associates information session
    NEH Auditorium / Ms. Taylor
  3. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 321-01
    NEH 439 / MAJ Moore 
  4. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in IS 334X
    SSH 401 / MAJ Hierman 
 

04 October 2012  

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 210
    SSH 328 / COL Bush
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in CE 412, 2000-2100 hrs.
    NEH 438 / BG Schneiter 
 

03 October 2012 

  1. Optional for all engineering major cadets, Clark Builders informational session
    NEH Auditorium / Ms. Taylor
  2. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 230
    TBD / LTC MacDermott 
  3. Optional meeting for all cadets interested in summer 2013 study abroad in Hungary, with Director of ERASMUS Programs and co-Director of VMI-ZMNE Academic Summer Program in Budapest, Dr. Nemeth and COL Burnett
    SSH 438 / COL Burnett
     
 

27 September 2012 

  1. Optional talk for all cadets, faculty & local community, “The Creative Art of Crime Reporting: Journalism and Metafiction in Claudia Piñeiro’s Betibú and Alberto Fuguet’s Tinta roja” given by Dr. Iana Konstanti, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Southern Virginia University
    Preston Library / Dr. Faundez-Reitsma 
 

26 September 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 230
    TBD / LTC MacDermott 
  2. Mandatory for all 3rd Class International Studies majors, talk given by Dr. James Carafano, Director, Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, author of "Wiki at War: Conflict in a Socially Networked World" 
    Turman Room / Mr. Blair 
 

20 September 2012  

 

19 September 2012 

  1. Optional for cadets interested in study abroad, Study Abroad Fair
    PX / CPT Irby 
 

13 September 2012 

  1. Optional for all cadets, faculty & local community, Place and Identity in Higher Education Roundtable
    Turman Room / MAJ Pennington 
 

12 September 2012 

 

06 September 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 210
    SSH 328 / COL Bush
  2. Mandatory study abroad re-entry night, for all cadets who studied abroad in Spring 2012
    Turman Room / CPT Irby 
 

05 September 2012 

  1. Mandatory study abroad re-entry night, for all cadets who studied abroad in Spring 2012
    Turman Room / CPT Irby 
 

30 August 2012 

  1. Mandatory make-up class for cadets enrolled in BU 210
    SSH 501 / COL Bush
 

29 August 2012