VMI's outgoing superintendent reflects on his time at VMI and his hopes for the future of the Institute.

Col. Kathleen Bulger-Barnett, professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, was recently initiated into the Order of José Martí, one of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s highest honors.

VMI’s College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) program, co-sponsored by the Center for Leadership and Ethics (CLE) and the Building BRIDGES service club, had a full and varied spring semester, covering topics ranging from societal issues to those internal to VMI.

Virginia Military Institute is pleased to announce that, beginning July 14, Barnes & Noble College will assume management of all course materials, as well as the retail and online operations of the VMI Bookstore.

Col. Jim Squire, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Military Institute, shares that engineering is full of creativity, rather than being stoic and fixed, on the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” starting May 24.

The VMI Community Theatre will hold auditions for its summer show, “Summer Showcase,” consisting of three one-act plays, Monday, June 2 through Thursday, June 5 at 7:45 p.m. each evening in Gillis Theater located in Marshall Hall on post.

Two computer science majors at Virginia Military Institute wrote a paper on artificial intelligence (AI) that has been selected for publication and in-person presentation in the “Generative AI for Collaborative Experiences and Enhanced User Interactions in Mixed Reality” workshop in Sweden.

In his final commencement speech as VMI superintendent, Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins ’85 welcomed the assembly, and noted that the great personal achievement of graduating from VMI is not reached alone, but with the help of family, friends, faculty, staff, and coaches who encouraged, guided cadets.

What started out as a foggy, misty morning, warmed into a bright afternoon as nearly 170 Virginia Military Institute cadets commissioned into the armed services in Cameron Hall, May 15 at the annual Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) joint commissioning ceremony.

The Virginia Military Institute Pipe Band competed at the Savannah Scottish Games and Celtic Festival in Savannah, Georgia, May 2-4.