The VMI Community Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning musical, “1776,” Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m. in Gillis Theater.

Over 570 representatives from state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and the private sector converged at Virginia Military Institute for the 36th annual Environment Virginia Symposium March 24-26.

Two years after he set multiple powerlifting records, Col. Dan Barr ’74, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Military Institute, has once again achieved new heights.

Virginia Military Institute’s Office of Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion will celebrate International Dance Day with a performance of Irish dance by Blue Ridge Irish Music School (BRIMS), Saturday, April 11 in Marshall Hall. The event is free and open to the public. 

Two Virginians — one a poet and the other a painter — have united in blending visual and literary art forms to enhance their creative expressions and to celebrate Virginia 250.

VMI welcomes photographer Anna Gage Norton, Thursday, April 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Pogue Auditorium, Marshall Library. Norton will discuss her forthcoming book, “On Nochaway,” a long-term photo-documentary project about her family’s efforts to reestablish the longleaf pine ecosystem.

The Center for Leadership and Ethics (CLE) at Virginia Military Institute will host a return performance of “11 Days: The Story of Operation Pineapple Express,” Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in Gillis Theater, Marshall Hall. The event is open to the public. 

Medal of Honor recipient William “Kyle” Carpenter spoke to the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Military Institute as part of the Courageous Leadership Speaker Series, sharing the story of the day he threw himself on a grenade to save a fellow Marine—and the hard-earned lessons about resilience, purpose,

Memorial Hall was once again filled with cheers and celebrations as the names of Corps leadership for the 2026-27 academic year were shared in VMI's 1st Class rank announcement ceremony.

Col. J. Patrick Rhamey, professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science, examines the overwhelming majority of analyses explaining the motivations for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine being not only wrong, but leading to terrible predictions of Russia’s inevitable success.