http://www.vmi.edu/ Current News from the Virginia Military Institute en-us Copyright: (C). Virginia Military Institute 15 Each May during graduation week at Virginia Military Institute, graduating cadets, family, and friends gather for a non-denominational Baccalaureate service. For this year’s event VMI is honored to welcome Chaplain (Rear Adm.) Carey H. Cash. /news/headlines/2025-2026/21st-chaplain-of-the-marine-corps-to-speak-at-baccalaureate.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/21st-chaplain-of-the-marine-corps-to-speak-at-baccalaureate.php Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Determined and strong of character are two descriptors of a successful cadet at VMI, so when Andrew Kiddie ’29, who was diagnosed with deafness just before his second birthday, chose to come to arguably the hardest senior military college in the country. He used his disability as a motivator. /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadet-uses-disability-to-motivate.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadet-uses-disability-to-motivate.php Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Eighteen Virginia Military Institute cadets joined approximately 5,000 participants at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond April 13-15. /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadets-present-research-at-ncur.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadets-present-research-at-ncur.php Monday, April 27, 2026 Col. Atin Basuchoudhary, the John and Jane Roberts Institute Professor in Free Enterprise Business in the Department of Economics and Business at Virginia Military Institute, recently co-edited, “The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism.” /news/headlines/2025-2026/basuchoudhary-edits-book.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/basuchoudhary-edits-book.php Saturday, April 25, 2026 Maj. Chris Shingledecker, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Military Institute, is featured on “Eye in the Sky,” an episode of the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” that first airs April 25. /news/headlines/2025-2026/shingledecker-featured-on-with-good-reason.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/shingledecker-featured-on-with-good-reason.php Friday, April 24, 2026 Eight 1st Class commissioning cadets recently traveled to France through the Olmsted Foundation’s Undergraduate Program. One of the many assignments the cadets were given was to research the personal story of an alumnus who had died during the battle, and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery. /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadets-honor-fallen-alumni-at-normandy.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/cadets-honor-fallen-alumni-at-normandy.php Friday, April 17, 2026 Col. Ryan Holston will discuss the book he co-edited with Justin Garrison, “The Historical Mind: Humanistic Renewal in a Post-Constitutional Age,” on an episode of the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” that will first air April 18. /news/headlines/2025-2026/holston-featured-on-with-good-reason.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/holston-featured-on-with-good-reason.php Friday, April 17, 2026 The Virginia Military Institute team won first place recently at the 2026 Seerist Intellithon in Reston, Virginia. /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-wins-first-place-at-cybersecurity-competition.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-wins-first-place-at-cybersecurity-competition.php Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Connor Bott ’26, a mechanical engineering major at Virginia Military Institute, has designed a modern adaptation for an ancient devise with his honors senior thesis project, “Design and Analysis of an Electromechanical Marine Wreck Anchor.” /news/headlines/2025-2026/bott-designs-retractable-boat-anchor.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/bott-designs-retractable-boat-anchor.php Tuesday, April 14, 2026 A contingent from Virginia Military Institute toured France during spring furlough thanks to the Olmsted Foundation’s Undergraduate Program (OFUP). /news/headlines/2025-2026/commissioning-cadets-explore-la-france.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/commissioning-cadets-explore-la-france.php Monday, April 13, 2026 Ben Bowen ’26, an English major at Virginia Military Institute, introduced his honors presentation by disclosing that it is not intended to prove an esthetic point or make a literary argument. /news/headlines/2025-2026/bowen-explores-creative-writing-devices.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/bowen-explores-creative-writing-devices.php Friday, April 10, 2026 Virginia Military Institute welcomes Michael Neiberg, Ph.D., professor of history at the U.S. Army War College and award-winning author, for a talk entitled, “Whole, Free, and at Peace? Why History Won't Let Europe Go,” Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. in the Hall of Valor in Marshall Hall. /news/headlines/2025-2026/20th-century-military-historian-to-speak-at-vmi.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/20th-century-military-historian-to-speak-at-vmi.php Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Jack Rogers ’26, a psychology major at Virginia Military Institute, will be taking his interests developed through his major with him as he heads to Mercer University School of Law after graduation. /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmis-rogers-presents-thesis-on-solitary-confinement.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmis-rogers-presents-thesis-on-solitary-confinement.php Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Two Virginia Military Institute alumni, Allen Xu ’21 and Thaddeus Wegrzyn ’22, returned to the Institute in late March for two weeks as part of their medical education with a family medicine rotation at the VMI Infirmary. /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-alums-return-for-medical-rotation.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-alums-return-for-medical-rotation.php Monday, April 6, 2026 Jai Vijayan ’26, an economics and business major at Virginia Military Institute, researched military logistics during World War II for his honors project, “Move and Maintain: American Last-Mile Logistics in the Solomon Islands Campaign, 1942-1944.” /news/headlines/2025-2026/vijayan-studies-military-logistics.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vijayan-studies-military-logistics.php Thursday, April 2, 2026 The Jackson House Museum will host a hands-on kitchen garden workshop Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m. led by Rockbridge Area Master Gardeners Association (RAMGA). /news/headlines/2025-2026/jackson-house-museum-offers-spring-garden-workshop.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/jackson-house-museum-offers-spring-garden-workshop.php Wednesday, April 1, 2026 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. /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-community-theatre-presents-1776.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-community-theatre-presents-1776.php Tuesday, March 31, 2026 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. /news/headlines/2025-2026/36th-annual-environment-virginia-symposium-held-at-vmi.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/36th-annual-environment-virginia-symposium-held-at-vmi.php Monday, March 30, 2026 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. /news/headlines/2025-2026/barr-breaks-own-record.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/barr-breaks-own-record.php Wednesday, March 25, 2026 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.  /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-marks-dance-day-with-irish-performance.php /news/headlines/2025-2026/vmi-marks-dance-day-with-irish-performance.php Tuesday, March 24, 2026