Headlines - News - Virginia Military Institute MyVMI Offices A-Z Calendar Give Headlines Featured Stories Focus on Faculty Institute Report For the Media Headlines Cadets Honor Fallen Alumni at Normandy April 17, 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. Holston Featured on 'With Good Reason' 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. VMI Wins First Place at Cybersecurity Competition April 15, 2026 The Virginia Military Institute team won first place recently at the 2026 Seerist Intellithon in Reston, Virginia. Bott Designs Retractable Boat Anchor April 14, 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.” Commissioning Cadets Explore la France April 13, 2026 A contingent from Virginia Military Institute toured France during spring furlough thanks to the Olmsted Foundation’s Undergraduate Program (OFUP). Bowen Explores Creative Writing Devices April 10, 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. 20th Century Military Historian to Speak at VMI April 8, 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. VMI’s Rogers Presents Thesis on Solitary Confinement April 7, 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. VMI Alums Return for Medical Rotation April 6, 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. Vijayan Studies Military Logistics April 2, 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.” 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 >> Contact Lt. Col. Sherry Wallace Director of Communications and Marketing P: 540-464-7207 Communications and Marketing 111 Smith Hall Mailing Address: For USPS: NAME (If to an individual) Communications and Marketing 510 Burma Road P.O. Box 1839 Lexington, VA, 24450 For Other Carriers: NAME (If to an individual) Communications and Marketing 510 Burma Road Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA, 24450 VMI: Forging 21st Century Leaders