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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.”
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