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Cast members gather on stage in costume with director.

VMI Community Theatre Presents “A Fitting Confusion”

The VMI Community Theatre will present George Feydeau’s French farce, “A Fitting Confusion” on Wednesday, July 19 - Saturday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. each evening, and Sunday, July 23 at 2:00 p.m. in Gillis Theater.

VMI Chaplain John Casper '04 speaks while holding a microphone near an American flag.

Casper Promoted to VMI Chaplain

Lt. Col. John P. Casper ’04, who has served as the Institute’s first associate chaplain for nine years, was promoted to the rank of colonel and assumed the duties as Institute chaplain to the Corps of Cadets following the retirement of Col. Robert “Bob” Phillips ’87.

HR Recruitment Event notice with aerial view of the VMI campus, known as post.

VMI Holds Job Fair

The human resources office will hold a job fair for non-faculty positions Thursday, July 20 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at VMI's Corps Physical Training Facility in Lexington.

VMI Cadet Receives Bulls ROTC Fellowship

Anna Yemelianova ’25, an international studies major at Virginia Military Institute, has been named a fellow in the Iris Burton Bulls Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Fellowship Program.

VMI Cadet Receives Prestigious Boren Award

Antonio Ahanj ’24, an international studies major at Virginia Military Institute, has been awarded a Boren Scholarship to study Arabic in Jordan during the 2023-24 academic year in the Middle East: Jordan in Amman.

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Governor Announces Appointments to VMI Board

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Col. James Inman ’86, Lt. Col. Jim Joustra ’76, Rear Adm. Terence McKnight ’78, and Nancy Williams Phillips to four-year terms on the VMI Board of Visitors.

Capt. John E. “Ned” Riester Jr. ’78 receives congratulations from cadets after the retirement parade in April.

Beloved Civil Engineer Professor Retires From VMI

Capt. John E. “Ned” Riester Jr. ’78, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Virginia Military Institute, is retiring after 29 years.

VMI Alumnus Receives Fulbright Award

Michael Piemonte ’16, an alumnus who majored in international studies and commissioned into the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award in international relations to Italy for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Students walk across parade ground at VMI, a military college in Virginia.

VMI Receives 4.5 Stars in Money Magazine Best Colleges List

Virginia Military Institute has been rated a 4.5-star college in Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America list for 2023, just released today. Using a new system this year, Money assigns colleges a rating on a five-star scale, with five stars being the best. 

Professor Ryan Holston speaking at Roanoke College

VMI Professor Publishes First Book

Col. Ryan R. Holston, professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science and the Jonathan M. Daniels ’61 Chair for Academic Excellence recently published his first book titled, “Tradition and the Deliberative Turn: A Critique of Contemporary Democratic Theory.”

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