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![LeMert Named Inspector General at VMI](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/LeMert_Headline.jpg)
Ms. Susan LeMert has been named inspector general and Title IX coordinator at Virginia Military Institute. LeMert, who had served as interim inspector general and Title IX coordinator since February 2021, replaces Col. Jeffrey Boobar ’86, now the Institute’s interim chief of staff.
![Lt. Col. Troy Marshall at the Virginia Museum of the Civil War](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/Troy-Marshall-1-400x266.jpg)
The superintendent regrets to inform the VMI community of the death Lt. Col. Troy Marshall, who passed away in a tragic accident June 17, 2021, at the age of 54.
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Gov. Ralph Northam ’81 has appointed J. Conrad Garcia, Gussie Lord ’01, and Damon Williams ’90 to four-year terms on the VMI Board of Visitors.
![Col. Adrian T. Bogart III '81](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/2021Commandant-400x266.jpg)
Col. Adrian T. Bogart III ’81, recently retired from the U. S. Army Special Forces, has been appointed commandant of the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets.
![Custodian Tanya Rice hands container of donated supplies to representative of Rockbridge County Public Schools](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/custodian-donation-headline-june2021.jpg)
This year, custodian Tanya Rice has spearheaded an effort among multiple custodians and cadets to collect unused school supplies and donate them to Rockbridge County Public Schools.
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The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors met to consider the recommendations of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s audit of VMI’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
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Maj. Gen. Wins '85, VMI Superintendent addresses the VMI community after a briefing from the governor’s office and Barnes & Thornburg regarding the findings and recommendations of the commonwealth’s audit into VMI’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
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The Board of Visitors received a copy today of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s review into allegations of racism and gender issues at VMI. These are serious allegations and are being treated as such.
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After nearly two decades of experience in student engagement, behavioral intervention, and accountability in higher education, Dr. Jamica N. Love has been named the chief diversity officer at VMI.
![May 2021 Commencement Glove Toss - VMI photo by Kelly Nye](/media/content-assets/images/news/2020-2021/Commencement2021_NewsThumbnail.jpg)
Just under 350 cadets received degrees in VMI’s first in-person graduation ceremony since December 2019. While graduation on the Parade Ground was common in the 19th century, it was VMI’s first outdoor graduation in many decades.