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![An architect's rendering of the pedestrian bridge leading to the Indoor Training Facility.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/02_Exterior_Aerial_2015-11-17_withRamp_FinalLIST.jpg)
Construction of a pedestrian bridge from the South Institute Hill parking lot to the Indoor Training Facility under construction at Main and Diamond streets will begin May 17.
![Members of VMI's club boxing team display their championship belts.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/BoxingBeltPresentation2016KN074List.jpg)
Three members of the VMI Boxing Club won individual titles, four earned all-America honors, and VMI placed third as a team at the USIBA National Tournament.
![Cadets participate in a math modeling competition.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/MathModeling2016KEN0003List.jpg)
VMI’s Department of Applied Mathematics was named the No. 8 such department in the nation in a listing published on the "USA Today" website yesterday.
![A view of the VMI Barracks.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/BarracksExterior2011_0003List.jpg)
The VMI Board of Visitors approved tuition and fee increases for the next academic year at its meeting on April 30.
![Members of the Class of 1966 present their reunion gift.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/Class-of-1966-Check-Presentation-CList.jpg)
On April 23, the Class of 1966 presented the Institute with the proceeds of its 50th Reunion Campaign: a record-setting $40,000,019.66.
![Cadets working on translations](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/SpanishTranslationClass2016KN09ListNEW.jpg)
Cadets in Col. Mary Ann Dellinger’s service translation class are engaging in real-world Spanish translation projects
![Cadet speaking](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/HonorsWeek2016SH0056NEW.jpg)
A number of Virginia Military Institute cadets were inducted into academic honor societies, and 21 cadets gave honors thesis presentations, during VMI Honors Week in mid-April.
![Portrait of cadet](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/003-Millard-Nathaniel-TList.jpg)
Nathaniel Millard, a member of the Class of 2018, was selected to receive a 2016 National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarship.
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Marc A. Edwards, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, received the 2016 Captain Ron Erchul Environmental Leadership Award April 7 during the 2016 Environment Virginia Symposium. T
![Cadets shoveling dirt](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/FTXChessie2016SH0019ListNEW.jpg)
More than 500 non-commissioning cadets from the Virginia Military Institute participated in community service activities during their Spring Field Training Exercises April 1-5. Nearly half worked in the Rockbridge community with non-profit organizations.