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![Milana Hogan speaks to Leadership Conference participants in Gillis Theater.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/LeadershipWorthamSpeaker2019HLM0013-1-400x266.jpg)
Milana Hogan spoke during the Leadership Conference today in Gillis Theater and was the first speaker in VMI’s Caroline Dawn Wortham ’12 lecture series.
![Medal of Honor Recipient sits down with cadets over breakfast.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/RomeshaBreakfast2019HLM15-1-400x266.jpg)
GRIT, as defined by VMI’s Center for Leadership and Ethics, is exemplified by growth, resilience, integrity, and tenacity—virtues on display at this year's Leadership Conference.
![President Barack Obama presents Clint Romesha with the medal of honor.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/1000w_q95-1-400x266.jpg)
Former U.S Secretary of Education William Bennett and Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha will speak in Marshall Hall's Gillis Theatre Monday as part of the VMI Leadership Conference.
![A portrait of Col. James Inman](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/InmanJamie2018Horz-400x266.jpg)
Col. Jamie Inman ’86, VMI's chief of staff, will speak at this year’s December graduation ceremony in Jackson Memorial Hall Wednesday, Dec. 19.
![Jacob Van Dyke ’19 confers with Lt. Col. Spencer Bakich about his thesis for the national security minor.—VMI Photo by Mary Price.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/BackishVanDyke2019MLP06-1-400x267.jpg)
Cadets enrolled in national security minor pair research and real-world learning, allowing a select number of cadets to take on more challenge than the Institute already offers
![Joel Thomas '19](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/ThomasJoel2019KN04-1-400x266.jpg)
Cadet writer Joel Thomas '19 has had an essay published by the North Carolina Literary Review. His submission won him honorable mention and a $100 prize.
![Dr. Youna Jung leads a discussion on Korean currency during lunch in Crozet Hall Sept. 18.—VMI Photo by Kelly Nye.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/LanguageTables2019KN058-1-400x266.jpg)
Lunchtime language tables in Crozet Hall allow cadets to practice the foreign languages they're learning by conversing with faculty, staff, and fellow cadets.
![Alex Dragan '20 accepts the Marine Corps Commandant's Trophy from Maj. Gen. James](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/FBvsMercerHalftimeAward2019KN0090-400x266.jpg)
Alex Dragan '20 won the Marine Corps Commandant's Trophy for his performance at platoon leaders course this summer.
![Secretary of Defense Mattis addresses the Corps of Cadets](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/Mattis-1-400x266.jpg)
Secretary of Defense James Mattis detailed the challenges cadets will soon face in a military—and a society—that needs leadership, allies, and modernization.
![An improvised American flag rests in the VMI Museum's Vietnam exhibit.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/VietnamExhibit2019KN11-1-400x267.jpg)
A new exhibit in the VMI Museum tells the remarkable stories of VMI alumni who fought in Vietnam through the objects they brought out of the jungle.