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![A portrait of Liza Mundy](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/LizaMundy4-400x266.jpg)
Journalist and author Liza Mundy will be giving a lecture at VMI about the women on the home front who played a key role in World War II.
![Cadet Holly Njabo '20 deadlifts during the powerlifting competition in Cocke Hall.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/Powerlifting2018CF165Web-1-400x266.jpg)
Seven VMI powerlifters took first place in their respective weight classes, and the Keydets claimed two team titles in one of their most successful competitions ever.
![A portrait of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smith '79](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SmithPortraits2016JRR0001-400x266.jpg)
Brig. Gen. Jeff Smith, Jr. ’79, deputy superintendent for academics and dean of the faculty, will resign from his position at the conclusion of this academic year.
![Northam speaks at VMI's Academic Convocation](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/Northam2015JRR115-400x266.jpg)
The Corps of Cadets will march in the Gubernatorial inaugural parade in Richmond Jan. 13 for the first VMI graduate to serve as governor in a century.
![An architectural rendering of the new South River Bridge](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/SouthRiverBridgeProposal-1-400x266.jpg)
A long-awaited bridge on the Chessie Nature Trail may be a reality as early as 2019. In the meantime, VMI is improving parking and cadets are engaged in projects to support trail events and develop interpretive signage.
![Cadets toss their gloves into the air in Jackson Memorial Hall.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/DecemberGraduation2018HLM336-1-400x266.jpg)
Members of the December 2017 graduating class added their names to the short list of cadets who have graduated from VMI. Eugene Williams '74 spoke to the graduates about their unique accomplishment.
![Crozet Hall buffet lines are refilled between dining periods.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/Crozet2018JRR0001-1-400x266.jpg)
Over winter furlough, VMI’s new food services vendor, Parkhurst Dining, will be working hard to install new equipment in Crozet, train staff, and stock the shelves before cadets return Jan. 10.
![December graduates toss their gloves into the air following the commencement ceremonies.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/DecGraduation2017HLM00205-400x275.jpg)
Over 40 cadets will receive their diplomas and 11 will take the commissioning oath in ceremonies held Dec. 19 and 20 in Jackson Memorial Hall.
![Nina Srikongyos ’15 poses in front the Army Ranger school sign at Victory Pond in Fort Benning, Georgia, after her graduation in November.—Photo courtesy of Nina Srikongyos ’15.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/Untitled-398x300.jpg)
Nattachat “Nina” Srikongyos graduated from Ranger School in November to become the eighth woman and the first Thai-American woman to successfully complete the training.
![Gen. J.H. Binford Peay congratulates the rugby team in Memorial Garden.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/RugbyPeay2018KN15-1-400x266.jpg)
VMI rugby reached the highest level of play in its 50-year history, defeating Norwich before falling to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Division II championship.