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![Cadets and faculty listen to Robert Kaplan](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/AcademicConvocation2017JRR0313List.jpg)
Robert D. Kaplan surveyed the current geopolitical landscape, detailing the ways that geography and history help define the fate of nations, in today's academic convocation.
![Image of Brian Crockett at podium](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/Crockettlist.jpg)
Brian Scott Crockett, CEO of the VMI Foundation, will retire Dec. 31.
![Cadets perform ROTC maneuvers on the Parade Ground.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/RooftopShots2015JRR0153List.jpg)
Virginia Military Institute is ranked 51st among national liberal arts colleges, and number one within that category for ROTC participation, in rankings released this week by Washington Monthly magazine.
![Basim Khan and another hiker on the Appalachian Trail.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/MuddyTrailList.jpg)
Basim Khan '18 spent part of the summer on the Appalachian Trail with Partners in the Parks.
![Portrait of Sun Li-jen](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/SunLijenList.jpg)
“Sun Li-jen: Ever Victorious General of World War II” will open in Gillis Theater Sept. 3.
![Portrait of Robert Kaplan](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/KaplanList.jpg)
Robert D. Kaplan will speak on the current geopolitical climate Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Cameron Hall.
![Maj. Jessica Libertini and Lt. Col. Paul Moosman '98 with Ross Schmeisser '18.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/QEPLibertini2017SH0021editedList.jpg)
Ross Schmeisser '18 and Chen Chun-Hao '18 did summer research to develop content for new math courses aimed at 4th Class cadets.
![A group of cadets stand before the Toledo, Spain, skyline.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/IMG_3650List.jpg)
Fourteen cadets experienced both a new culture and a new class this summer when they traveled to Madrid, Spain.
![Image of a new cadet signing the Matriculation Book](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/400x300.jpg)
More than 500 new cadets matriculated with the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2020 this morning. At 506 cadets, the class is the third largest entering class.
![Marshall Legacy Series Flyers](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/MarshallLegacyList.jpg)
The recent conclusion of the George C. Marshall papers project after nearly 40 years of work has left the Marshall Foundation at a transitional point, looking to move with confidence into the future while ensuring the past stays relevant.