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Training Notice - VMI cadets will be marching through Lexington from VMI to Houston St. and Old Farm Rd. into the county Saturday, April 5, starting at 7 a.m.. Please expect brief traffic delays.
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Ranked the #4 public liberal arts college by U.S. News and World Report, Virginia Military Institute offers small class sizes, academically challenging undergraduate programs, Division I athletics, and the largest ROTC program in the nation.
Ranked the #4 public liberal arts college by U.S. News and World Report, Virginia Military Institute offers small class sizes, academically challenging undergraduate programs, Division I athletics, and the largest ROTC program in the nation.
VMI Community Updates
Institute leadership continues to communicate important information for cadets, their families, faculty & staff, and the VMI community at-large:
- CADET TRAINING NOTICE: VMI cadets are participating in Spring Field Training Exercises (Spring FTX) Friday, April 4 through Tuesday, April 8. Trainings will occur at locations throughout Rockbridge County, with brief traffic delays due to busses and marches to their locations. Weapons training may also be heard in various parts of the county.
- The Superintendent Search Committee, an ad-hoc committee of the VMI Board of Visitors, will hold a meeting on Monday, April 7, 2025, beginning at 2 p.m. VMI business will be discussed by three or more Board of Visitors members. More details, including an agenda, are available on the BOV upcoming meetings page.
- Hosted by VMI's Center for Leadership and Ethics, the Environment Virginia Symposium is the Commonwealth’s premier environmental conference which brings together environmental professionals throughout Virginia from all sectors April 8-10. Attendees are encouraged to review the EVA 2025 Parking Map.
- The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors will meet May 1 – 3, 2025, at various times according to the schedule posted on the VMI website. Virginia Military Institute business will be discussed by the board members in attendance. The meeting is open to the public. More details, including schedule and agenda, are available on the BOV upcoming meetings page.
- Building Access - Due to safety and security enhancements, a VMI-issued ID card is now required for entry to Cameron Hall, effective immediately. This new protocol will not affect access to the ticketing office.
ⓘ VMI Community: To receive important information concerning emergencies, weather, traffic, and parking, text the word "Keydet" to 772-95.
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Maj. Alison Burke, assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Virginia Military Institute, will discuss a cholera-like bacteria found in warm waters that lives and spreads in oysters, on the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” April 5-11.
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As the safety and security enhancements for the VMI community continue, please be advised that effective immediately, a VMI issued ID card is now required for entry to Cameron Hall.
VMI English Professor Wins Poetry Contests
Col. Steven Knepper, professor and Bruce C. Gottwald Jr. ’81 Chair for Academic Excellence in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at Virginia Military Institute, recently won first place in three endowed categories of the Poetry Society of Virginia’s (PSV) annual contest.
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