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The VMI experience is about more than earning a degree—it’s about joining a community that values honor, perseverance, and service.
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:
- Upcoming BOV Meeting: Meeting details, including schedule and agenda, for the April 27-29 VMI Board of Visitors meeting are now available on the Upcoming Meetings page.
- Commitment to Affordability: Financial aid is able to offset a large portion of the cost of attendance for qualified applicants, and 84% of the Corps of Cadets receives some form of this aid each year on average. For those on ROTC scholarship who are also selected for Call to Duty scholarships, the cost drops to $3,600. Connect with financial aid today for more information to learn more about funding opportunities.
- Cadet-Athlete Accolades: VMI Swimming & Diving had six Keydets – Sam Castle, Matthew Picard, Lane Jones, Joshua Wolf, Valerie Tonnu, Isabelle Haer – named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team as recently announced by the CSC office. The 2026 Academic All-District Swim & Dive teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool and in the classroom.
ⓘ VMI Community: To receive important information concerning emergencies, weather, traffic, and parking, text the word "Keydet" to 772-95.
Behind the Balance: Ray Cmil ’26 — Keydet Wrestling
For Ray Cmil ’26, VMI has been about far more than wrestling. The rigorous schedule and responsibility of cadet life have strengthened his discipline and leadership, especially as he mentors incoming rats. Surrounded by teammates who feel like family, he’s learning what it truly means to develop himself for the future.
Learn more about Cmil and other cadet-athletes at VMI featured in the Institute's Behind the Balance seriesBehind the Balance series.
News from Post
Cadets Honor Fallen Alumni at Normandy
Eight 1st Class commissioning cadets recently traveled to France through the Olmsted Foundation’s Undergraduate Program. One of the many assignments the cadets were given was to research the personal story of an alumnus who had died during the battle, and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.
Holston Featured on 'With Good Reason'
Col. Ryan Holston will discuss the book he co-edited with Justin Garrison, “The Historical Mind: Humanistic Renewal in a Post-Constitutional Age,” on an episode of the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” that will first air April 18.
VMI Wins First Place at Cybersecurity Competition
The Virginia Military Institute team won first place recently at the 2026 Seerist Intellithon in Reston, Virginia.
Bott Designs Retractable Boat Anchor
Connor Bott ’26, a mechanical engineering major at Virginia Military Institute, has designed a modern adaptation for an ancient devise with his honors senior thesis project, “Design and Analysis of an Electromechanical Marine Wreck Anchor.”