Impactful, challenging, and exposure to atrocities are not ordinary descriptives for a trip to Europe for college students, but cadets at Virginia Military Institute don’t do ordinary. Recently, 18 commissioning cadets and two staff members traveled to Poland for seven days.

For many departments at VMI, summer is a time to slow down and rejuvenate in preparation for another busy school year. However, the Department of Facilities Management, also known as Physical Plant or P2, does not slow down. In many ways, their work picks up.

The chaplain’s office at Virginia Military Institute recently welcomed a new staff member in the form of a warm, furry, and faithful facility dog named CAVU. CAVU’s occupational specialty is to assist the Institute chaplain in bringing morale, welfare, and care to cadets.

Jack Conley ’25, a history major is researching the hand-written letter, along with other ancient tablets, for his Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI) project titled, “The Vindolanda Tablets: Understanding the Roman Frontier in Northern Britain.”

Twenty-four motorcycles carrying 34 riders, roared up Letcher Avenue and onto the Virginia Military Institute post June 14, as part of the 7th annual Legacy Run of the Virginia American Legion Riders.

Virginia Military Institute has been rated a 5-star college in Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America list for 2024, in the magazine’s tenth year of publishing a Best Colleges list.

The awards, presented by Col. John P. Casper '04, Institute chaplain, celebrated the cadets' exceptional leadership, organizational skills, and compassionate care.

Dr. Sabrina Laroussi, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, discusses books about the world of Latin American drug trafficking called “narconovelas” on the public radio program, “With Good Reason."

Maj. Timothy Passmore, assistant professor in the Department of International Studies and Political Science at Virginia Military Institute, discusses how nations use the Olympics to improve their reputation both domestically and abroad on the public radio program, “With Good Reason,” May 31-June

The 7th annual Legacy Run of the Virginia American Legion Riders will make a stop at Virginia Military Institute on Saturday, June 14. The group, consisting of 50 to 100 motorcycles, will arrive on post at 8:45 a.m. and tour several buildings.