The late G. Gilmer “Gil” Minor III ’63 is only the 17th recipient of the award since its introduction in 1962. His widow, Charlotte will be present, and his son, Gilmer Minor IV ’93, will accept the award on his behalf.

The competition consisted of 60 shots fired in three different shooting disciplines: air pistol, sport pistol, and standard pistol. VMI came in 10th place for air pistol, 8th place for sport pistol, and 10th place for standard pistol. The team finished the competition in 10th place.

Eight 1st Class commissioning cadets at Virginia Military Institute, along with their faculty leadership team toured the Socialist Republic of Vietnam during spring furlough as part of the Olmsted Foundation’s Undergraduate Program.

In an evening event held in Memorial Hall April 9, VMI announced 2nd Class ranks for the 2024-25 academic year.

The 34th annual Environment Virginia Symposium at VMI was held April 9-11. The event, organized and co-hosted by the Center for Leadership & Ethics (CLE), attracted 550 attendees from state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and the private sector.

For this year’s event, May 14 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall, VMI is honored to welcome Chaplain (Major General) William Green, Jr., U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains and director of the Institute for Religious Leadership.

Virginia Military Institute has announced the speakers who will address the Class of 2024 in May.

Virginia Military Institute is partnering with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, to bring its state-of-the-art Artmobile, “VMFA on the Road” to post April 25 to April 27.

According to Dylan Palmer '24, the nature of unmanned systems inherently reduces the risk to operators conducting missions during wartime. He presented his honors thesis, “Drone Countermeasures, Ethics, and Drones’ Effects on a Modern Battlefield" during VMI's Honors Week.

Abigail Basener '24 addressed plagiarizing and cheating concerns when it comes to the use of Artificial Intelligence during her thesis presentation, “Detecting AI-Generated Writing vs. Student Writing,” for VMI's Honor's Week.