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After graduating from Maury High School, where he was a strong student and good athlete, Saunders accepted admission to the Virginia Military Institute where he played basketball and majored in electrical engineering. He credited VMI with instilling him with honor, a strong work ethic, and decorum, as well as giving him a life-long appreciation ...
The Cadet (Cadet Newspaper) (also called The Keydet from 1907 to 1934 and The VMI Cadet from 1934 to 1994) is a bi-weekly student newspaper published by Virginia Military Institute Cadets. In May 2021, The Cadet was restarted by cadets who wanted a newspaper to coincide with their graduation ceremony.
U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., is calling for an ethics investigation into reports that state lawmakers linked VMI's budget to Wins' contract renewal. "The idea that members of the General Assembly woul
The Board of Visitors is the supervisory board [13] of the Virginia Military Institute. [14] [15] Although the Governor is ex officio the commander-in-chief of the institute, and no one may be declared a graduate without his signature, he delegates to the board the responsibility for developing the institute's policy. [15]
As of 2020, Virginia Military Institute alumni include two previous Governors of Virginia, the current Secretary of the Army, a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, two Lieutenant Governors of Virginia, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 Rhodes Scholars, Medal of Honor recipients, an Academy Award winner, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, a martyr recognized by ...
Founded in 1839 in Lexington, Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute is the oldest state military college in the United States. [25] VMI has been called the " West Point of the South" because of its role during the Civil War and unlike any other senior military college in the United States, VMI enrolls military cadets only and awards ...
However, VMI's Board of Visitors had already voted 9–8 to admit women and did not revisit the issue after the law was amended. [1] VMI was the last all-male public university in the United States. [1] [11] Justice Ginsburg told cadets of the Virginia Military Institute in 2018 that she knew her opinion “would make VMI a better place”. [9]
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