By Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Idrees Ali | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative...
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Trump selects Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser
Questions Raised About VMI Professor Supporting Radical Causes
This billboard truck showed up at the Virginia Military Institute today, parked in front of the alumni hall and in full view...
What I have seen at VMI the last 3 plus years is appalling to me
Response by a VMI grad to this article, VMI alumni file lawsuit against institute’s official alumni association: Good...
VMI alumni file lawsuit against institute’s official alumni association
By Giovanna Johnson | The College Fix A frustrated group of Virginia Military Institute alumni, some of whom have...
VMI administration countermanded direct orders from the Governor for one of VMI’s oldest and most honored traditions
Glenn Youngkin won election as Virginia Governor on a platform to end DEI/CRT and divisive policies in Virginia Schools that...
VMI’s Elephant in the Room
Many of the experiences of cadets at USAFA (as seen in this recent post “USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and...
VMI Board of Visitors struggles with politics and free speech
The importance of attending Board of Visitors meetings: By Cody Bartmann and The Cadet staff | The VMI Cadet The Cadet...
Spirit of VMI Chairman’s Update
By Matt Daniel, VMI ‘85 | The Spirit of VMI The Spirit of VMI was founded in the winter of 2021; it has been 3 years of...
VMI Eschews Standards of Excellence, Devalues Diploma
By Joseph D. Elie, VMI ’88 | The Spirit of VMI As an alumnus living in Florida, I have a dearth of information about...
Moses Ezekiel, VMI’s Jackson’s Statue, and Institutional Anti-Semitism?
By Forrest L. Marion, PhD, VMI Class of 1980 Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian David Bernstein, the...
VMI’s Struggle Sessions Have Roots in Mao’s Cultural Revolution
By Forrest L. Marion, PhD, VMI Class of 1980 Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian Merriam-Webster defines...
The VMI Racism Report’s Glaring Omission
By Forrest L. Marion, VMI 1980 Salvatore J. Vitale, Jr., VMI 1961 Carmen D. Villani, Jr., VMI 1976 Henry J. Rogers, VMI 1979...
DEI bureaucracy is alive and thriving in Virginia schools, including VMI
By Carmen Villani, Jr. Virginia Military Institute 1976 Those of us who are old enough to remember can recall the 1988 vice...
A tale of two VMIs
By Carmen Villani, Jr. Virginia Military Institute 1976 Letter to the Editor of Cardinal News: Ms. Rowan’s coverage of the...
Proactive alumni credited with prompting VMI diversity chief to quit
A proactive alumni group working to curb diversity, equity and inclusion at the Virginia Military Institute has been given...
Military college’s chief of diversity quits amid debate over DEI
The chief diversity officer of the nation’s oldest state-supported military college, Virginia Military Institute, has turned...
Open Letter to Virginia’s Chief of Diversity who said DEI is Dead
By Kendall Qualls President of TakeCharge STARRS Board of Advisors member This is an open letter in solidarity with Martin D...
The Spirit of VMI Speaks: Youngkin Administration Official Declares DEI Dead.
In an address to the faculty and staff of the Virginia Military Institute during its annual Inclusive Excellence training...
‘DEI Is Dead’: Heritage President Applauds Virginia Chief Diversity Officer’s Bold Declaration
(Heritage Foundation Press Release) Martin D. Brown, chief diversity officer and director of the Office of Diversity...
‘DEI is dead’: At VMI, Youngkin’s diversity chief slams diversity, equity, inclusion
It’s great and very encouraging that Virginia’s chief diversity and opportunity (not equity) officer, Martin...
New changes underway at VMI addressing DEI issue
(Spirit of VMI Press Release) The Spirit of VMI Political Action Committee (SOVP) was founded in February of 2021 in...
Racial Preferences At Our Service Academies Are Not Essential To National Security
By Gen. Arthur E. Brown Jr., U.S. Army, retired, former Army vice chief of staff, former deputy superintendent of the U.S...
Virginia Military Institute Alumni Withhold Donations to Fight Diversity Agenda
Alumni of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) are leading an effort to redirect donations toward a foundation that...
VMI alumni work to disrupt alumni donations to force school to end DEI programs
‘The only way you can influence them is by hurting their pocketbook.’ The Virginia Military Institute continues to face...
Washington Post Article Backfires; Draws Attention to DEI at VMI
(Spirit of VMI Press Release) As anticipated by the SOVP Press Statement dated 17 February 2023, Washington Post Columnist...
Oldest US military college breaks out into chaos over diversity push
The oldest public senior military college in the US has found itself embroiled in a very modern form of cultural warfare...
The Spirit of VMI Speaks: Deactivate DEI – A Call to Action
Often described broadly as a form of political correctness, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a Marxist doctrine at...
Virginia Military Institute Went Woke, Enrollment Fell 25%
The Virginia Military Institute is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the presence of women at the nation’s oldest...