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Virginia Military Institute
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| Motto |
Latin: "In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium"[1] |
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Motto in English |
"In Peace a Glorious Asset, In War a Tower of Strength" |
| Type |
Public senior military college |
| Established |
1839 |
|
Academic affiliations |
American Council on Education (ACE)
Association of American Colleges and Universities(AAC&U) |
| Endowment |
$492 million[2] |
| Superintendent |
General J. H. Binford Peay III, (U.S. Army, ret.) |
| Students |
1,653 |
| Location |
,
,
U.S.A.
 37.790°N 79.440°WCoordinates: 37.790°N 79.440°W[3] |
| Campus |
Small town, 134 acres (0.54 km2) |
| Colors |
Red, Yellow, White[4] |
| Nickname |
"Keydets" |
|
Sporting affiliations |
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division I) Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) – Southern Conference(SoCon) |
| Mascot |
"Moe the Kangaroo" |
| Website |
www.vmi.edu |
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Founded 11 November 1839 in
Lexington, Virginia, the
Virginia Military Institute (
VMI) is the oldest
state-supported military college and the first public
Senior Military College in the
United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other
Senior Military College in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets (uniformed members of the Corps of Cadets) only and awards
baccalaureate degrees exclusively.
[5][6][7][8][9][10] VMI offers its students, all of whom are cadets, strict
military discipline combined with a physically and academically demanding environment. The Institute grants degrees in 14 disciplines in engineering, the sciences and liberal arts,
[11] and all VMI students are required to participate in one of the four ROTC programs (
Army,
Navy,
Marines, or
Air Force).
[12]
While VMI has been called "The
West Point of
the South",
[13] it differs from the
federal military service academies. As of 2019, VMI had a total enrollment of 1,722 cadets.
[14] All cadets must participate in the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) of the
United States Armed Forces programs, but are afforded the flexibility of pursuing civilian endeavors or accepting an
officer's commissionin any of the active or reserve components of any of the U.S. military branches upon graduation.
[15] VMI is the only military college in the U.S. which is nationally ranked by
U.S. News and World Report in the same category as the federal military academies. In 2015 VMI ranked fourth nationally, after the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy and the United States Air Force Academy, in the U.S. News and World Report rankings' "Top Public Schools, National Liberal Arts Colleges" category.
VMI's alumni include a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, 7 Medal of Honor recipients, 13 Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, an Academy Award winner, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, a martyr recognized by the Episcopal Church, Senators and Representatives, Governors, including the current Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governors, a Supreme Court Justice, numerous college and university presidents, many business leaders (presidents and CEOs) and over 285 general and flag officers across all US service branches and several other countries.
