C. Leaving his home in Iran in 1978, Mohammad “Moe” Khandan-Barani never dreamed he’d attend a small military college in ...

Another VMI Alumnus former Congressman and retired Army Special Forces Colonel Mike Waltz is the President’s National Security Advisor. “So, the two alumni who have found their public service ...

But resistance to such efforts at VMI, a 189-year-old school that educated Gens. George Patton and George Marshall, has been notably present among some alumni for several years. Wins officially became ...

Wins, a VMI graduate who served 34 years in the Army, led efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion at the 185-year-old institution. But he faced criticism from conservative alumni and ...

“Stonewall” Jackson. But VMI’s powerful alumni network of White politicians and businessmen counterattacked, criticizing Wins for moving the 185-year-old school too far left. Last ...

A group spearheaded by VMI alums is leading an effort to get a “full and immediate explanation” from the school’s Board of Visitors as to why it voted against extending the contract of ...

Despite being criticized as “woke,” Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins sought to make minorities and women feel valued and equal as cadets ...

Some students and alumni celebrated the changes, but there was also dissent. Matt Daniel, a 1985 graduate who helped form the group, told The Associated Press in 2023 that VMI’s diversity ...

Col. M. Houston Johnson V, DoH head and professor, Maj. Madeleine Ramsey, assistant professor in the DoH, and Maj. Liz ...

Wins, a Black man leading a school whose cadets fought and died for the Confederacy, won some uphill battles, including removing a prominent statue of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. But VMI’s powerful ...