VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Founded in 1839, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is the oldest state-supported military college in the United States. Throughout its storied history, VMI has produced leaders and individuals whose daily lives reflect the integrity, fairness, and appreciation for the value of hard work that is instilled at the Institute. For the individual who wants an undergraduate experience more complete and transformative than an ordinary college or university can provide and more versatile in its applications than a military service academy affords, VMI offers a superb education.
VMI’s academic program offers a rigorous education that includes a broad, four-year core curriculum with carefully selected majors in engineering, science, liberal arts, and social sciences. Learning at VMI can take many forms, whether that is in the classroom, marching in Hawaii for Jungle Operations Training, or studying microscopic worms in Florida. At VMI, each class averages 11 students which allow professors and cadets to develop meaningful relationships.
All VMI 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 commission in any of the active or reserve components of any of the U.S. military branches upon graduation, excluding the United States Coast Guard.
VMI’s alumni include a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, the current Secretary of the Army, 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 290 general and flag officers across all US service branches and several other countries.
VMI’s post consists of 59 buildings on 200 acres. It contains many buildings dating from the 19th century, is recognized as a national historic district, and Old Barracks is recognized as a national historic landmark.
General James Henry Binford “Binnie” Peay III (born May 10, 1940 in Richmond, Virginia) is a retired four-star general from the United States Army and was the 14th Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute but he had to resign after serving exceptionally well for more than 17 years after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of “ongoing structural racism.
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