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Aug 30, 2023

Education 2023: MAJ. GEN. CEDRIC T. WINS (U.S. ARMY, RET.)

A 34-year U.S. Army veteran and 1985 VMI alumnus, Wins became the first Black superintendent to lead “the West Point of the South,” the nation’s oldest state military college, following the resignation of his predecessor in 2020. Wins joined at a time when VMI, known for its demanding “Rat Line” boot camp, was the subject […]

Jan 3, 2022

Richard Cullen to become Youngkin’s counselor

Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has selected former Virginia Attorney General Richard Cullen as counselor to the governor. A senior partner and former chairman of McGuireWoods, Cullen will leave Virginia’s largest firm on Jan. 14, the day before Youngkin is sworn in. Cullen joined McGuireWoods in 1977. From 1991 to 1994, he served as U.S. attorney for […]

University of Virginia Rotunda and Lawn. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Sep 13, 2021

43 Va. schools make U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 list

Forty-three Virginia schools ranked on the U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 best lists of more than 600 universities and liberal arts colleges in the country, released Monday. The University of Virginia ranked No. 25 in national universities, tying with Carnegie Mellon University and moving one spot up from its rank in 2021. U.Va. ranked […]

Aug 29, 2021

Education

MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, ETTRICK While many college presidents enjoy basketball, few have Abdullah’s moves. In March, a video of him tying up an opponent went viral, receiving millions of views and appearing on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” Abdullah has overseen dramatic turnarounds at Virginia State University since he became its 14th president in [&hellip[...]

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins. Photo courtesy U.S. Army.
Apr 15, 2021

VMI names Wins new superintendent

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins was named Virginia Military Institute’s new superintendent by the VMI Board of Visitors on Thursday. Wins, who has served as interim superintendent at VMI since November 2020, is a 1985 graduate of the state-supported military college in Lexington. “Maj. Gen. Wins has distinguished himself as a leader […]

VMI cadets walking to class outside of the Old Barracks. Photo courtesy of VMI Communications & Marketing
Mar 10, 2021

VMI alums and cadets report racial slurs used on ‘regular basis’

In an interim report, investigators looking into reported racist incidents at Virginia Military Institute say some alumni and current cadets have reported hearing racial slurs “on a regular basis” at the state-funded military college in Lexington. The Washington, D.C.-based law firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP, which submitted the report Monday to Peter A. Blake, director […]

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins. Photo courtesy U.S. Army.
Nov 13, 2020

Interim VMI superintendent named

As an independent investigation into allegations of racism at Virginia Military Institute moves forward, the state-supported military college announced a new interim superintendent on Friday. Following a vote by the VMI Board of Visitors’ Executive Committee, retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins will serve as interim superintendent at the school. A 1985 VMI […]

Oct 28, 2020

SW Va. sees COVID increase; governor urges caution

Although Virginia’s overall COVID-19 infection rate is much lower than other states that are currently experiencing spikes, the number of new cases in Southwest Virginia has been steadily increasing over the past two weeks, Gov. Ralph Northam said Wednesday in a COVID-19 update. According to health directors in the region, the percent of positive cases […]

VMI Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III resigned on Oct. 26.
Oct 26, 2020

VMI superintendent resigns amid racism probe

Following Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam‘s announcement of a probe into allegations of racism at Virginia Military Institute, the school’s superintendent, retired U.S. Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, has resigned. In a letter dated Oct. 26, Peay said that the probe announced by Gov. Ralph Northam and other top state legislators into allegations of racism […]

Oct 20, 2020

Northam calls for VMI racism probe

Before the academic semester begins, new cadets at Virginia Military Institute must endure Hell Week, a punishing 10-day rite of passage that introduces students to the military discipline, drill and physical fitness expectations required of them. For one Black freshman in 2018, it meant a white sophomore telling him he’d “lynch” his body and use […]

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