VMI Turnouts - September 2024
The VMI Alumni Association
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In this Turnouts, meet an alumnus whose VMI journey began by happenstance in August 1997, see photos from Matriculation and Rat Crucible, and learn about a newly created position at the Institute aimed toward increasing recruitment efforts. For news from the playing field and the classroom, visit Athletics and On Post.
2024 Matriculation
Matriculation Day at VMI was held Aug. 17, 2024. This year’s Rat Mass comes from 36 states, six foreign countries, the District of Columbia, and Guam, with 62% matriculating from Virginia and 38% from out of state. Forty-nine percent have selected a major in STEM disciplines, and 51% are majoring in the liberal arts.
Peay Endowment Expands Impact on Post
The Peay Endowment’s beginnings go back to a conversation among alumni volunteers that took place in early 2016. According to Thomas G. Slater, Jr. ’66, current vice chairman of the Peay Endowment, the late Donald M. Wilkinson ’61 met some alumni in Richmond. Their conversation soon turned to VMI and what would be necessary to keep it competitive in terms of academics.
Joel Andrus '04: Why I VMI
Joel Andrus ’04 had no plan to come to VMI until his parents drove onto post out of curiosity. They didn’t know it when they drove up Letcher Avenue, but their casual visit would change the course of their 15-year-old son’s life.?“I remember walking onto [post] for the first time and seeing the whole VMI experience, and my thought was, ‘I want to come here,’” Andrus related.
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Eskam Named Assistant Superintendent for Strategic Enrollment Management
Lt. Col. Shannon Eskam, Ed.D. , recently stepped into the newly created role of assistant superintendent for strategic enrollment management/director of financial aid. Reporting directly to Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins ’85, superintendent, Eskam oversees the Office of Admissions, the Office of Financial Aid, Cadet Marketing, and coordination of post-wide retention resources.
Athletics & Keydet Club Updates
Check out what's new on the playing field in the Athletics section.
On Post
Meet VMI's new Director of Communications & Marketing, and learn about cadets' Summer Undergraduate Research Institute projects in the On Post section.