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VMI Advertising Campaign

Posted on 1 June 2006 by Chips Lanier

From Inside VMI (link) VMI Office of Communications & Marketing Summer Partnering Campaign. Communications and Marketing is launching a summer VMI ad campaign as part of its marketing effort which consists of outdoor advertising signs on I-64 near Richmond airport … Continue reading →

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Sacred Ground: Visit To Normandy Beaches

Posted on 26 May 2006 by Chips Lanier

A nice article for the Memorial Day weekend from the News-Gazette.  VMI Cadets visit the beaches at Normandy.  It’s on the VMI web site here.

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Secretary of Defense to Address Graduating Cadets

Posted on 11 April 2006 by Chips Lanier

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld will deliver the commencement address to Virginia Military Institute’s graduating cadets on May 16. The commencement exercise is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in Cameron Hall. This will mark the secretary’s first visit … Continue reading →

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VMI Glee CLub in NYC and Long Island

Posted on 28 February 2006 by Chips Lanier

The VMI Alumni Association North Jersey and NYC/Long Island Chapters The VMI Glee Club is performing at the following locations and times: Mine Hill New Jersey at Dover High School in the afternoon of March 3rd (Ryan Doltz ’00 was … Continue reading →

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TV Spots, Screensaver Among Marketing Efforts

Posted on 14 February 2006 by Chips Lanier

The VMI Alumni Association, in an agreement with Roanoke station WSLS-TV (NBC), has begun airing television advertising in a pilot marketing program, one of many marketing initiatives planned this year. The six ads produced by the VMI Office of Communications … Continue reading →

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New Photo Album

Posted on 2 February 2006 by Chips Lanier

In the email from ‘Beast’ Payne when he sent his 35th Reunion photos, he recommended that we set up a way to share our old photos from our time in the Valley. After a little time, I have now added … Continue reading →

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More Reunion Pictures

Posted on 21 January 2006 by Chips Lanier

Thanks to David (Beast) Payne and George Ritko, there are some new Reunion pictures in the Friday Party and Saturday Parade Sections. Thanks, guys!

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Corps of Cadets Marches in Governor’s Inauguration

Posted on 16 January 2006 by Chips Lanier

LEXINGTON, Va., Jan. 16, 2006 – The members of the VMI Corps of Cadets endured rain and cold to honor Virginia’s new governor during his inauguration Saturday in Williamsburg. Check this link for more information and some very nice pictures.

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VMI Corps to Serve as Lead Unit in Governor’s Inaugural Parade

Posted on 9 January 2006 by Chips Lanier

from RLaneBurgh’s VMI Cyber Corps: The Corps of Cadets has been invited to the Inaugural Parade on Saturday, 14 January in Williamsburg, Virginia. VMI will be the lead unit in the parade as in 2002. The VMI Corps of Cadets … Continue reading →

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from Kent Schlussel – Reunion Shirt Orders

Posted on 5 January 2006 by Chips Lanier

A number of our BR’s have written me about obtaining the 35th Reunion shirts (mostly from people who did not attend or forgot the size of their spouses). I think I can do it for about $30 each plus postage … Continue reading →

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