Class of '70, VMI

For those of us who travel down the Valley on occasion….

From VMI Communications and Marketing

An exceptional collection of art centered on the theme of the Civil War soldier is the subject of a new exhibit at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park’s Hall of Valor Museum.  Artists with firsthand knowledge of their subject painted all of the pieces during the years immediately following the war.  Noted artists Julian Scott, Edwin Forbes, E. L. Henry, and John Rogers are represented in the collection.  Over a period of 75 years, three generations of the Raeburn family of New York, N.Y., assembled this significant collection, which focuses attention on the individual soldier rather than great battle depictions.

Robert A. Raeburn presented the family’s art collection to the Virginia Military Institute on the occasion of the 50^th reunion of his VMI class.

From VMI Communications and Marketing:

Virginia Military Institute kept its place in the top rank of liberal arts colleges in the latest ranking released by U.S. News & World Report.

In the rankings released today (Aug. 22) VMI was ranked as the No. 3 public liberal arts college in the nation, coming in behind the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy. This is the same position VMI held last year, when federal service academies were added to that category for the first time. For the previous six years, VMI held the No. 1 position.

VMI also held onto its position of 71 among all liberal arts colleges – both public and private – in the nation, putting it firmly in the 1^st Tier of colleges nationwide. This equals the highest ranking VMI has ever held among all colleges.

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From VMI Communications and Marketing: LEXINGTON, Va., Aug. 15, 2008 – Forbes magazine ranked VMI on its list of America’s Best Colleges this week. VMI ranked No. 9 in the list of public colleges, just behind such institutions as the U.S. Military Academy, the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, but ahead of many other well-respected schools.

For more information, read the Forbes article as well as the individual VMI listing.

Board of Visitors Elects New President — Thomas G. Slater Jr., ’66, a partner in the Richmond law firm Hunton & Williams, was elected president of the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors at the board’s meeting on May 3.

Slater’s term begins July 1 when he will take the place of G. Gilmer Minor III, chairman of Owens & Minor Inc., a Richmond-based Fortune 500 distributor of medical and surgical supplies. Minor, a 1963 VMI graduate, was elected president of board three years ago and has been a member of the board since 2000. See the full press release here.

Board Raises Tuition and Fees — The cost of attending Virginia Military Institute will increase 5.2 percent for Virginia residents and 5.9 percent for out-of-state residents for the academic year beginning in August. The VMI Board of Visitors approved the tuition and fee increase at its meeting May 3. The cost for in-state cadets will increase from $16,156 to $17,000. For out-of-state cadets, the cost increases from $32,000 to $33,898. (Ouch!!) See the full press release here.