CIS News
![A portrait of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smith '79](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SmithPortraits2016JRR0001-400x266.jpg)
Brig. Gen. Jeff Smith, Jr. ’79, deputy superintendent for academics and dean of the faculty, will resign from his position at the conclusion of this academic year.
![Maj. Jennifer Gerow and Lt. Col. Spencer Bakich confer with Col. Mohamed Eltoweissy on the cybersecurity minor. – VMI Photo by Kelly Nye.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/CyberSecurityMinor2017KN05-1-400x276.jpg)
VMI's new cybersecurity minor, a collaborative effort involving six departments, will be open to any cadet in any major.