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![Tristan Howard ’20 and Col. Barry Cobb discuss Howard’s research on staffing needs for healthcare.—VMI Photo by Mary Price.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/SURIHowardCobbECBU2019MLP0011-1-400x266.jpg)
Two cadets are working on summer research projects that could save money for healthcare systems.
![A photo of Mike Hamlar](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/HamlarThumbnail.jpg)
Governor Ralph Northam has appointed Michael Lawrence Hamlar to a four-year term on the VMI Board of Visitors.
![A photo of Wes Robinson](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/RobinsonThumbnail.jpg)
A long-time VMI employee takes leadership of the information technology department.
![Cadets toss their gloves into the air during the graduation ceremony held in Cameron Hall today.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/VMI_8972[1]-1-400x268.jpg)
Hard work and learned wisdom are still the keys to success in life, Gen. Peay told the approximately 300 cadets graduating in a ceremony held in Cameron Hall.
![Army ROTC cadets take the commissioning oath in Cameron Hall this morning.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/JointComm2019KEN0108-1-400x266.jpg)
Cadets commissioned into the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force during VMI’s joint commissioning ceremony held in Cameron Hall May 15.
![Rob Soluri ’22 talks with Lt. Col. Brent Hierman, associate professor of international studies, about his research on gun control and violent crime rates.—VMI Photo by Kelly Nye.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/MathThatMatters2019KN23-400x266.jpg)
As the 2018-19 academic year draws toward a close, so does the first year of VMI’s Math That Matters: Math for the Modern World, which was implemented this year as part of the Institute’s quality enhancement plan (QEP).
![Col. Howard Sanborn sits with cadets in Scott Shipp Hall.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/Sanborn2019KN03-2-400x266.jpg)
Col. Howard Sanborn, professor of international studies, will spend the fall 2019 semester in Hong Kong courtesy of a Fulbright grant from the U.S. State Department.
![Adam Josephson '19 receives the Tom Surdyke award from Tom Surdyke's father, Tim Surdyke.—Photo courtesy of the U.S. Military Academy.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/Josephson-1-400x266.jpg)
VMI's team placed high in functional fitness as Adam Josephson '19 was selected as best squad leader at this year's Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at West Point.
![The Honorable Mark Esper, secretary of the Army, speaks with a reporter April 11.—VMI Photo by Kelly Nye.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/EsperParadeGround2019KN13-1-400x266.jpg)
The Honorable Mark Esper, secretary of the Army, visited post April 11 to speak with Army ROTC cadets and faculty as part of his tour of all six senior military colleges.
![The new swimming pool will be large enough to accommodate water polo, swimming, and diving simultaneously.—Image courtesy of Col. Keith Jarvis ‘82.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/AquaticsCenter-1-400x266.jpg)
Construction of VMI's new $41.275 million aquatics center is expected to begin next spring immediately adjacent and connected to the Corps Physical Training Facility.