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![Cadets train on the VMI Parade Ground during fall 2018 field training exercises.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/FallFTXThurs2019KN046-400x266.jpg)
For the second time in three years, a VMI cadet—Alec Hoopes ’19—has been ranked number one in the nation by the U.S. Army Cadet Command.
![Richard Luck ’12 leads a tour through Luck Industries during the e-Club’s trip to Richmond.—Photo Courtesy of Dr. Dee Mornah.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/EClubEdited-copy-1-400x266.jpg)
Revitalized this year, the VMI e-Club brings together cadets of all majors who are interested in entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation.
![Members of the Institute Society dine in Marshall Hall Nov. 9.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/Untitled-4-400x266.jpg)
Cadets were on hand last Friday night to offer their appreciation to members of the Institute Society for their contributions to the Institute.
![VMI cadets march in the Ranger Challenge competition.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/44938971_1080982608738177_1136795873800355840_o-1-400x266.jpg)
VMI fielded two Ranger Challenge teams at Fort Knox Oct. 24-28, finishing in second and third place overall. Their performance represents the best ever result in the military brigade competition.
![Milana Hogan speaks to Leadership Conference participants in Gillis Theater.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/LeadershipWorthamSpeaker2019HLM0013-1-400x266.jpg)
Milana Hogan spoke during the Leadership Conference today in Gillis Theater and was the first speaker in VMI’s Caroline Dawn Wortham ’12 lecture series.
![Medal of Honor Recipient sits down with cadets over breakfast.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/RomeshaBreakfast2019HLM15-1-400x266.jpg)
GRIT, as defined by VMI’s Center for Leadership and Ethics, is exemplified by growth, resilience, integrity, and tenacity—virtues on display at this year's Leadership Conference.
![President Barack Obama presents Clint Romesha with the medal of honor.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/1000w_q95-1-400x266.jpg)
Former U.S Secretary of Education William Bennett and Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha will speak in Marshall Hall's Gillis Theatre Monday as part of the VMI Leadership Conference.
![A portrait of Col. James Inman](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/InmanJamie2018Horz-400x266.jpg)
Col. Jamie Inman ’86, VMI's chief of staff, will speak at this year’s December graduation ceremony in Jackson Memorial Hall Wednesday, Dec. 19.
![Jacob Van Dyke ’19 confers with Lt. Col. Spencer Bakich about his thesis for the national security minor.—VMI Photo by Mary Price.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/BackishVanDyke2019MLP06-1-400x267.jpg)
Cadets enrolled in national security minor pair research and real-world learning, allowing a select number of cadets to take on more challenge than the Institute already offers
![Joel Thomas '19](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/ThomasJoel2019KN04-1-400x266.jpg)
Cadet writer Joel Thomas '19 has had an essay published by the North Carolina Literary Review. His submission won him honorable mention and a $100 prize.