Virginia Military Institute

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public military college public university senior military college

Virginia Military Institute is a prestigious public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs that have produced many notable U.S. military and political leaders.

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Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets 2
Virginia Military Institute campus 2
Corps of Cadets 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public military college ⓘ
public university ⓘ
senior military college ⓘ
abbreviation VMI ⓘ
accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges ⓘ
surface form: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
adjacentTo Washington and Lee University ⓘ
athleticsBrand VMI Keydets ⓘ
athleticsDivision NCAA Division I ⓘ
campusType rural ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
founded 1839 ⓘ
foundingDate November 11, 1839 ⓘ
governance Board of Visitors ⓘ
governedBy Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
hasAcademicStaff faculty ⓘ
hasBuilding Barracks ⓘ
hasCharacteristic all students are military cadets ⓘ
honor code ⓘ
no civilian undergraduates ⓘ
rigorous academic program ⓘ
rigorous military training ⓘ
hasCorps Virginia Military Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Corps of Cadets
hasLandmark Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground ⓘ
hasNickname West Point of the South ⓘ
hasNotableAlumni George C. Marshall ⓘ
John McCain III (attended, transferred) ⓘ
Jonathan M. Daniels ⓘ
numerous U.S. military leaders ⓘ
numerous U.S. political leaders ⓘ
honorCode single-sanction honor system ⓘ
isDesignatedAs senior military college under U.S. law ⓘ
isMemberOf Association of Public and Land-grant Universities ⓘ
Southern Conference ⓘ
locatedIn Lexington, Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lexington, Virginia

Rockbridge County, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
mascot Moe the Kangaroo ⓘ
motto In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium ⓘ
mottoEnglish In Peace a Glorious Asset, In War a Tower of Strength ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
offersDegree bachelor's degree ⓘ
offersProgram economics and business ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
international studies ⓘ
liberal arts ⓘ
sciences ⓘ
primaryColors red ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
type state-supported military college ⓘ

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In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium → appliesTo → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
West Point of the South → associatedWith → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets
Moe the Kangaroo → category → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Dan Quinn → collegeTeamCoached → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Military Institute Keydets football
Rockbridge County, Virginia → contains → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
George C. Marshall → educatedAt → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Stephen T. Early → educatedAt → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Moe the Kangaroo → educationalInstitution → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson → employer → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Stonewall → employer → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
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VMI Keydets → foundedBy → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
VMI Keydets → governingBody → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
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Virginia Military Institute → hasCorps → Virginia Military Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Rockbridge County, Virginia → hasEducationalInstitution → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Lexington, Virginia, United States → hasLandmark → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Virginia
this entity surface form: Virginia Military Institute campus
Lexington, Virginia, United States → isHomeTo → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Virginia
Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground → locatedIn → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
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In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium → mottoOf → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
West Point of the South → nicknameOf → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground → partOf → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
West Point of the South → refersTo → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Moe the Kangaroo → represents → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
VMI Keydets → represents → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Thomas → taughtAt → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
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In Pace Decus, In Bello Praesidium → usedBy → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
Virginia Military Institute Parade Ground → usedBy → Virginia Military Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets