The Virginia Military Institute is located in Lexington, Va. The mission of VMI is to develop educated, honorable men and women, prepared for the varied work of civil life, imbued with love of learning, confident in the functions and attitudes of leadership, possessing a high sense of public service, advocates of the American democracy and free enterprise system, and ready as citizen-soldiers to defend their country in time of national peril.

General Information:

School........................................................Virginia Military Institute

Location.....................................................Lexington, Va.

Founded....................................................1839

Enrollment..................................................1,569

Nickname...................................................Keydets

School Colors.............................................Yellow & Red

Affiliation.....................................................NCAA Division I

Superintendent...........................................Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III (Ret.)

Athletic Director..........................................Dave Diles

University Website......................................www.vmi.edu

Athletics Website........................................www.vmikeydets.com

Other unique facts:

VMI is the nation's first state-supported military college. // U.S. News & World Report has ranked VMI among the nation's top undergraduate public liberal arts colleges since 2001. // VMI engineering program is ranked 25th among all engineering schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree.