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What started out as a foggy, misty morning, warmed into a bright afternoon as nearly 170 ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB cadets commissioned into the armed services in Cameron Hall, May 15 at the annual Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) joint commissioning ceremony.

The ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Pipe Band competed at the Savannah Scottish Games and Celtic Festival in Savannah, Georgia, May 2-4.

Dr. Sherif Abdelhamid, assistant professor in the and outreach liaison officer for the at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB, participated in “Build & Fly with ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB,” a free drone event for students ages 13-18 held April 19 at the New College Institute (NCI) in Martinsville, Virginia.

Two teams of senior electrical and computer engineering (ECE) majors at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB recently presented their capstone projects after working on them throughout the academic year.

Maj. Aubrey Whitehead, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, volunteers as a senior mentor two hours each week at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center (SVJC) in Staunton, Virginia.

Two ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB cadets, Josiah Farrell ’28 and Anderson Robles-Rodriguez ’28 have been awarded Gilman Scholarships for study abroad this summer. Both will participate in the Taiwan Huayu BEST Program and study Mandarin Chinese at the National Chengchi University in Taipei.

In a strong show of commitment to affordability and educational excellence the ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Board of Visitors approved tuition and fees for the 2025-2026 academic year at their spring meeting held May 1-3.

Dr. Mattie Quesenberry Smith, instructor in the Department of English, Rhetoric and Humanistic Studies at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s poet laureate, is featured on episode 28 of “The Laureate Project,” a podcast launched by Emmy-nominated journalist, Matt Hoisch.

Lt. Gen. Karl Gingrich, deputy chief of staff in the U.S. Army, will address cadets at the joint commissioning ceremony. Retired Air Force Gen. Darren W. McDew ’82, former commander of the U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, will speak at commencement.

The ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Ethics Team won first place at the Military Ethics Case Competition held April 12 at the United States Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership in Annapolis, Maryland. This is the third time the team has been victorious at the prestigious competition.