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Push for change at Virginia Military Institute had been building for months

Push for change at Virginia Military Institute had been building for months
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Maj Gen Cedric Wins unanimous pick: VMI s 1st Black leader

Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins unanimous pick: VMI s 1st Black leader by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 at 3:44 pm EDT LEXINGTON, Va. Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, who was named interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute amid the controversy over the school’s Confederate ties and the removal of a statue of Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, was voted unanimously Thursday to become the first Black man to lead the school. Wins, a 1985 graduate of VMI, took over for retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, whose ouster followed publication of a story by The Washington Post that described an “atmosphere of hostility and cultural insensitivity” at the oldest state-supported military college in the U.S.

Interim VMI superintendent gets job permanently

Interim VMI superintendent gets job permanently Pat Thomas © Provided by Roanoke-Lynchburg WDBJ-TV VMI announces Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins to serve as superintendent LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors has voted to make its temporary superintendent permanent. The board voted Thursday to permanently install Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins as superintendent. He had been serving on an interim basis since being named to succeed General J.H Binford Peay III, who resigned from the superintendent position in October 2020 after 17 years. Major General Wins is the first Black man to lead VMI in its 181-year history. Copyright 2021 WDBJ. All rights reserved.

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