decisions: a diversity officer would be appointed, a diversity and inclusion committee would be created, and diversity initiatives created to include a focus on gender and the adoption of a diversity hiring plan. Nine months later, a report into racial intolerance charged by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia was delivered. The independent report concluded that VMI "maintained and allowed a racist and sexist culture that, until recently, it had no appetite to address". The authors, employed by the law firm Barnes & Thornburg, also accused the institution's leadership, including its governing board, with an "unwillingness to change or even question its practices".
On February 28, 2025, the board voted not to extend Wins' contract.
=== Superintendents ===
Since 1839, VMI has had sixteen superintendents, 13 of whom were graduates of the institute.
Francis H. Smith (1839–1889), United States Military Academy class of 1833
Scott Shipp (1890–1907), VMI class of 1859, wounded while leading VMI cadets …
