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VMI Glee CLub in NYC and Long Island

Filed under: Announcements, VMI News — Chips Lanier at 15:35 on 28 February 2006 —

The VMI Alumni Association

North Jersey and NYC/Long Island Chapters

The VMI Glee Club is performing at the following locations and times:

Mine Hill New Jersey at Dover High School in the afternoon of March 3rd
(Ryan Doltz ’00 was KIA in Iraq and graduated from Dover High School)
Aboard the USS Intrepid on the Quarterdeck on March 4th at 1300
On Liberty Island on March 4th at 1530

The programs will present a mix of musical numbers including patriotic selections and are open to the public.

TV Spots, Screensaver Among Marketing Efforts

Filed under: VMI News — Chips Lanier at 09:35 on 14 February 2006 —

The VMI Alumni Association, in an agreement with Roanoke station WSLS-TV (NBC), has begun airing television advertising in a pilot marketing program, one of many marketing initiatives planned this year.

The six ads produced by the VMI Office of Communications & Marketing for the Alumni Association are designed to reinforce the Institute’s cadet recruitment efforts and to enhance the VMI public image. The commercial spots began airing at different times in the program day beginning in late December 2005 and are scheduled to end after the NBC Winter Olympics coverage. To view the ads or download the screensaver, go here.

New Photo Album

Filed under: News — Chips Lanier at 21:01 on 2 February 2006 —

In the email from ‘Beast’ Payne when he sent his 35th Reunion photos, he recommended that we set up a way to share our old photos from our time in the Valley. After a little time, I have now added a new photo area to our web site that uses “albums” to organize pictures. (The old reunion pages are still there, but I added all we had to the new album.) You can see part of the new addition at the top of the sidebar — it’s a random picture from the album. (Read on …)