A judge has ordered that eight university board members tapped by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin should be removed from their posts.

The Virginia Military Institute is preparing for a major leadership change as Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the school’s first Black superintendent, will step down at the end of June. The Board of Visitors voted in February not to renew his contract — a decision Wins says he didn’t expect.

Brigadier General Dallas B. Clark, currently VMI’s deputy superintendent for finance and support, will take on the interim role once Major Gen. Cedric T. Wins departs in June.

The VMI Board of Visitors decided not to renew the contract of Superintendent Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins in a meeting Friday.

LEXINGTON, Va. – Virginia Military Institute has named an interim superintendent after the former superintendent resigned amid allegations of “relentless racism” at the school. The school announced Friday that Retired Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, a 34-year veteran and 1985 graduate of VMI, will serve as the interim superintendent. “The VMI Board of Visitors is pleased that Maj. Gen. Wins has agreed to lead the Institute during this critical time of transition,” said Boland. Wins will serve as interim superintendent until a permanent superintendent has been chosen, according to Bill Wyatt, director of communications and marketing for VMI. Wyatt says the Board of Visitors has appointed a Superintendent Search Committee that will work with a search firm to find candidates over the next several months.