For Immediate Release
January 27, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University kicks off spring Todd Lecture Series
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 27, 2010) – Norwich University presents a series of free events during the spring 2010 Todd Lecture Series, beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and going through April 10.
Author Bill McKibben will kick off the series on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Dole Auditorium with his talk, “Large and Small: Human Scale and Human Power in a Fast-Changing World,” presented by the Business & Humanities Schools.
McKibben is an environmental activist and writer and a resident of Ripton, Vt. He is an advocate of fighting global warming, the founder of the website www.350.org and a legendary organizer of demonstrations.
McKibben is a prolific author of 13 books on topics that include climate change, population growth, long distance athletics, solo hiking, genetic engineering and growth economy. He is the founder of www.stepitup07.org, which was involved in organizing the largest demonstration for climate change in the nation’s history.
McKibben is a contributor to several magazines and has been the recipient of Guggenheim and Lyndhurst Fellowships, the Lannon Prize for writing and has several honorary degrees.
On the following day, Thursday, Feb. 11, Major General Robert F. Behler (USAF Ret), of the MITRE Corporation, will speak at 7 p.m. in Cabot 085. His lecture, “Sustaining the Technological Edge in Supersonic Flight” is presented by the Engineering School.
Behler is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager at the MITRE Corporation’s Command and Control Center that focuses on creating a joint command, control and communications. The MITRE’s Department of Defense is a federally funded research and development center.
Behler served in the Air Force for 31 years and retired in 2003 as a major general. He has extensive experience in command, control, communications and technology and served in worldwide assignments. He is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours in 65 types of aircraft.
Behler has undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace science as well as a master’s of business degree. He is the winner of numerous service medals as well as the 15th Air Force Reconnaissance Crew of the Year award and the first General Jerome F. O’Malley Award for Best Reconnaissance Crew in the Air Force.
More Todd Lecture Series spring events:
Panel discussion on SMART Power with COL Christopher Holshek, COL (Ret) Thomas Baltazar, Ms. Caryn Hollis, and Dr. Reuben Brigety II
Feb. 18, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. in Dole Auditorium
Presented by the School of Social Sciences
Lawrence Krauss, internationally known theoretical physicist
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. in Plumley Armory
Presented by the School of Math/Science
Jeanne Gang, principal of Chicago-based architecture and design firm Studio Gang Architects
March 29, 7 p.m. in Dole Auditorium
Presented by the School of Art and Architecture
Lt. Gen David Deptula, deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
April 6, 7 p.m. in Plumley Armory
Presented by the School of National Services
The Todd Lecture Series is named in honor of US Army retired Major General and President Emeritus W. Russell Todd, ‘50, and his wife, Carol, in gratitude for their dedicated service to Norwich University and the Northfield Community. With this series, Norwich reaches out to bring important, significant lecturers to the University. The programs will always be free and open to the greater Vermont community as well as the Norwich student body.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Norwich University hosting 3rd Annual CSI Symposium
For Immediate Release
January 21, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University hosting 3rd Annual CSI Symposium
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 21, 2010) – Norwich University will host its third annual CSI Symposium on Jan. 28 – 29, a series of seven lectures by forensic scientists on a range of topics covering the roles of science in crime investigations.
A highlight of the symposium will be a presentation given by Dr. Henry Lee, one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists. His testimony figured prominently in the O.J. Simpson trial and in convictions of the “Wood Chipper” murderer as well as hundreds of other murder cases.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for members of the Norwich student body, staff and faculty, as well as the wider community to listen to some of the world’s most renowned forensic scientists,” said Dr. Thomas Taylor, dean of social sciences.
The presentations will demonstrate how a cross-disciplined approach of various scientific expertises all contributes to solving crimes.
All lectures are free and open to the public and will be held on the University campus in Dole Auditorium. Free parking is located at the Kreitzberg Arena, off Route 12, with shuttle services provided to Dole Auditorium. The noon lecture includes a free lunch.
Thursday, Jan. 28:
4-5 p.m. INTRODUCTION, New York State Police Investigator Robert B. Appleton, Forensic Investigative Support Services
5-7 p.m. CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION, Dr. Henry Lee, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Division of Scientific Services
Friday, Jan. 29:
9-10 a.m. FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY: CASE OF RUSSIAN CZAR FAMILY, Dr. Lowell Levine, New York State Police, Forensics Unit
10-11 a.m. VETERINARY FORENSIC, Dr. Melinda Merck, Veterinary Forensic Sciences for the ASPCA
11-noon FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, Dr. Richard Ovens, New York State Police Academy, National Training Center of Polygraph Science
12-1:30 p.m. LARSEN LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, Dr. Michael M. Baden, New York State Police, Forensic Services Unit
1:30-3 p.m. FORENSIC COMPUTER INVESTIGATION, Investigator Ryan Kubasiak, New York State Police, Computer Crime Unit
Editor’s note: The public can contact Kim Healy at (802) 485-2310 or khealy@norwich.edu for more information.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
January 21, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University hosting 3rd Annual CSI Symposium
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 21, 2010) – Norwich University will host its third annual CSI Symposium on Jan. 28 – 29, a series of seven lectures by forensic scientists on a range of topics covering the roles of science in crime investigations.
A highlight of the symposium will be a presentation given by Dr. Henry Lee, one of the world’s foremost forensic scientists. His testimony figured prominently in the O.J. Simpson trial and in convictions of the “Wood Chipper” murderer as well as hundreds of other murder cases.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for members of the Norwich student body, staff and faculty, as well as the wider community to listen to some of the world’s most renowned forensic scientists,” said Dr. Thomas Taylor, dean of social sciences.
The presentations will demonstrate how a cross-disciplined approach of various scientific expertises all contributes to solving crimes.
All lectures are free and open to the public and will be held on the University campus in Dole Auditorium. Free parking is located at the Kreitzberg Arena, off Route 12, with shuttle services provided to Dole Auditorium. The noon lecture includes a free lunch.
Thursday, Jan. 28:
4-5 p.m. INTRODUCTION, New York State Police Investigator Robert B. Appleton, Forensic Investigative Support Services
5-7 p.m. CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION, Dr. Henry Lee, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Division of Scientific Services
Friday, Jan. 29:
9-10 a.m. FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY: CASE OF RUSSIAN CZAR FAMILY, Dr. Lowell Levine, New York State Police, Forensics Unit
10-11 a.m. VETERINARY FORENSIC, Dr. Melinda Merck, Veterinary Forensic Sciences for the ASPCA
11-noon FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, Dr. Richard Ovens, New York State Police Academy, National Training Center of Polygraph Science
12-1:30 p.m. LARSEN LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, Dr. Michael M. Baden, New York State Police, Forensic Services Unit
1:30-3 p.m. FORENSIC COMPUTER INVESTIGATION, Investigator Ryan Kubasiak, New York State Police, Computer Crime Unit
Editor’s note: The public can contact Kim Healy at (802) 485-2310 or khealy@norwich.edu for more information.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
Monday, January 18, 2010
Norwich closes most successful campaign ever
For Immediate Release
Jan. 18, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich closes most successful campaign ever
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 18, 2010) – Norwich University officials announced the end to the Norwich Forever! fundraising campaign, which closed at the end of December with alumni and friends making a record investment in the future of Norwich students.
Norwich received more than $81.9 million in campaign gifts and pledges, nearly $27 million beyond the original goal for the campaign, successfully ending the campaign one year early.
“That we achieved such success in only four years, with the final sixteen months in a global recession, is a testament to how much our alumni cherish Norwich and want to provide our students with a first-rate experience,” said President Richard W. Schneider. “Many friends in Vermont, including several businesses, also participated in the campaign, and we are honored to have their support.”
Through the Norwich Forever! campaign the university has invested $10 million in academic programming and $9.5 million in scholarship funds. The campaign also provided funding for three new buildings on campus: the Wise Campus Center, the Sullivan Museum and History Center, and Doyle Hall, an addition to the athletic complex currently under construction.
“This is the most successful campaign in our university’s 190-year history, and it has put us in a very strong position as we approach the beginning of our third century of service. In an increasingly competitive higher education marketplace, this campaign has allowed us to grow our undergraduate population to more than 2,000 and to provide students with excellent facilities,” Schneider said.
The campaign has also allowed for more students than ever before to travel abroad and work with faculty members on research projects.
“On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Norwich, I want to thank everyone who gave to Norwich during this campaign.”
Norwich University launched the Norwich Forever! campaign in 2005 with a goal to raise $55 million in five years. Due to the volume of gifts and pledges, the university’s Board of Trustees decided to end Norwich Forever! one year earlier than originally planned. Norwich has now begun a smaller, three-year fundraising effort with a limited number of priorities.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
Jan. 18, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich closes most successful campaign ever
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 18, 2010) – Norwich University officials announced the end to the Norwich Forever! fundraising campaign, which closed at the end of December with alumni and friends making a record investment in the future of Norwich students.
Norwich received more than $81.9 million in campaign gifts and pledges, nearly $27 million beyond the original goal for the campaign, successfully ending the campaign one year early.
“That we achieved such success in only four years, with the final sixteen months in a global recession, is a testament to how much our alumni cherish Norwich and want to provide our students with a first-rate experience,” said President Richard W. Schneider. “Many friends in Vermont, including several businesses, also participated in the campaign, and we are honored to have their support.”
Through the Norwich Forever! campaign the university has invested $10 million in academic programming and $9.5 million in scholarship funds. The campaign also provided funding for three new buildings on campus: the Wise Campus Center, the Sullivan Museum and History Center, and Doyle Hall, an addition to the athletic complex currently under construction.
“This is the most successful campaign in our university’s 190-year history, and it has put us in a very strong position as we approach the beginning of our third century of service. In an increasingly competitive higher education marketplace, this campaign has allowed us to grow our undergraduate population to more than 2,000 and to provide students with excellent facilities,” Schneider said.
The campaign has also allowed for more students than ever before to travel abroad and work with faculty members on research projects.
“On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students of Norwich, I want to thank everyone who gave to Norwich during this campaign.”
Norwich University launched the Norwich Forever! campaign in 2005 with a goal to raise $55 million in five years. Due to the volume of gifts and pledges, the university’s Board of Trustees decided to end Norwich Forever! one year earlier than originally planned. Norwich has now begun a smaller, three-year fundraising effort with a limited number of priorities.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Norwich University announces speakers for commissioning and commencement ceremonies
For Immediate Release
Jan. 7, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich announces speakers for commissioning and commencement ceremonies
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 7, 2010) – Norwich University officials announced the speakers for this year’s commissioning and commencement ceremonies, to be held on May 15 and 16 respectively.
General Ann E. Dunwoody is scheduled to address approximately 100 NU students commissioning into the military and their families during a ceremony in which the new officers receive their lieutenant bars and their first salutes.
Dunwoody is the first woman to serve as a four-star general in the U.S. Army. Read her full bio here: http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/06/30/10506-gen-ann-e-dunwoody-us-army-materiel-command-commanding-general/index.html.
On May 16, Edward Rensi will give the commencement address to the class of 2010.
Rensi is the retired president and chief executive officer of McDonald’s USA and founder of the Ronald McDonald House. He currently serves as an executive consultant to McDonald’s Restaurant Systems. Read his full bio here: https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Alumni_Connection/Alumni_Hall_of_Fame/Edward_Rensi.
Commencement exercises will be held in Shapiro Field House on Sunday, May 16, at 10:30 a.m.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Jan. 7, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich announces speakers for commissioning and commencement ceremonies
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 7, 2010) – Norwich University officials announced the speakers for this year’s commissioning and commencement ceremonies, to be held on May 15 and 16 respectively.
General Ann E. Dunwoody is scheduled to address approximately 100 NU students commissioning into the military and their families during a ceremony in which the new officers receive their lieutenant bars and their first salutes.
Dunwoody is the first woman to serve as a four-star general in the U.S. Army. Read her full bio here: http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/06/30/10506-gen-ann-e-dunwoody-us-army-materiel-command-commanding-general/index.html.
On May 16, Edward Rensi will give the commencement address to the class of 2010.
Rensi is the retired president and chief executive officer of McDonald’s USA and founder of the Ronald McDonald House. He currently serves as an executive consultant to McDonald’s Restaurant Systems. Read his full bio here: https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Alumni_Connection/Alumni_Hall_of_Fame/Edward_Rensi.
Commencement exercises will be held in Shapiro Field House on Sunday, May 16, at 10:30 a.m.
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Norwich University to Collaborate with Cybersecurity Startup
For Immediate Release
Jan. 5, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University to Collaborate with Cybersecurity Startup
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (Jan. 5, 2010) – Norwich University officials announced today a program of collaboration with Adaptive Cyber Security Instruments, Inc. (ACSI) to provide real-world educational opportunities for NU students and resources to develop and test ACSI’s cyber situational awareness products.
NU also intends to create new courses in the emerging field of cyber conflict, information warfare and information operations. ACSI’s products were conceived to meet the challenges of this field including cyber intelligence, and the theory behind them will form the core of this curriculum.
ACSI hopes to benefit by exposing students, including possibly active-duty and reserve military officers, to their products and conceptual framework, which are being developed with government and military applications as primary markets.
ACSI was started in 2005 to develop technologies that can successfully contain and thwart attacks on Windows computers and vital IT networks, both in enterprise and in government, by providing real-time attack data.
As participants in the company’s evolution from a startup through funding and delivery of commercial products, NU students will have access to ACSI’s corporate documents and opportunities for long-term entrepreneurship case studies in courses such as finance, market research, business ethics, statistics and law, management of information assurance, operations and organizational management. Students will be encouraged to focus on various aspects of ACSI’s business such as market surveys and focus groups, creating reports that have academic value to the students and practical value to ACSI.
The use of ACSI’s state-of-the-art software will provide opportunities for hands-on information assurance technology courses such as programming, GUI design, management of information systems, database and network management, and software engineering. Students will benefit from contact with state-of-the-art software and ACSI will benefit by familiarizing dozens of students each school year with their products as the students enter the job market.
"The agreement with ACSI is another step in the growing integration of Norwich University's department of computing and the information assurance faculty with the outstanding work done by Dr. Peter R. Stephenson, director of the Norwich University Advanced Computing Center,” said M.E. Kabay, associate professor of information assurance, Norwich University, and chief technical officer, ACSI. “Together we can bring our students into contact with leading edge firms and technology, benefiting the students, the firms and the university as well as contributing to the improvement of global information assurance technology."
NU students and ACSI will also benefit from real-world experience in vulnerability testing and quality assurance of ACSI’s commercial software. Students will be trained in the latest testing tools and methods either on work-study contracts funded by ACSI or as part of individual study research courses, and have the opportunity to work on production code, gaining valuable insights while providing input that improves the functionality and stability of commercial software products.
The project seeks to provide a wealth of real-world, hands-on educational opportunities for NU students who will be among the first to work with and gain an understanding of ACSI’s innovative software and technology, and to provide resources and bright young minds to assist the process of bringing ACSI’s products to the marketplace.
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Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army, Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
ACSI < acsi-cybersa.com > was started in 2005 to develop technologies that can successfully contain and thwart attacks on vital IT networks, both in enterprise and in government, by providing real-time attack data.
Release Date: Jan. 5, 2010
M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP, CTO ACSI & Associate Professor of Information Assurance, School of Business & Management, Norwich University mkabay@norwich.edu
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