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Oct. 29, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University History Professor, long distance runner and cancer survivor Rowland Brucken will run a 100-mile race next month and has pledged to raise funds in honor of NU student Mackenzie Pratt, who died of cancer on Oct. 12.
Brucken will run the 100-mile trail run, called the Pinhoti 100, on Nov. 6-7 in Alabama.
Brucken would like to raise pledges in Pratt’s name to benefit the Hyde Park Recreation Committee, which maintains walking paths and supports Hyde Park Elementary students who love to play sports.
As an accomplished athlete, Pratt grew up benefitting from the committee’s work, and her family thought that donations to that organization would be an appropriate way to honor her memory.
To donate please makes checks out to Hyde Park Recreation Committee with “Mackenzie Pratt” in the memo and send to P.O. Box 98, Hyde Park, Vt., 05655.
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
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Norwich cadets march 50-mile legacy route to raise money for veterans
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Oct. 21, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University cadets will conduct a three-day march through the state beginning Thursday, Nov. 4 to raise money for The Veterans’ Place in Northfield and The Wounded Warrior Project.
Participants will march 50 miles starting from the university’s original site at the village green in Norwich, Vt., arriving at the Northfield campus for the football game on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. against Castleton.
Marchers will be joined by historic vehicles provided by The Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club, including a Jeep-style ambulance. First aid services will be provided by the Norwich University Emergency Medical Services club (NUEMS).
Students, staff and faculty will pay $50 to participate in the march, which was organized by the NU Construction Engineering Management Club. Their goal is to raise $5,000 for each of the veterans’ organizations, $10,000 total.
Anyone interested in donating, please send a check made out to Norwich University to the Office of Civic Engagement and Campus Climate at 158 Harmon Dr. Northfield, Vt. 05663. Donations will be split evenly between the two veterans’ organizations. Groups can also purchase mile markers or participate in other campus fundraisers.
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
Oct. 21, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University cadets will conduct a three-day march through the state beginning Thursday, Nov. 4 to raise money for The Veterans’ Place in Northfield and The Wounded Warrior Project.
Participants will march 50 miles starting from the university’s original site at the village green in Norwich, Vt., arriving at the Northfield campus for the football game on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. against Castleton.
Marchers will be joined by historic vehicles provided by The Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club, including a Jeep-style ambulance. First aid services will be provided by the Norwich University Emergency Medical Services club (NUEMS).
Students, staff and faculty will pay $50 to participate in the march, which was organized by the NU Construction Engineering Management Club. Their goal is to raise $5,000 for each of the veterans’ organizations, $10,000 total.
Anyone interested in donating, please send a check made out to Norwich University to the Office of Civic Engagement and Campus Climate at 158 Harmon Dr. Northfield, Vt. 05663. Donations will be split evenly between the two veterans’ organizations. Groups can also purchase mile markers or participate in other campus fundraisers.
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
Norwich NROTC top fundraiser nationally for Veterans
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Oct. 21, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University students in Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC) have been named the top NROTC fundraiser for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund in the 35th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held in Wash., D.C. on Oct. 31.
Six students and two Norwich NROTC instructors have raised over $7,000, far exceeding the $300 individual marathon registration fee by the Sept. 30 goal.
The Semper Fi Fund boasts 800 runners in the marathon, which is known as the fourth largest marathon in the US and eighth largest in the world.
This is the first year NU NROTC is participating in the marathon.
“We wanted to run the Marine Corps Marathon but we wanted to do it with a good cause,” said Geoff Shimp, a junior at Norwich. “The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a great organization, and we know that those who will be getting help are Marines our age and are fighting for our right to be at this institution.”
Donations to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund can be made here.
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
Oct. 21, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University students in Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NROTC) have been named the top NROTC fundraiser for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund in the 35th Annual Marine Corps Marathon to be held in Wash., D.C. on Oct. 31.
Six students and two Norwich NROTC instructors have raised over $7,000, far exceeding the $300 individual marathon registration fee by the Sept. 30 goal.
The Semper Fi Fund boasts 800 runners in the marathon, which is known as the fourth largest marathon in the US and eighth largest in the world.
This is the first year NU NROTC is participating in the marathon.
“We wanted to run the Marine Corps Marathon but we wanted to do it with a good cause,” said Geoff Shimp, a junior at Norwich. “The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a great organization, and we know that those who will be getting help are Marines our age and are fighting for our right to be at this institution.”
Donations to the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund can be made here.
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
Friday, October 15, 2010
Norwich presents two presentations by music historian and author
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Oct. 15, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Nationally recognized music historian and author, Michael Lasser, will give two presentations on music from the era of World War II later this month.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Lasser will present “Walking Alone: The Love Songs of World War II” at the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier. He will discuss how popular songs reflected what was happening in peoples’ hearts and lives during that era.
And on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at noon Lasser will present “Music and World War II: God Bless America and White Christmas” at Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center in Northfield. He will share Irving Berlin’s two famous songs, which embodied and shaped American attitudes and were written for a world about to go to war.
Both presentations are free and open to the public, and the Sullivan Museum event includes lunch.
Since 1980, Lasser has hosted the nationally-syndicated public radio show, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” winner of a 1994 Peabody Award for letting “our treasury of popular tunes speak (and sing) for itself with sparkling commentary, tracing the contributions of the composers and performers to American society.”
He is the former theater critic for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. For nearly 25 years Lasser has spoken at museums and universities across the nation including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. Lasser is here for the public Lunch N’ Learn programs at the Sullivan Museum and History Center at Norwich University. In conjunction with its special fall exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII, a series of programs are being offered that share more information about the WWII period.
Lasser is co-author of the book America’s Songs: The Stories behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley, which will be on sale at both events.
For additional information or directions call Sullivan Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at 802-485-2448. The fall special exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: NU and WWII, is on view at Norwich University in the Sullivan Museum from Monday – Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm through January 31, 2011.
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
Oct. 15, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Nationally recognized music historian and author, Michael Lasser, will give two presentations on music from the era of World War II later this month.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Lasser will present “Walking Alone: The Love Songs of World War II” at the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier. He will discuss how popular songs reflected what was happening in peoples’ hearts and lives during that era.
And on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at noon Lasser will present “Music and World War II: God Bless America and White Christmas” at Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center in Northfield. He will share Irving Berlin’s two famous songs, which embodied and shaped American attitudes and were written for a world about to go to war.
Both presentations are free and open to the public, and the Sullivan Museum event includes lunch.
Since 1980, Lasser has hosted the nationally-syndicated public radio show, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” winner of a 1994 Peabody Award for letting “our treasury of popular tunes speak (and sing) for itself with sparkling commentary, tracing the contributions of the composers and performers to American society.”
He is the former theater critic for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. For nearly 25 years Lasser has spoken at museums and universities across the nation including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. Lasser is here for the public Lunch N’ Learn programs at the Sullivan Museum and History Center at Norwich University. In conjunction with its special fall exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII, a series of programs are being offered that share more information about the WWII period.
Lasser is co-author of the book America’s Songs: The Stories behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley, which will be on sale at both events.
For additional information or directions call Sullivan Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at 802-485-2448. The fall special exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: NU and WWII, is on view at Norwich University in the Sullivan Museum from Monday – Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm through January 31, 2011.
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, October 11, 2010
Norwich announces graduate program scholarship recipients
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Oct. 11, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced two winners of reduced tuition to the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program with a concentration in public works.
Herb Blomquist, of Edmond, Okla., received $5,000 in tuition reduction. He has worked in the public sector since 2001.
Thomas H. Fass, of Tampa, Fla., received $2,500 in tuition reduction.
Norwich offers the scholarships through American Public Works Association (APWA).
“We are very excited to learn that Herb Blomquist and Thomas Fass were selected for scholarships in the MPA program,” said MPA Program Director Donal Hartman. “Public works is one of the most important fields in public administration and it is always a pleasure to have two of their top young managers join our program.”
Blomquist currently serves as the Director of Public Works for the City of Edmond, Okla., where he oversees the Public Works Administration, Field Services, Solid Waste, Facilities Maintenance, Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance functions for Public Works in the City of Edmond.
“I really enjoy positively contributing to my community every day,” he said.
Fass holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida and Virginia.
“I believe the MPA degree can help those of us in Public Works to better understand the larger picture of the challenges local governments face,” he said.
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
Oct. 11, 2010
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced two winners of reduced tuition to the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program with a concentration in public works.
Herb Blomquist, of Edmond, Okla., received $5,000 in tuition reduction. He has worked in the public sector since 2001.
Thomas H. Fass, of Tampa, Fla., received $2,500 in tuition reduction.
Norwich offers the scholarships through American Public Works Association (APWA).
“We are very excited to learn that Herb Blomquist and Thomas Fass were selected for scholarships in the MPA program,” said MPA Program Director Donal Hartman. “Public works is one of the most important fields in public administration and it is always a pleasure to have two of their top young managers join our program.”
Blomquist currently serves as the Director of Public Works for the City of Edmond, Okla., where he oversees the Public Works Administration, Field Services, Solid Waste, Facilities Maintenance, Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance functions for Public Works in the City of Edmond.
“I really enjoy positively contributing to my community every day,” he said.
Fass holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida and Virginia.
“I believe the MPA degree can help those of us in Public Works to better understand the larger picture of the challenges local governments face,” he said.
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, October 7, 2010
Norwich dedicates $8 million Doyle Hall at 2010 Homecoming
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Oct. 7, 2010
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Norwich dedicates $8 million Doyle Hall at 2010 Homecoming
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University hosts its 150th homecoming since its first reunion in 1860 this weekend, Friday, Oct. 8 – Sunday, Oct. 10, and will celebrate a new, $8 million building addition to the sports complex.
Doyle Hall permanently connects Kreitzberg Arena with Andrews Hall, replacing the canvas-topped boardwalk that linked the two buildings for the past 12 years.
With 11 new individual offices, all members of the Athletic Department are housed under one roof for the first time in several decades, and every head coach now has his or her own office.
The new building is named in honor of lead donor Allen M. Doyle ’71, a two-sport Hall of Fame athlete at Norwich and PGA Champions professional.
It provides 30,000 square feet for athletic offices, locker rooms, a concession area serving all indoor athletic events and a Hall of Fame room.
Since the University’s founding nearly two centuries ago, physical fitness has been an important part of the student life experience. More than half of all Norwich undergraduates participate in varsity, intramural, or club sports.
With a marked increase in undergraduate population during the past decade and the introduction of three new varsity sports for women, the university’s athletic facilities had become overcrowded for both student athletes and their coaches.
The new building also adds three new team locker rooms, increasing the overall locker room capacity by more than 40 percent. In addition, as part of the construction project, crews refurbished all existing locker rooms in Andrews Hall.
For fans attending Norwich home games Doyle Hall’s two-story grand lobby will
also house a large concession area able to accommodate simultaneous sporting events.
On Saturday, October 9, immediately following the football game the entrance to Doyle Hall will be dedicated to the Class of 1970.
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
Oct. 7, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
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Norwich dedicates $8 million Doyle Hall at 2010 Homecoming
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University hosts its 150th homecoming since its first reunion in 1860 this weekend, Friday, Oct. 8 – Sunday, Oct. 10, and will celebrate a new, $8 million building addition to the sports complex.
Doyle Hall permanently connects Kreitzberg Arena with Andrews Hall, replacing the canvas-topped boardwalk that linked the two buildings for the past 12 years.
With 11 new individual offices, all members of the Athletic Department are housed under one roof for the first time in several decades, and every head coach now has his or her own office.
The new building is named in honor of lead donor Allen M. Doyle ’71, a two-sport Hall of Fame athlete at Norwich and PGA Champions professional.
It provides 30,000 square feet for athletic offices, locker rooms, a concession area serving all indoor athletic events and a Hall of Fame room.
Since the University’s founding nearly two centuries ago, physical fitness has been an important part of the student life experience. More than half of all Norwich undergraduates participate in varsity, intramural, or club sports.
With a marked increase in undergraduate population during the past decade and the introduction of three new varsity sports for women, the university’s athletic facilities had become overcrowded for both student athletes and their coaches.
The new building also adds three new team locker rooms, increasing the overall locker room capacity by more than 40 percent. In addition, as part of the construction project, crews refurbished all existing locker rooms in Andrews Hall.
For fans attending Norwich home games Doyle Hall’s two-story grand lobby will
also house a large concession area able to accommodate simultaneous sporting events.
On Saturday, October 9, immediately following the football game the entrance to Doyle Hall will be dedicated to the Class of 1970.
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, October 4, 2010
For Immediate Release
Oct. 4, 2010
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Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center hosts celebration to open WWII exhibit
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center will host a celebration to open its fall exhibition, “The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and World War II.”
The exhibit shares the World War II stories of over 75 of its living Alums. Norwich University sent over 2000 men off to World War II, and all the current surviving alums were asked to assist in this exhibit.They filled out 30 page surveys, shared their stories on a digital recorder or loaned objects to be displayed about their war time experiences.
The celebration will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10 in the museum rotunda with a breakfast buffet followed by presentations, annual meeting updates and the WWII “Roll Call” held in the special exhibit gallery.
The museum welcomes honored guests Norwich WWII alumni and special guest speaker, Philip Marsilius, NU’43.
Marsilius, whose voice is included in the exhibition, served in the Armored Division from March 1943 through Feb. 1946. He was part of the 106th and was in the first vehicle to enter Austria, landed at Normandy Beach and assisted in the liberation of King Leopold and his family of Belgium.
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at msolvay@norwich.edu or 802-485-2448.
The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII
The Sullivan Museum and History Center at NU recently opened an exhibit which shares the World War II stories of over 75 of its living Alums. NU sent over 2000 men off to World War II, and all the current surviving Alums were asked to assist in this exhibit. They filled out 30 page surveys, shared their stories on a digital recorder or loaned objects to be displayed about their war time experiences.
The exhibit themes were selected from their shared stories including the birth of radio journalism, the impact of movie theater newsreels, the sale of bonds to finance the war, the power of a war poster, the impact of music on separated couples and families, and the designs of memorials that honor our dead soldiers. In addition, the patriotism of the famous magazine illustrator, Norman Rockwell and the creative inventions of the P-38 can opener and war time food like SPAM and M & Ms are featured.
A special wall shares the four theaters of WWII where NU men served with the research compiled by Museum Associate volunteer, MG John R. Greenway, NU ’56, USA (Ret.). Maps are included with a summary of the battles in each area to provide a context to the individual stories around the gallery. Over a dozen war posters are on view, part of the SMHC’s large poster collection, which show the War Information Office’s campaign to sell the war to the American public on a daily basis.
The exhibit invites the visitor to immerse themselves in the WWII era—sit on a café bench and listen to music, visit the kitchen and hear an early radio broadcast, or push an audio button and listen to a NU soldier’s story. You can also calculate your ration stamps and take a chance on SPAM or M & Ms.
All the completed WWII surveys are on view for reading along with special memory books and albums prepared by the NU Veterans. The Museum is now open six days a week, from Monday through Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm and additional information is available at 802-485-2448 or 2183.
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
Oct. 4, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center hosts celebration to open WWII exhibit
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center will host a celebration to open its fall exhibition, “The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and World War II.”
The exhibit shares the World War II stories of over 75 of its living Alums. Norwich University sent over 2000 men off to World War II, and all the current surviving alums were asked to assist in this exhibit.They filled out 30 page surveys, shared their stories on a digital recorder or loaned objects to be displayed about their war time experiences.
The celebration will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10 in the museum rotunda with a breakfast buffet followed by presentations, annual meeting updates and the WWII “Roll Call” held in the special exhibit gallery.
The museum welcomes honored guests Norwich WWII alumni and special guest speaker, Philip Marsilius, NU’43.
Marsilius, whose voice is included in the exhibition, served in the Armored Division from March 1943 through Feb. 1946. He was part of the 106th and was in the first vehicle to enter Austria, landed at Normandy Beach and assisted in the liberation of King Leopold and his family of Belgium.
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at msolvay@norwich.edu or 802-485-2448.
The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII
The Sullivan Museum and History Center at NU recently opened an exhibit which shares the World War II stories of over 75 of its living Alums. NU sent over 2000 men off to World War II, and all the current surviving Alums were asked to assist in this exhibit. They filled out 30 page surveys, shared their stories on a digital recorder or loaned objects to be displayed about their war time experiences.
The exhibit themes were selected from their shared stories including the birth of radio journalism, the impact of movie theater newsreels, the sale of bonds to finance the war, the power of a war poster, the impact of music on separated couples and families, and the designs of memorials that honor our dead soldiers. In addition, the patriotism of the famous magazine illustrator, Norman Rockwell and the creative inventions of the P-38 can opener and war time food like SPAM and M & Ms are featured.
A special wall shares the four theaters of WWII where NU men served with the research compiled by Museum Associate volunteer, MG John R. Greenway, NU ’56, USA (Ret.). Maps are included with a summary of the battles in each area to provide a context to the individual stories around the gallery. Over a dozen war posters are on view, part of the SMHC’s large poster collection, which show the War Information Office’s campaign to sell the war to the American public on a daily basis.
The exhibit invites the visitor to immerse themselves in the WWII era—sit on a café bench and listen to music, visit the kitchen and hear an early radio broadcast, or push an audio button and listen to a NU soldier’s story. You can also calculate your ration stamps and take a chance on SPAM or M & Ms.
All the completed WWII surveys are on view for reading along with special memory books and albums prepared by the NU Veterans. The Museum is now open six days a week, from Monday through Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm and additional information is available at 802-485-2448 or 2183.
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
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