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April 29, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will host this year’s Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences (VAAS) 2011 Intercollegiate Student Symposium on Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The event provides college students a forum to present original work in any area of the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
During the symposium, 33 students from Norwich, Castleton State College and the University of Vermont will present topics in biology, psychology, history, political science, English and anthropology. Each student has 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes to answer questions.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for college students throughout the state not only to present their own works, but to find out what is happening at other schools,” said Dr. Lauren Howard, NU professor of Biology and VAAST trustee.
Each year the symposium is held at a Vermont College; this is the fourth time that Norwich has hosted it.
This event is free and open to the public.
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, April 29, 2011
Norwich professor joins exclusive crime solving community
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April 29, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – On Thursday, April 21, Professor Peter Stephenson was formally voted into the Vidocq Society, a group of retired law enforcement professionals dedicated to solving ‘cold cases’ of murder, as a Special Member.
Stephenson is the only cyber forensics specialist currently a member of this exclusive group.
The Vidocq Society meets monthly in Philadelphia to donate time and expertise to solving cases officially brought to them. They are named for Eugène François Vidocq, the 18th century French detective who founded the Sûreté. They apply their collective forensic, investigative and legal skills and experience to ‘cold case’ homicides and unsolved deaths.
Practicing a new application of cyber forensics to solve crimes, Stephenson has applied a method of crime assessment criminal profiling drawn from the work of Richard Walter and Robert Keppel to use a suspect’s computer as a means for understanding valuable information about the individual’s personal life and his or her involvement in the crime being investigated.
“My acceptance by the Society represents a high point in my career and personal life,” Stephenson said. “Over the years my profession has been good to me and this is my opportunity to give back. Besides, what more could a forensic scientist wish for than to be accepted by a group comprised of the premier practitioners of forensics and criminal investigation world-wide?”
The Vidocq Society has been assisting law enforcement with cases, helping to solve many, for the past 21 years.
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
April 29, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – On Thursday, April 21, Professor Peter Stephenson was formally voted into the Vidocq Society, a group of retired law enforcement professionals dedicated to solving ‘cold cases’ of murder, as a Special Member.
Stephenson is the only cyber forensics specialist currently a member of this exclusive group.
The Vidocq Society meets monthly in Philadelphia to donate time and expertise to solving cases officially brought to them. They are named for Eugène François Vidocq, the 18th century French detective who founded the Sûreté. They apply their collective forensic, investigative and legal skills and experience to ‘cold case’ homicides and unsolved deaths.
Practicing a new application of cyber forensics to solve crimes, Stephenson has applied a method of crime assessment criminal profiling drawn from the work of Richard Walter and Robert Keppel to use a suspect’s computer as a means for understanding valuable information about the individual’s personal life and his or her involvement in the crime being investigated.
“My acceptance by the Society represents a high point in my career and personal life,” Stephenson said. “Over the years my profession has been good to me and this is my opportunity to give back. Besides, what more could a forensic scientist wish for than to be accepted by a group comprised of the premier practitioners of forensics and criminal investigation world-wide?”
The Vidocq Society has been assisting law enforcement with cases, helping to solve many, for the past 21 years.
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
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Norwich University announces 2011 commencement speaker
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April 26, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced that the speaker for the May 15 commencement ceremony will be the Honorable Jane Holl Lute. Dr. Lute currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, having been confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 2009.
Dr. Lute has over thirty years of military and senior executive experience in the United States government and at the heart of efforts to prevent and resolve international crises.
Dr. Lute has served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, responsible for support to peacekeeping operations. In this capacity, Dr. Lute managed operational support for the second-largest deployed military presence in the world. At the United Nations, Dr. Lute led rapid-response support to a wide variety of operations and crises in some of the most remote, austere, and dangerous environments in the world. She also effectively directed the growth of United Nations Peacekeeping support from a $1.8 billion to nearly $8 billion operation.
Prior to joining the United Nations, Dr. Lute served on the National Security Council staff under both President George H.W. Bush and President William Jefferson Clinton.
Dr. Lute graduated from Montclair State University and received her Second Lieutenant Commission through Seton Hall University Army ROTC in 1978. She had a distinguished career in the United States Army, including service in the Gulf during Operation Desert Storm.
Dr. Lute has a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University.
Commencement exercises will be held in Shapiro Field House on Sunday, May 15, 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). www.norwich.edu
April 26, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced that the speaker for the May 15 commencement ceremony will be the Honorable Jane Holl Lute. Dr. Lute currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, having been confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 2009.
Dr. Lute has over thirty years of military and senior executive experience in the United States government and at the heart of efforts to prevent and resolve international crises.
Dr. Lute has served as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, responsible for support to peacekeeping operations. In this capacity, Dr. Lute managed operational support for the second-largest deployed military presence in the world. At the United Nations, Dr. Lute led rapid-response support to a wide variety of operations and crises in some of the most remote, austere, and dangerous environments in the world. She also effectively directed the growth of United Nations Peacekeeping support from a $1.8 billion to nearly $8 billion operation.
Prior to joining the United Nations, Dr. Lute served on the National Security Council staff under both President George H.W. Bush and President William Jefferson Clinton.
Dr. Lute graduated from Montclair State University and received her Second Lieutenant Commission through Seton Hall University Army ROTC in 1978. She had a distinguished career in the United States Army, including service in the Gulf during Operation Desert Storm.
Dr. Lute has a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University, and a J.D. from Georgetown University.
Commencement exercises will be held in Shapiro Field House on Sunday, May 15, 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). www.norwich.edu
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Norwich hosts award winning author on issues facing women in combat
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April 14, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will host award winning author Helen Benedict for a presentation on her book The Lonely Soldier: Women at War and Home Again followed by a Q&A on Monday, April 25 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in Dole Auditorium.
Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her latest novel, Sand Queen, the story of a female American soldier and an Iraqi woman in the Iraq War, will be published by Soho Press in August, 2011.
Benedict has written a play and many books and articles about sexual assault within the military and without. Her 2010 book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, received the Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, both in 2010. Her play on female soldiers, The Lonely Soldier Monologues, was produced in New York City in 2009 and 2010 and is currently being performed on several campuses throughout the country.
Benedict has published numerous articles on the subject of women soldiers for the New York Times, Salon, Ms., In These Times and elsewhere. In 2008, she won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for this work.
She has testified twice before Congress on this subject, and continues to lecture at campuses and military academies about gender justice within the military. Her book inspired the current class action suit against the Pentagon on women and men who have been sexually assaulted in the military while serving.
Her articles have also appeared in the Washington Post, the Women’s
Review of Books, The Nation magazine, the BBC and NPR. Her work has been widely anthologized, as well as translated and published in Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal and is forthcoming in Holland.
This event – sponsored by the Schools of Humanities, Mathematics & Sciences and Social Sciences – is free and open to the public.
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
April 14, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will host award winning author Helen Benedict for a presentation on her book The Lonely Soldier: Women at War and Home Again followed by a Q&A on Monday, April 25 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in Dole Auditorium.
Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her latest novel, Sand Queen, the story of a female American soldier and an Iraqi woman in the Iraq War, will be published by Soho Press in August, 2011.
Benedict has written a play and many books and articles about sexual assault within the military and without. Her 2010 book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, received the Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness, both in 2010. Her play on female soldiers, The Lonely Soldier Monologues, was produced in New York City in 2009 and 2010 and is currently being performed on several campuses throughout the country.
Benedict has published numerous articles on the subject of women soldiers for the New York Times, Salon, Ms., In These Times and elsewhere. In 2008, she won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for this work.
She has testified twice before Congress on this subject, and continues to lecture at campuses and military academies about gender justice within the military. Her book inspired the current class action suit against the Pentagon on women and men who have been sexually assaulted in the military while serving.
Her articles have also appeared in the Washington Post, the Women’s
Review of Books, The Nation magazine, the BBC and NPR. Her work has been widely anthologized, as well as translated and published in Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal and is forthcoming in Holland.
This event – sponsored by the Schools of Humanities, Mathematics & Sciences and Social Sciences – is free and open to the public.
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, April 7, 2011
Norwich students spearhead polio awareness event
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April 7, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Nine Norwich University students have spearheaded a major polio awareness event to be held in Montpelier on Tuesday, April 12, from 7-9 p.m. at the Capitol Plaza.
On that night Ramesh Ferris will present his story of surviving polio as part of his Cycle to Walk initiative.
“Polio still exists in four countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria, and while it still exists anywhere, it’s a threat to everyone, everywhere,” said Nicole DiDomenico, director of the Center for Civic Engagement.
The event, “Pushing Out Polio: An Evening with Survivor Ramesh Ferris,” was organized by NU Rotaract Club members led by NU junior and Rotaract President Ally Manousos whose fundraising goal is $20,000.
“I didn’t know much about polio at all or that it is a disease that is present now,” she said. “But his whole message is so inspiring; I learned about how easy it is to make a difference with this issue.”
Manousos, a born leader in service, will receive a “Commitment to Service Award” tonight in Montpelier from the Vermont Campus Compact.
“I’ve worked with Ally since she was a freshman, and even that early on, I knew she was going to do great things for Norwich, for the community and for any cause she saw as a worthwhile pursuit,” DiDomenico said. “She has led two teams to Thailand through NU VISIONS Abroad, served as a DREAM youth mentor for at-risk children in Barre, serves as a trained Sexual Assault Crisis Advocate and tutors kids weekly in math and science. She represents exactly what we hope to develop here at NU - leaders with a conscience, who are well-respected and trusted by their peers and who get things done.”
Through Manousos' efforts NU Rotaract (university) organized seven Rotary (business) clubs – Northfield; Barre; Central Vermont; Randolph; Waterbury; Montpelier and Lebanon-Riverside – around the “Pushing out Polio” event.
Tickets cost $20 per person and $35 per couple. Contact Nicole at 279-2371 or ndidomen@yahoo.com.
Other events to raise awareness of this issue included a collage contest; a free showing of “The Final Inch,” a documentary film about the current status of polio eradication efforts worldwide, and visits to Norwich by Ferris for the Norwich community.
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
April 7, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Nine Norwich University students have spearheaded a major polio awareness event to be held in Montpelier on Tuesday, April 12, from 7-9 p.m. at the Capitol Plaza.
On that night Ramesh Ferris will present his story of surviving polio as part of his Cycle to Walk initiative.
“Polio still exists in four countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria, and while it still exists anywhere, it’s a threat to everyone, everywhere,” said Nicole DiDomenico, director of the Center for Civic Engagement.
The event, “Pushing Out Polio: An Evening with Survivor Ramesh Ferris,” was organized by NU Rotaract Club members led by NU junior and Rotaract President Ally Manousos whose fundraising goal is $20,000.
“I didn’t know much about polio at all or that it is a disease that is present now,” she said. “But his whole message is so inspiring; I learned about how easy it is to make a difference with this issue.”
Manousos, a born leader in service, will receive a “Commitment to Service Award” tonight in Montpelier from the Vermont Campus Compact.
“I’ve worked with Ally since she was a freshman, and even that early on, I knew she was going to do great things for Norwich, for the community and for any cause she saw as a worthwhile pursuit,” DiDomenico said. “She has led two teams to Thailand through NU VISIONS Abroad, served as a DREAM youth mentor for at-risk children in Barre, serves as a trained Sexual Assault Crisis Advocate and tutors kids weekly in math and science. She represents exactly what we hope to develop here at NU - leaders with a conscience, who are well-respected and trusted by their peers and who get things done.”
Through Manousos' efforts NU Rotaract (university) organized seven Rotary (business) clubs – Northfield; Barre; Central Vermont; Randolph; Waterbury; Montpelier and Lebanon-Riverside – around the “Pushing out Polio” event.
Tickets cost $20 per person and $35 per couple. Contact Nicole at 279-2371 or ndidomen@yahoo.com.
Other events to raise awareness of this issue included a collage contest; a free showing of “The Final Inch,” a documentary film about the current status of polio eradication efforts worldwide, and visits to Norwich by Ferris for the Norwich community.
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
Award winning author to speak at Norwich
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April 7, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s School of Social Sciences welcomes Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of nine books, Thomas Powers, on Thursday, April 21 from 12-1 p.m. in the Kreitzberg Library Multipurpose Room.
Powers will speak about his most recent book, The Killing of Crazy Horse, in a talk entitled: “Crazy Horse: Why the US Army Wanted to kill him and why he let Them do it.”
This book was short-listed for two literary prizes: the National Book Critics Circle prize in biography and the Los Angeles Times prize for history.
Powers has written several books and numerous essays and reviews on the history of American intelligence, and has been a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic and many other magazines.
This event is free and open to the public.
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
April 7, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s School of Social Sciences welcomes Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of nine books, Thomas Powers, on Thursday, April 21 from 12-1 p.m. in the Kreitzberg Library Multipurpose Room.
Powers will speak about his most recent book, The Killing of Crazy Horse, in a talk entitled: “Crazy Horse: Why the US Army Wanted to kill him and why he let Them do it.”
This book was short-listed for two literary prizes: the National Book Critics Circle prize in biography and the Los Angeles Times prize for history.
Powers has written several books and numerous essays and reviews on the history of American intelligence, and has been a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic and many other magazines.
This event is free and open to the public.
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, April 6, 2011
Norwich honors Mathematics Awareness Month with competition
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April 6, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University Mathematics Department will hold the 9th Annual Integration Bee on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Cabot 85 in honor of Mathematics Awareness Month.
The competition involves integration techniques from Calculus II in a lightning round, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four and other competitions.
“We play until the last person is standing,” said Professor of Mathematics Gerard LaVarnway.
The event has grown to attract 60-70 students who show up to do mathematics for the fun of it.
“March madness might be over, but in mathematics – it is all about April,” LaVarnway said.
Observers are welcome to attend.
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
April 6, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University Mathematics Department will hold the 9th Annual Integration Bee on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Cabot 85 in honor of Mathematics Awareness Month.
The competition involves integration techniques from Calculus II in a lightning round, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four and other competitions.
“We play until the last person is standing,” said Professor of Mathematics Gerard LaVarnway.
The event has grown to attract 60-70 students who show up to do mathematics for the fun of it.
“March madness might be over, but in mathematics – it is all about April,” LaVarnway said.
Observers are welcome to attend.
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 announces speaker for commissioning ceremony
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April 6, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced that Rear Admiral Walter E. Carter, Jr. will give the keynote address at this year’s joint commissioning ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 14 at 2 p.m. in Shapiro Field House.
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps anticipates commissioning 120 students from all four branches of the military upon graduation from Norwich in a ceremony in which the new officers receive their lieutenant or ensign bars and their first salutes.
As the commander of US Joint Forces Command’s Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), headquartered in Suffolk, Va., Rear Admiral Carter is charged with the readiness, training and deployment of six joint enabling capabilities provided by the Joint Deployable Teams, Joint Public Affairs Support Element and the Joint Communications Support Element. Rear Admiral Carter’s next assignment will be as Commander, Carrier Strike Group Twelve homeported in Norfolk, Va.
Carter is a 1981 graduate of the US Naval academy and received his Naval Flight Officer designation in 1982. He flew F-4 Phantoms and graduated from Top Gun prior to transitioning to the F-14. Carter is the recipient of the U.S. Navy’s prestigious Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award while commanding Fighter Squadron (VF) 14 as well as the U.S. Navy League’s John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership while commanding the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Carter has accumulated over 5,750 flight hours, over 300 combat hours, and holds the navy’s active duty trap record of 1,825 carrier arrested landings on board 18 different aircraft carriers including all 11 active carriers. He has flown combat missions during Operations Iraqi Freedom, Southern Watch, Allied Force and Desert Shield/Desert Storm. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Air Medal (two awards with Combat V and five Strike/Flight), as well as numerous other commendations and awards.
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
April 6, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University officials announced that Rear Admiral Walter E. Carter, Jr. will give the keynote address at this year’s joint commissioning ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 14 at 2 p.m. in Shapiro Field House.
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps anticipates commissioning 120 students from all four branches of the military upon graduation from Norwich in a ceremony in which the new officers receive their lieutenant or ensign bars and their first salutes.
As the commander of US Joint Forces Command’s Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), headquartered in Suffolk, Va., Rear Admiral Carter is charged with the readiness, training and deployment of six joint enabling capabilities provided by the Joint Deployable Teams, Joint Public Affairs Support Element and the Joint Communications Support Element. Rear Admiral Carter’s next assignment will be as Commander, Carrier Strike Group Twelve homeported in Norfolk, Va.
Carter is a 1981 graduate of the US Naval academy and received his Naval Flight Officer designation in 1982. He flew F-4 Phantoms and graduated from Top Gun prior to transitioning to the F-14. Carter is the recipient of the U.S. Navy’s prestigious Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award while commanding Fighter Squadron (VF) 14 as well as the U.S. Navy League’s John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership while commanding the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Carter has accumulated over 5,750 flight hours, over 300 combat hours, and holds the navy’s active duty trap record of 1,825 carrier arrested landings on board 18 different aircraft carriers including all 11 active carriers. He has flown combat missions during Operations Iraqi Freedom, Southern Watch, Allied Force and Desert Shield/Desert Storm. His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat V, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Air Medal (two awards with Combat V and five Strike/Flight), as well as numerous other commendations and awards.
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
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Norwich to host Kurdish representative to the US
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April 5, 2011
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) and the Vermont Council on World Affairs will host Qubad Talabani, representative of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq to the US on Tuesday, April 12 at 12 p.m. in the Kreitzberg Library Multi-Purpose Room.
Talabani, the son of Iraq’s president, Jalal Talabani, will speak on “The future of the Kurds in Kurdistan.”
“The Kurdish people make up a major minority group within the Iraqi state and are a key figure in the future economic development of Iraq and in the fight against radical fundamentalism within Islam,” said Hal Kearsley, associate dean of SGCS. “Above all others, this region of Iraq has made the greatest strides toward democracy and a stable governing system. Mr. Talabani will shed unique light on this vital regional partner.”
This event is free and open to the public.
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 University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) builds upon the institution’s 191 year academic heritage with innovative online master’s degrees in a variety of areas. SGCS also offers a certificate in teaching and learning and a bachelor’s completion program. The programs are recognized throughout the industry for their rigor, small class size, high student satisfaction and retention. http://graduate.norwich.edu/
April 5, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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NEWS RELEASE
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) and the Vermont Council on World Affairs will host Qubad Talabani, representative of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq to the US on Tuesday, April 12 at 12 p.m. in the Kreitzberg Library Multi-Purpose Room.
Talabani, the son of Iraq’s president, Jalal Talabani, will speak on “The future of the Kurds in Kurdistan.”
“The Kurdish people make up a major minority group within the Iraqi state and are a key figure in the future economic development of Iraq and in the fight against radical fundamentalism within Islam,” said Hal Kearsley, associate dean of SGCS. “Above all others, this region of Iraq has made the greatest strides toward democracy and a stable governing system. Mr. Talabani will shed unique light on this vital regional partner.”
This event is free and open to the public.
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 University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) builds upon the institution’s 191 year academic heritage with innovative online master’s degrees in a variety of areas. SGCS also offers a certificate in teaching and learning and a bachelor’s completion program. The programs are recognized throughout the industry for their rigor, small class size, high student satisfaction and retention. http://graduate.norwich.edu/
Monday, April 4, 2011
Norwich graduate school hosts Vermont Infragard Colloquium on Wikileaks
For Immediate Release
April 4, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) will host the Vermont Infragard Colloquium on Wikileaks on Friday, April 8 from 12-5 p.m. in the SGCS conference room.
This event is free and open to the public.
SGCS is located at 10 Depot Sq.
12:00-12:30 Registration
12:30-12:40 Welcome & Overview of Colloquium Purposes Gary Kessler, PhD, CISSP, CCE / VTIG Secretary & Founding Chair / Gary Kessler Associates
12:40-1:00 WikiLeaks Chronology M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP / Associate Professor of Information Assurance / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
1:00-1:25 Forensic Analysis of the WikiLeaks Network Peter R. Stephenson, PhD, CISSP, CISM, FICAF / Director, Center for Advanced Computing and Digital Forensics & University CISO / Norwich University
1:30-2:30 PANEL: National-security Implications of WikiLeaks
Leigh Armistead, PhD / Information Operations Program Lead / School of Business & Management / Norwich University [via telepresence]
COL Patrick Delatte, USMC / Dean of National Services / Commanding Officer, Naval ROTC / Professor of Naval Science / School of National Services / Norwich University
COL Steve Pomeroy, USMC (Ret’d) / Associate Dean / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
2:30-3:00 Break for refreshments and informal discussions among participants
3:00-3:55 DISCUSSION: Diplomatic and Political Implications of WikiLeaks
Jason Jagemann, PhD / Political Science Program Director / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
Hal Kearsley, PhD / Associate Dean / School of Graduate & Continuing Studies / Norwich University
4:00-5:00 PANEL: Legal and Civil Liberties Implications of WikiLeaks
Dan Barrett / Staff Attorney / ACLU of Vermont
Robin Adler, PhD, JD / Lecturer, Criminal Justice / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
David Blythe, JD / Associate Professor of Law / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
David Orrick, PhD, LlB / Lecturer, Criminal Justice / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
5:00-5:05 Closing Remarks – VTIG Executives
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 University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) builds upon the institution’s 191 year academic heritage with innovative online master’s degrees in a variety of areas. SGCS also offers a certificate in teaching and learning and a bachelor’s completion program. The programs are recognized throughout the industry for their rigor, small class size, high student satisfaction and retention. http://graduate.norwich.edu/
April 4, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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or on Twitter @NorwichNews
ADVISORY
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) will host the Vermont Infragard Colloquium on Wikileaks on Friday, April 8 from 12-5 p.m. in the SGCS conference room.
This event is free and open to the public.
SGCS is located at 10 Depot Sq.
12:00-12:30 Registration
12:30-12:40 Welcome & Overview of Colloquium Purposes Gary Kessler, PhD, CISSP, CCE / VTIG Secretary & Founding Chair / Gary Kessler Associates
12:40-1:00 WikiLeaks Chronology M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP / Associate Professor of Information Assurance / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
1:00-1:25 Forensic Analysis of the WikiLeaks Network Peter R. Stephenson, PhD, CISSP, CISM, FICAF / Director, Center for Advanced Computing and Digital Forensics & University CISO / Norwich University
1:30-2:30 PANEL: National-security Implications of WikiLeaks
Leigh Armistead, PhD / Information Operations Program Lead / School of Business & Management / Norwich University [via telepresence]
COL Patrick Delatte, USMC / Dean of National Services / Commanding Officer, Naval ROTC / Professor of Naval Science / School of National Services / Norwich University
COL Steve Pomeroy, USMC (Ret’d) / Associate Dean / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
2:30-3:00 Break for refreshments and informal discussions among participants
3:00-3:55 DISCUSSION: Diplomatic and Political Implications of WikiLeaks
Jason Jagemann, PhD / Political Science Program Director / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
Hal Kearsley, PhD / Associate Dean / School of Graduate & Continuing Studies / Norwich University
4:00-5:00 PANEL: Legal and Civil Liberties Implications of WikiLeaks
Dan Barrett / Staff Attorney / ACLU of Vermont
Robin Adler, PhD, JD / Lecturer, Criminal Justice / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
David Blythe, JD / Associate Professor of Law / School of Business & Management / Norwich University
David Orrick, PhD, LlB / Lecturer, Criminal Justice / School of Social Sciences / Norwich University
5:00-5:05 Closing Remarks – VTIG Executives
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 University’s School of Graduate and Continuing Studies (SGCS) builds upon the institution’s 191 year academic heritage with innovative online master’s degrees in a variety of areas. SGCS also offers a certificate in teaching and learning and a bachelor’s completion program. The programs are recognized throughout the industry for their rigor, small class size, high student satisfaction and retention. http://graduate.norwich.edu/
Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum opens exhibit on sound
For Immediate Release
April 4, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center (SMHC) will celebrate the opening of the special exhibit, “Touch the Sound,” on Wednesday, April 6 at 12 p.m. with bagpipers for entertainment and a light lunch snack.
This event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit includes such explorations of sound as an ear model from the Department of Biology to three paintings from the art department demonstrating visual rhythm.
The Engineering Department shares three displays including how they use music as the motivating backdrop for teaching students the proper use of machine shop tools and computer programming skills.
Visitors are invited to play a “student flute,” strum a violin or a mandolin, and hear guitar compositions. WNUB, the NU radio station 88.3, shares clips and promos and sweepers from over the decades while the History Department presents music of the Civil Rights and how it impacted mass meetings.
The SMHC shares some of its special “sound” objects including the Estey Organ, the World War Field Phonograph, and the original carillon (c. 1934) without the bells which now resides in the Museum. Hands-on fun is also included in a “horrific sound” activity that is not to be missed—explore what horrible sounds—like fingernails on the chalkboard—concern most Americans!
For more information please call the Sullivan Museum at 802-485-2183, 2379 or 2448. The Museum is free and open to the public from 9-4 pm Monday through Saturday.
This special exhibit is on display April 6 through August 30, 2011.
Two Lunch and Learn programs are associated with the exhibit:
Thursday, April 14: Amp it Up: Getting Musical Vibration Into the Sound System with NU Engineering Professor Michael Prairie presenting how vibrations are turned into electrical signals.
Tuesday, April 19: Sing and Be Free: Using Song to Invoke God, Forge Unity, and Change History during the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-65: presented by NU History Professor Rowland Brucken.
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
April 4, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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NEWS RELEASE
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center (SMHC) will celebrate the opening of the special exhibit, “Touch the Sound,” on Wednesday, April 6 at 12 p.m. with bagpipers for entertainment and a light lunch snack.
This event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit includes such explorations of sound as an ear model from the Department of Biology to three paintings from the art department demonstrating visual rhythm.
The Engineering Department shares three displays including how they use music as the motivating backdrop for teaching students the proper use of machine shop tools and computer programming skills.
Visitors are invited to play a “student flute,” strum a violin or a mandolin, and hear guitar compositions. WNUB, the NU radio station 88.3, shares clips and promos and sweepers from over the decades while the History Department presents music of the Civil Rights and how it impacted mass meetings.
The SMHC shares some of its special “sound” objects including the Estey Organ, the World War Field Phonograph, and the original carillon (c. 1934) without the bells which now resides in the Museum. Hands-on fun is also included in a “horrific sound” activity that is not to be missed—explore what horrible sounds—like fingernails on the chalkboard—concern most Americans!
For more information please call the Sullivan Museum at 802-485-2183, 2379 or 2448. The Museum is free and open to the public from 9-4 pm Monday through Saturday.
This special exhibit is on display April 6 through August 30, 2011.
Two Lunch and Learn programs are associated with the exhibit:
Thursday, April 14: Amp it Up: Getting Musical Vibration Into the Sound System with NU Engineering Professor Michael Prairie presenting how vibrations are turned into electrical signals.
Tuesday, April 19: Sing and Be Free: Using Song to Invoke God, Forge Unity, and Change History during the Civil Rights Movement, 1960-65: presented by NU History Professor Rowland Brucken.
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, April 1, 2011
Norwich to hold ‘Speak Week’ in recognition of Alcohol Awareness and Sexual Violence Awareness Month
For Immediate Release
April 1, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will recognize April as Alcohol Awareness and Sexual Violence Awareness Month with events during an inaugural “Speak Week” running Tuesday, April 5 – Saturday, April 9.
Events will kick off with a keynote address on Tuesday, April 5 at 1 p.m. in Kreitzberg Arena by Lt. Dan Choi, an Arabic Linguist, Iraq Veteran, West Point Graduate and Infantry Officer who was fired under the military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2009, which prohibited openly gay people from serving in the military.
Choi will discuss his experiences of “coming out” to his parents; life at West Point and in the military; “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and his journey to activism.
This event is free and open to the public. All events that week are sponsored by Norwich’s Office of Substance Abuse Education, the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Washington County Sexual Assault Crisis Team.
Other events for Norwich students include a pub quiz, guerilla theater, karaoke and a Diversity Dance.
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
April 1, 2011
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu
Follow our news releases
or on Twitter @NorwichNews
NEWS RELEASE
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will recognize April as Alcohol Awareness and Sexual Violence Awareness Month with events during an inaugural “Speak Week” running Tuesday, April 5 – Saturday, April 9.
Events will kick off with a keynote address on Tuesday, April 5 at 1 p.m. in Kreitzberg Arena by Lt. Dan Choi, an Arabic Linguist, Iraq Veteran, West Point Graduate and Infantry Officer who was fired under the military policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2009, which prohibited openly gay people from serving in the military.
Choi will discuss his experiences of “coming out” to his parents; life at West Point and in the military; “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and his journey to activism.
This event is free and open to the public. All events that week are sponsored by Norwich’s Office of Substance Abuse Education, the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Washington County Sexual Assault Crisis Team.
Other events for Norwich students include a pub quiz, guerilla theater, karaoke and a Diversity Dance.
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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