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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Norwich hosts award-winning author during Todd Lecture Series

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March 27, 2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. –
Norwich University’s School of Mathematics and Sciences and School of Humanities will host Todd Lecture Series author Rebecca Skloot on Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in Plumley Armory.

This event is free and open to the public.

Skloot will speak about her bestselling book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller.

Her book was also the all-freshmen read for this year’s incoming class.

Skloot is an award winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and many other publications.

The Todd Lecture Series is named in honor of US Army retired Maj. Gen. and Norwich President Emeritus W. Russell Todd, ‘50, and his wife, Carol, in gratitude for their dedicated service to the University. With this series, Norwich reaches out to bring important, significant lecturers to campus. All events are free and open to the public.

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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. 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, March 23, 2012

Norwich to hold 52ND annual Vt. State Science and Math Fair

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March 23, 2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. –
Norwich University will once again host this year’s Vermont State Science and Mathematics Fair (VSSMF) to be held on Saturday, March 31, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning in Bartoletto Hall with an awards ceremony to follow in Dole Auditorium.

Vermont students in grades 5-12 who are winners of local competitions from 20 public and private and two home schools will display projects that address questions and solve problems in all areas of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM).

Accepted projects will be judged by at least three judges, separately, over the course of the morning to determine winners for medals, cash, trips and scholarships. Our approximately 150 Judges include industry scientists and engineers, secondary education faculty, medical professionals, military personnel and retirees, and other science related professionals from across Vermont who hold advanced degrees, have extensive experience, or both in the STEM disciplines.

Students compete for more than $8000 in cash and prizes, $13,000 in trip awards and expenses donated by local organizations, and $900,000 in scholarships to Vermont colleges. The fair is also affiliated with the International Science and Engineering Fair, and five other national and international competitions, which award additional prizes.

“Less than 10 percent of Vermont’s approximately 350 middle and high schools currently participate in the VSSMF. Many curricula require inquiry based science projects in middle school, yet few teachers are aware they can send 5th and 6th grade students to the VSSMF,” said Dr. Carlos Pinkham, co-director of VSSMF.

“High school students are involved in activities like Streams project or internships or service learning, but don’t connect these activities to science fair projects,” said Tricia Finkle, VSSMF co-director. “We work with teachers at no cost to them to help close this gap.”

The VSSMF, sponsored by the Vermont Principals’ Association, is an all-volunteer, non-profit [501(c)(3)] education organization supported by Norwich University and over 110 other Vermont organizations, colleges and industry partners who share our vision.

For more information, please contact Carlos Pinkham at 485-2319 or pinkhamc@norwich.edu or Tricia Finkle at scifair@norwich.edu.

This event is free and open to the public.

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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. 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, March 21, 2012

Norwich University celebrates its first ever Pride Week

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March 21, 2012

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~Adding to its list of firsts including first private military college and first to admit women and African Americans into the Corps of Cadets, NU is believed to have the first LGBT Club on a military campus.

NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Question, and Allies Club (LGBTQA) will be hosting its first ever Pride Week at Norwich University March 26-31.

Highlights of the week include a keynote address by Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan and remarks by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin at Norwich’s first ever Queer Prom on Saturday, March 31.

In conjunction with community partners such as Outright Vermont and RU12 numerous discussions and awareness-raising activities are planned.

There will be six days of events, a day for each color of the LGBT flag with each color representing a LGBT issue or theme, such as red for AIDS awareness and green for allies.

“The purpose of this event is to express and demonstrate equality throughout the Norwich community, along with the public, in order to promote membership in the NULGBTQA and to educate the public on challenges and issues faced by members of the LGBT community,” said Joshua Fontanez, NULGBTQA president and a senior member of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets.

The NULGBTQA made national headlines with its first meeting occurring on Sept. 20, 2011, the day of the repeal of the military’s ban on open homosexuality, commonly known as “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

“The NULGBTQA is the first ever LGBT Club on a military campus, and we have had local, statewide, and national attention from members of West Point; the Governor of Maryland; the Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Outright Vermont,” Fontanez said. “Departments across campus and myriad members of the Norwich Community are coming together in order to help create Pride Week, free for all.”

The week’s events are sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students; the Student Government Association; the Student Activities Office; the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention and Education; the Center for Civic Engagement and Campus Climate Committee; the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs; Human Resources and Title IX; Sodexo; the Office of Student Success and Retention; Norwich Christian Fellowship; Residential Life and the Infirmary.

Schedule of events:

Monday, March 26

12-1:00p.m. – LGBTQ Bias, Harassment, and Bullying workshop (RU12)
Location – Multi-Purpose Room in the Library
8:30-10 p.m. – Tie Dye T-Shirts
Location – Milano Ballroom

Tuesday, March 27

8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. – Rapid HIV Testing (Outright VT)
Location – Meeting Room 3 and Substance Abuse Prevention/Education Office (both in WCC)
6-8 p.m. – Condom Olympics (Outright VT)
Location – Plumley Armory

Wednesday, March 28

12-1:30 p.m. – “The Anatomy of Hate” (Film)
Location – Multi-Purpose Room in the Library
6-7:30 p.m. – Dinner with Local Veteran(s); discussion - Daryl DePaul was the only Vermont veteran to work with the Pentagon Working Group on repeal of DADT
Location – Faculty Dining in WCC

Thursday, March 29

10 a.m.-3 p.m. – Arts and Crafts
Location – Fish Bowl in WCC
6-8 p.m. – Ally Presentation
Location – Library Multipurpose Room

Friday, March 30

12-1 p.m. – HIV Prevention Workshop (RU12)
Location – Multi-Purpose Room in Library
7-9 p.m. – “Lord, save us from your followers” (Film – co-sponsored by the NU Christian Fellowship with discussion to follow)
Location – White Chapel

Saturday, March 31

6-8 p.m. – Queer Prom (Social)
Location – Milano Ballroom
8:30-11:30 p.m. – Free Love Dance
Location – Plumley Armory

Throughout Pride Week there will be a special display in the Rotunda of the Sullivan Museum in honor of NULGBTQA. All events throughout the week are free to all community members.

Editor’s note: The Office of Communications will produce photojournalism quality photos of select events available for publication.

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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. 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, March 20, 2012

Norwich University hosts 5th Annual CSI Symposium

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March 20, 2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. –
Norwich University will host its fifth annual CSI Symposium on Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23, with all events occurring in Dole Auditorium and free and open to the public.

Highlights include presentations on the Craigslist killer and social media investigations.

Hosted by the Schools of Social Sciences and Mathematics & Sciences presenters include members of Boston Police; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the New York State Police Department.

Schedule of events:

Thursday, March 22

2:45-3 p.m. Robert Appleton of the New York State Police will give an introduction to crime scene investigation (CSI) concepts.

3-3:50 p.m. Gary Hoover of the FBI will discuss investigations.

4-4:50 p.m. George MacLarty of the NY State Police will present on crime scene processing and identification.

5-6:30 p.m. Daniel Duff and Robert Merner of the Boston Police will discuss their work on the “Craigslist Killer” case.

Friday, March 23

8-8:50 & 9-9:50 a.m. Dr. Richard Ovens, NYS Police (ret.) will present on forensic interview and interrogation.

10-10:50 a.m. Scott Mills of Crime Stoppers International will present on social media investigations.

11-11:50 a.m. Gary Kelly of the NY State Police will present on child abductions.

12-12:50 p.m. James Kennedy of the NY State Police will present on video enhancement and digital media.

For more information please contact Isabel Nielsen at 802-485-2455 or Kim Healy at 802-485-2310.


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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. 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, March 19, 2012

Sullivan Museum celebrates opening of new exhibit on history of Russian School

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March 19, 2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. –
Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center will present “ Tol’ko Po Russky, Pozhaluista” (“Russian Only, Please”), a new exhibit opening this month that chronicles the history of the Russian School, which operated at Norwich University from 1968-2000.

An opening reception Lunch and Learn with free food and drinks will be held on Thursday, March 22, at 12 p.m. in the museum Rotunda with featured speaker Dr. Rochelle G. Ruthchild, Director of the Norwich University Russian School from 1988-1994.

This program is free and open to the public.

The Russian School was a fixture on the Northfield campus every summer from 1968 to 2000, where students spent seven weeks intensely studying the Russian language. In addition to classroom work, total immersion in the Russian language continued in extra-curricular activities such as Russian choir, folk dancing, theater performances, cooking and sports.

The Russian School drew internationally renowned Russian scholars and artists to campus, including the exiled writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The exhibition considers the academic and cultural legacy of the Russian School and its place in the history of Norwich University.

Objects on view in the exhibition include Russian School photographs, Slavic Festival costumes and Russian Imperial badges. The exhibition will run through the Fall 2012 semester.

The Sullivan Museum and History Center is located on Norwich’s Northfield campus and is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information please call 802-485-2183.

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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. 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, March 9, 2012

Norwich University announces speaker for 2012 commissioning ceremony

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March 9, 2012

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. –
Norwich University officials announced that Major General David E. Quantock, NU’80, the US Army Provost Marshal General and Commander of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), will be this year’s speaker for the May 12 commissioning ceremony.

Quantock is the 11th commander of CID since it was first established as a major command on Sept. 17, 1971, and the 14th Provost Marshal General (PMG) to hold the position since it was established in September 1941.

Quantock graduated from Norwich University in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and he holds three separate masters’ degrees in computer science, public administration and strategic studies. He began his career as a military police officer.

In 2004, then-Colonel Quantock commanded the 16th Military Police Brigade when it was called in to relieve the 800th Military Police Brigade at Abu Ghraib after infamous charges of inmate abuses by its members.

As the senior-most Provost Marshal position in the US Army, reporting to the Chief of Staff of the US Army, Quantock’s position brings all aspects of law enforcement in the US Army into a single office and also makes him commander of CID.

CID is a separate military investigative force within the US Army with investigative autonomy, which investigates felony crimes and serious violations of military law within the United States Army.

On Saturday, May 12, Quantock will address the next generation of citizen soldiers as the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will commission approximately 115 students from four branches of the military in a joint services ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in Shapiro Field House in which the new officers receive their second lieutenant or ensign bars and their first salutes.

On the following day, Sunday, May 13, approximately 400 seniors will graduate from Norwich in commencement exercises to be held at 10:30 a.m. in Shapiro Field House.

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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. 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