For Immediate Release
April 16, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich University Museum opens Buffalo Soldier exhibit
NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center will open a new exhibit, The Buffalo Soldiers, on Thursday, April 22 at noon with National President of the 9th and 10th Calvary Association Trooper Derek Davis.
The exhibit features photographs and personal belongings from the descendants of the Buffalo Soldiers, who were last stationed at Ft. Ethan Allen over a hundred years ago.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Norwich connection to the Buffalo Soldiers:
Norwich University is proud to have played a role in the distinguished history of the 9th and 10th regiments known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Two Norwich graduates, Edward Hatch (NU 1850) and John Nazzaro (NU 1941), had the opportunity to work with this outstanding group of soldiers who the Native Americans named “Buffalo Soldiers” due to their toughness and fighting capabilities on the battlefield.
A brief history of the Buffalo Soldiers:
On July 28, 1866, Congress authorized the establishment of two cavalry regiments and four infantry regiments of African American enlisted men.
By 1869, the two cavalry regiments were designated the 9th and 10th Cavalry. Colonel Edward Hatch (NU 1850), a student at Norwich for three years with a brilliant Civil War record, was recommended by General Grant to command the new 9th Regiment. He would hold this post for the next 23 years leading his men in defending people and property in the Great Plains, along the wilderness of the Dakotas, in the wilds of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas; and in the mountain ranges and deserts of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
The Buffalo Soldiers were called upon to escort stage coaches, wagon trains, and railroad crews. They also built, restored, or installed military posts, roads, telegraph lines, and water holes along with surveying large areas of unexplored land. Between the years 1867-1891 they also took part in the Indian Campaign and earned 12 Congressional Medals of Honor.
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 13, 2010
Former Vt. governor and ambassador to Switzerland, Madeleine Kunin, to speak at Norwich
For Immediate Release
April 13, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Former Vt. governor and ambassador to Switzerland, Madeleine Kunin, to speak at Norwich
NORTHFIELD – Former Vermont governor and ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine Kunin will give a talk at Norwich University’s Dole Auditorium on Thursday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
The topic of her presentation is: “Getting involved in politics: Can you make a difference?”
This event is free and open to the public, will last approximately an hour and will be followed by a question and answer segment.
Kunin’s visit to campus is sponsored by the Norwich chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. Earlier in the day 15 students will be inducted into the society during a ceremony in which Kunin will be the honorary inductee.
“I always tell my students: ‘This is your country; know what’s going on; get involved,’” said Political Science Professor Cynthia Newton. Newton is responsible for bringing Pi Sigma Alpha to Norwich last year in which six students became members.
Newton said Kunin’s talk supports a larger departmental mission to get students out of the classroom and experiencing policy-making first hand.
“Ms. Kunin reconfirms through all her years of experience and the many positions she’s held that you truly can get involved and make a difference,” Newton 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
April 13, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Former Vt. governor and ambassador to Switzerland, Madeleine Kunin, to speak at Norwich
NORTHFIELD – Former Vermont governor and ambassador to Switzerland Madeleine Kunin will give a talk at Norwich University’s Dole Auditorium on Thursday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
The topic of her presentation is: “Getting involved in politics: Can you make a difference?”
This event is free and open to the public, will last approximately an hour and will be followed by a question and answer segment.
Kunin’s visit to campus is sponsored by the Norwich chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. Earlier in the day 15 students will be inducted into the society during a ceremony in which Kunin will be the honorary inductee.
“I always tell my students: ‘This is your country; know what’s going on; get involved,’” said Political Science Professor Cynthia Newton. Newton is responsible for bringing Pi Sigma Alpha to Norwich last year in which six students became members.
Newton said Kunin’s talk supports a larger departmental mission to get students out of the classroom and experiencing policy-making first hand.
“Ms. Kunin reconfirms through all her years of experience and the many positions she’s held that you truly can get involved and make a difference,” Newton 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
Friday, April 9, 2010
For Immediate Release
April 9, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich AmeriCorps team to receive Governor’s award for community service
NORTHFIELD – The Norwich University AmeriCorps team will receive a Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Community Service this Saturday, April 10 at a 2 p.m. ceremony to be held at the National Life Building in Montpelier.
Norwich has the largest campus AmeriCorps team in the state, consisting of 18 members, and will be recognized in the national service category.
Laura Rooney, AmeriCorps Programs Coordinator for the state of Vermont nominated the Norwich team for the award.
“The Norwich program is a good demonstration of the strength of what these part-time programs can do,” she said. “They certainly deserve it.”
“It is especially meaningful to us that Laura was our team’s nominator, because it is Laura who oversees the entire AmeriCorps SERVE program statewide amongst all VCC member institutions,” said Nicole DiDomenico, director for NU’s Center for Civic Engagement. “The fact that she chose our team to nominate was an honor in and of itself.”
NU AmeriCorps by the numbers:
• AmeriCorps began on the NU campus in 2002 with one member
• AmeriCorps SERVE members commit to a minimum of 300 hours of service per year with some donating up to 450 hours
• Service projects include: organizing the campus Relay for Life with the American Cancer Society; running afterschool programs and other youth mentoring programs; organizing volunteer projects around food insecurity and organizing Habitat for Humanity building projects.
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 9, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich AmeriCorps team to receive Governor’s award for community service
NORTHFIELD – The Norwich University AmeriCorps team will receive a Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Community Service this Saturday, April 10 at a 2 p.m. ceremony to be held at the National Life Building in Montpelier.
Norwich has the largest campus AmeriCorps team in the state, consisting of 18 members, and will be recognized in the national service category.
Laura Rooney, AmeriCorps Programs Coordinator for the state of Vermont nominated the Norwich team for the award.
“The Norwich program is a good demonstration of the strength of what these part-time programs can do,” she said. “They certainly deserve it.”
“It is especially meaningful to us that Laura was our team’s nominator, because it is Laura who oversees the entire AmeriCorps SERVE program statewide amongst all VCC member institutions,” said Nicole DiDomenico, director for NU’s Center for Civic Engagement. “The fact that she chose our team to nominate was an honor in and of itself.”
NU AmeriCorps by the numbers:
• AmeriCorps began on the NU campus in 2002 with one member
• AmeriCorps SERVE members commit to a minimum of 300 hours of service per year with some donating up to 450 hours
• Service projects include: organizing the campus Relay for Life with the American Cancer Society; running afterschool programs and other youth mentoring programs; organizing volunteer projects around food insecurity and organizing Habitat for Humanity building projects.
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 8, 2010
Norwich to hold 50th annual Vt. State Science and Math Fair
For Immediate Release
April 8, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
ADVISORY
Norwich to hold 50th annual Vt. State Science and Math Fair
Who: Vermont 5th-12th graders, winners of local competitions
What: 250 math, science, engineering and technology projects (out of 2,000 submitted) to compete for state and national prizes and awards totaling $10,000 in cash and travel prizes, $900,000 in scholarships to Vermont colleges and an opportunity to represent Vermont at the Annual International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif. in May
Where: Norwich University, Bartoletto Hall; awards ceremony in Dole Auditorium
When: Saturday, April 17, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Why: "Our mission is to inspire and reward Vermont middle and high school students for high quality inquiry by providing free access to competitions for independent student research and services to Vermont teachers to improve inquiry education."
How: Approximately 150 judges, including scientists, secondary education faculty, dentists, physicians, nurses, military personnel and retirees, and other science related professionals from across Vermont will judge projects, with each submission reviewed separately by three different judges
Website: http://bit.ly/8ZH7Sn
Contact: Carlos Pinkham at 485-2319 or pinkhamc@norwich.edu
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 8, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
ADVISORY
Norwich to hold 50th annual Vt. State Science and Math Fair
Who: Vermont 5th-12th graders, winners of local competitions
What: 250 math, science, engineering and technology projects (out of 2,000 submitted) to compete for state and national prizes and awards totaling $10,000 in cash and travel prizes, $900,000 in scholarships to Vermont colleges and an opportunity to represent Vermont at the Annual International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, Calif. in May
Where: Norwich University, Bartoletto Hall; awards ceremony in Dole Auditorium
When: Saturday, April 17, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Why: "Our mission is to inspire and reward Vermont middle and high school students for high quality inquiry by providing free access to competitions for independent student research and services to Vermont teachers to improve inquiry education."
How: Approximately 150 judges, including scientists, secondary education faculty, dentists, physicians, nurses, military personnel and retirees, and other science related professionals from across Vermont will judge projects, with each submission reviewed separately by three different judges
Website: http://bit.ly/8ZH7Sn
Contact: Carlos Pinkham at 485-2319 or pinkhamc@norwich.edu
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
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Communications students to screen The War at Home for veterans and their families
For Immediate Release Contact: Daphne Larkin
March 16, 2010 802-485-2886
NEWS RELEASE
Communications students to screen The War at Home for veterans and their families
“The viewer is witness to a confidential conversation between combat vets. This is a discussion that you wouldn't be privy to otherwise”
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (March 16, 2010) – Norwich University communications students have completed a documentary film, The War at Home, and will be screening it for veterans interviewed for the film and their families on March 28.
The screening will also be attended by veterans featured in Vermont Fallen, the previous Norwich documentary about Vermonters killed in Iraq.
The film will be presented on Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. in Dole Auditorium and will be followed by a reception. Students and news media are invited.
For The War at Home, students interviewed veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and explored issues soldiers face upon returning to civilian life.
The project was inspired by the families involved in Vermont Fallen who were worried about the soldiers who survived and came home bearing the burden of witnessing the effects of IEDs, said communications Professor Bill Estill.
Bonds among people involved in the two projects, student producers and student veterans grew strong during the course of the work.
“The core group of student producers was and is on track for commissioning and they are friends with the student veterans in the story, so there was an enormous bond between those in front of and behind the cameras,” Estill said. “The viewer is witness to a confidential conversation between combat vets. This is a discussion that you wouldn't be privy to otherwise.”
Students made the film to help veterans process their experiences, to give insight to those preparing to deploy and their families and to inform the general public of the effects of serving in war.
The War at Home by the numbers:
· The project began with a summer research grant in 2008.
· Twenty-four veterans were interviewed.
· Producers collected 70 hours of tape.
· More than 50 students worked on the film.
· The film runs just over an hour.
The film was shot in High Definition 1080i widescreen 16x9 aspect ratio.
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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 12, 2010
Norwich students raise almost $8k for employee in cancer treatment
For Immediate Release
March 12, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich students raise almost $8k for employee in cancer treatment
NORTHFIELD – On Tuesday, March 9, Norwich University students presented dining hall employee Rosemary Sprague with a check totaling just under $8,000. This was not to cover an outstanding debt for an overcharged meal card but rather an act of love for someone the students see every day as they enter the dining hall to eat.
Sprague, of Northfield, is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and the fundraiser was meant to help her through this time of added medical expenses.
“They just wanted me to feel better,” she said. “I love them. I didn’t realize how much they really cared about me until this situation the other day.”
In her eighth year working in the dining hall, Sprague mans the counter where students swipe their meal cards. But anyone who has ever dined in the Wise Campus Center knows she is more than just an employee.
“We wanted to do this for Rosemary because she is part of the Norwich Family and has brought joy into so many lives with her beautiful personality and encouragement,” said Alison Lanz, the regimental commander of the Corps of Cadets and the student behind the fundraiser. “She is always complimenting us. It is the least that we could do for her.”
The idea to raise money to help Sprague through her treatment came from the Corps of Cadets, who paid $10 each to wear civilian clothes on Monday.
Upon learning of the fundraiser, civilian students joined the effort raising almost $400. They made pink breast cancer awareness pins, to which they added blue (Sprague’s favorite color) and sold 215 of them. Some students paid $10-$20 for a pin selling for $1.
“Everyone loves Rosemary,” said Jessica Henderson, senior resident coordinator. “And so when told they had the opportunity to donate some money to support her, they jumped at the chance.”
Editor’s note: The photo shows(on the left) student Alison Lanz presenting Rosemary Sprague (on the right) with a check for $7,931 raised by Norwich students.
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 1, 2010
Norwich to hold 15th annual military writers’ symposium
For Immediate Release
March 1, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich to hold 15th annual military writers’ symposium
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (March 1, 2010) – Norwich University will hold its 15th annual Colby Military Writers’ Symposium on Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5 with five authors engaged in presentations and a panel discussion.
The theme for this year’s symposium is: America at the Crossroads: The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have consumed a combined 15 years, with no clear resolution. While the situation in Iraq has greatly improved, the future of Afghanistan and the problems of Pakistan provide only uncertainty and controversy. President Obama’s recent announcement that 30,000 additional troops are being sent to Afghanistan signals an even deeper American commitment. Our mission and role in Afghanistan and the lessons of Vietnam and Iraq are among the important issues that will be discussed at the 2010 Colby Symposium.
Highlights of the event include a panel discussion with the authors on Thursday at 1 p.m. in Plumley Armory. And on Friday at 2 p.m. in Dole Auditorium the military veterans’ communications seminar will present a screening of “The War at Home,” http://bit.ly/WarAtHome a student-produced documentary film made up of interviews with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A full schedule of events and author biographies can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/NUColby
Founded in 1996 by Carlo D´Este, W.E.B Griffin, and Ambassador William E. Colby, and renamed in the latter’s memory in 1997, the Colby Symposium has brought more than 50 top authors, historians, and filmmakers to Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., for a two-day residency to participate in open forums, lectures and other related functions.
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
March 1, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886
dlarkin@norwich.edu
NEWS RELEASE
Norwich to hold 15th annual military writers’ symposium
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (March 1, 2010) – Norwich University will hold its 15th annual Colby Military Writers’ Symposium on Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5 with five authors engaged in presentations and a panel discussion.
The theme for this year’s symposium is: America at the Crossroads: The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have consumed a combined 15 years, with no clear resolution. While the situation in Iraq has greatly improved, the future of Afghanistan and the problems of Pakistan provide only uncertainty and controversy. President Obama’s recent announcement that 30,000 additional troops are being sent to Afghanistan signals an even deeper American commitment. Our mission and role in Afghanistan and the lessons of Vietnam and Iraq are among the important issues that will be discussed at the 2010 Colby Symposium.
Highlights of the event include a panel discussion with the authors on Thursday at 1 p.m. in Plumley Armory. And on Friday at 2 p.m. in Dole Auditorium the military veterans’ communications seminar will present a screening of “The War at Home,” http://bit.ly/WarAtHome a student-produced documentary film made up of interviews with veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A full schedule of events and author biographies can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/NUColby
Founded in 1996 by Carlo D´Este, W.E.B Griffin, and Ambassador William E. Colby, and renamed in the latter’s memory in 1997, the Colby Symposium has brought more than 50 top authors, historians, and filmmakers to Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., for a two-day residency to participate in open forums, lectures and other related functions.
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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