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: By Matthew Crowley; Category: News; July 22, 2021

Cadets participate in this past week’s Civil Air Patrol New Hampshire Wing Summer Academy at Norwich University. The Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, all-volunteer nonprofit civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Civil Air Patrol Summer Academy at Norwich University introduces young people to military lifestyle and values

Norwich University’s cadets, ROTC and Corps, are about a month and a half from arriving on campus. But this past week, as it has since 2007, the Civil Air Patrol’s New Hampshire Wing put its cadets through paces on the Upper Parade Ground and around campus.

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: By Norwich University Athletics; Category: News; July 22, 2021

Jess Moore (assistant athletic trainer) and Tyler Willard (assistant women’s hockey coach) joined Norwich University’s athletic staffs. (Photos courtesy Norwich University Athletics.)

Both hires have Vermont connections and will start in early August

Norwich University’s athletics programs made two key hires last week. Jess Moore became an assistant athletic trainer and Tyler Willard became assistant women’s hockey coach.

: By Matthew Crowley; Category: News; July 21, 2021

Global-warming-stoked ice melting in the Arctic has created new sea routes and sparked a scramble for the United States, Russia and China. Nine Norwich University student researchers spent the Spring 2021 semester exploring the nexus of climate and security in the three-part Arctic Triad project. (Image by Shutterstock.)

In Arctic Triad, Norwich University student researchers explore nexus of environmental change and global security

Global warming in the Arctic, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said has changed Arctic climate characteristics from mostly ice and snow to water and rain, has also opened new sea routes, sparking a mad international scramble for resources and raising security concerns for military officials.

: By Arctic Triad research team; Category: News; July 21, 2021

Talks by international officials, intellectual interactions cites as favorite moments

By mantra and by tradition, Norwich University students stare down tomorrow’s challenges today, applying learning from a host of disciplines and experiences. Among the most looming hurdles Generation Z will face is coping with global warming and its ancillary fallout, including potential military conflict.

: By Matthew Crowley; Category: News; July 20, 2021

Norwich University President Dr. Mark Anarumo poses with people at the NU Club of Cape Cod’s Student Sendoff on Thursday. It was his first-in person sendoff participation since becoming president in May 2020. All 2020 sendoffs were online because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy Norwich Family Office.)

Week’s schedule includes second of three virtual gatherings open to all university constituents

Yes. You did see the president.

: By NU Office of Communications; Category: News; July 14, 2021

Summer research for William Helterbran, a rising senior and mechanical engineering major, involves building a prototype compact wind turbine for use in an Arctic microgrid. (Photo courtesy Norwich University John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center.)

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center has awarded the 2021 Student Research Fellowship to William Helterbran, Class of ’22, of Chandler, Arizona.

: By Matthew Crowley; Category: News; July 14, 2021

A Norwich University student and member of the Corps of Cadets types on a laptop in Kreitzberg Library.Technology endowment is one of five priorities for the Shoulder-to-Shoulder fundraising initiative. Shoulder-to-Shoulder, launched Oct. 3 at Homecoming, raised $12.5 million as of May 31. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Increase comes as national donations to colleges and universities drop slightly

Coronavirus pandemic-addled 2020 sent learning off-kilter at Norwich University; classes went virtual and the campus endured a COVID-19 case spike and in-room quarantine. The pandemic also sent money donations to colleges and universities down nationally, if ever so slightly. Nevertheless, Norwich University fundraising perked merrily along, surpassing its fiscal 2021 goal by more than $1 million.

: By Norwich University Athletics; Category: News; July 13, 2021

Spectators will again be free to fill grandstands, bleachers and sidelines when Norwich University’s athletics team return to play this fall. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Competition opens with four action-packed days starting Sept. 1

Norwich University is planning for full athletics schedules and no spectator restrictions at all home events this fall in a return to full pre-COVID-19 campus operations.

: By Matthew Crowley; Category: News; July 09, 2021

In his 28-year Norwich University presidency, Richard W. Schneider promoted scholarship and service for future soldiers and citizens in many ways, including expanding majors, boosting membership in the Corps of Cadets, establishing academic and service centers and raising money. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Richard W. Schneider to receive award at October gala in Chicago

During his 28-year Norwich University presidency, Richard W. Schneider often echoed university founder Capt. Alden Partridge’s credo that students should emerge from their studies as citizen-soldiers — people who can serve and advance the country and lead everywhere, from the boardroom to the battlefield.