May 06, 2021
MacArthur Award ranks Norwich as top ROTC program among Senior and Junior Military Colleges for 2019-20
Col. Joel Newsom told nearly 100 U.S. Army commissionees from Norwich University, some on Sabine Field and Haynes Family Stadium, some watching online, to celebrate their accomplishments, strive for more and lead empathetically.
During Saturday’s Norwich University 2021 U.S. Army ROTC ceremony, which occupied Sabine Field’s football gridiron after the Joint Commissioning ceremony finished, Newsom said the 98 Class of 2021 graduates in the ROTC detachment he leads had excelled in academics, leadership, physical fitness and community service.
Six Army ROTC cadets, he said, had ranked among the top 10 of all cadets within Cadet Command, 23 were named Distinguished Military Graduates and 90% earned their first rank choices, topping the Armywide average of 68%, and 96% got one of their top three branch choices. (The U.S. Army Cadet Command, formed in Apri
By NU Office of Communications May 01, 2021
NORTHFIELD, Vt. Norwich University celebrated Commencement and Commissioning ceremonies on Saturday, May 1, in a hybrid of virtual streamed and in-person events held campus-wide in accordance with Vermont pandemic guidelines and with the Norwich community’s health and safety as the highest priority.
Norwich University was honored that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley gave the commencement address to the Class of 2021 in recorded remarks. Milley is the military’s senior-most ranking member and serves as principal adviser to President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III and the National Security Council.
Resilient, resourceful and ready April 16, 2021
Tri-Service Awards honor ROTC students and Corps of Cadets members for achievements academic, athletic and civic
In the academic year of the mask, the handwash and the 6-foot distance, Norwich University’s military-oriented students still hit their marks, President Dr. Mark Anarumo said.
For the third straight semester, the coronavirus pandemic changed everything, forcing commission-pursuing students in ROTC, students with armed forces contracts and students in the Corps of Cadets to adopt new ways to train and gather. During an early semester quarantine, they stayed mostly in their rooms, waiting for COVID-19 positives to abate. When they returned to business, the students covered their faces, measured off arm-fathom-long spaces and sought their stride.