July 06, 2021
Co-creator of ‘How I Built This’ and ‘TED Radio Hour’ podcasts shares lessons from ‘accidental entrepreneur’
When Guy Raz was working as an NPR journalist, spending time as an overseas war correspondent in Afghanistan and other nations, entrepreneurism was hardly a career notion. When Raz came back to the United States, he hoped to realize his dream of becoming an anchor for NPR’s signature drive-time weekday news programs, “All Things Considered” or “Morning Edition.”
And though he hosted weekend versions of the shows, he never got his wish.
In his June 23 keynote address for the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies’ Residency Conference, a Todd Lecture Series event, Raz said although this failure packed an emotional blow, it made him rethink his career. By creating a media company and podcasts, including “The TED Radio Hour,” “How I Built This” and the children-focused “Wow in the World,” Raz would attract milli
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May 06, 2021
U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe lauds commissionees for defending Constitution and its ideals
They marched into Sabine Field, uniforms pressed, gazes purposeful, strides deliberate, ready for their long-awaited moment. Joint Commissioning was nigh, and before the Norwich University ROTC cadets swore into their armed forces branches, they’d sit their last collective stint together.
One hundred sixty-four Class of 2021 graduates would commission 98 into the U.S. Army; 40 into the U.S. Air Force; 16 into the U.S. Navy and 10 into the U.S. Marine Corps. (Two of the Air Force commissionees plan to later transition into the U.S. Space Force.) In his keynote speech, U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Gary W. Keefe, a 1986 Norwich grad who is also the Massachusetts National Guard’s adjutant general, would reflect on having sat in their seats and contemplated the future.
Faith Privett meets with staff from offices of Rep. Peter Welch, Sen. Bernie Sanders
As a byproduct of her experience at Posters on the Hill, last week’s national research conference for college undergraduates, Norwich University junior Faith Privett met virtually with two aides from the offices of U.S. legislators representing Vermont, Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent.
Privett, a Class of 2022 political science and history major from Proctor, Minnesota, was the only Vermont college student among the 60 students who presented at Posters on the Hill, an annual event presented April 27 and April 28 by the Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Council on Undergraduate Research.