Pandemic management pays off, president says
Therapy dogs, curling coming for the weekend; dining options to increase
Progress against the coronavirus has been dramatic and steady, Norwich President Mark C. Anarumo said Thursday. An on-campus COVID-19-positive case count that had been 65 on Jan. 27 and 42 on Feb. 8 was down to five. Ten people were isolated in quarantine on campus as of Thursday, down from 91 on Feb. 5.
Mask wearing, physical distancing and handwashing is paying off, Anarumo said in his Update from the Hill video. Anarumo said Norwich had administered 11,249 COVID-19 tests since January, a number he called remarkable. He lauded Career and Internship Center Director Nicole DiDomenico, who’s been running the Plumley Armory testing center, Nursing Director Paulette Thabault, who’s led the testing, and the many volunteers who’ve helped them.
To cheer students, Sodexo will keep on truckin’
Dining provider visits campus residential halls to deliver drinks, snacks
Here’s new arithmetic from campus this week (bear with us, math professors): purring truck engine + waft of cooked food + invitation to partake = delighted students.
Norwich University’s transition from in-room to campus quarantine this week freed food partner Sodexo to outfit a catering truck for delivery and tour campus residence halls and barracks, bringing tasty treats, contact-free and free for students.
Wednesday offered macaroni and cheese and pulled pork. Friday brought breakfast sandwiches. Next week, the truck will deliver smoothies and ice cream on Monday, chicken-and-tater bowls Wednesday and a Mexican fajita bowl Feb. 26.
A plethora of questions, a blast of answers
University officials discuss rooks, food and more in Feb. 5 town hall
Fast-evolving pandemic protocols have raised a plethora of student questions. Last week, university officials worked to answer them.
In a student town hall on Friday, President Mark Anarumo, Senior Vice President of Student Affairs and Technology Frank Vanecek, Corps of Cadets Commandant Col. Michael Titus and Amelia “Millie” Heidenreich, general manager of food contractor Sodexo at Norwich University, answered wide-ranging queries at a virtual town hall.
On Saturday, Titus and student Regimental Commander Caleb Miller posted a second video to explain recognition for rooks, first-year recruits for the Corps.
With masks and moxie, Norwich greets spring semester students
New electronic scheduling system, staff efforts smooth COVID-19 testing and arrivals, officials say
By the time students began arriving on Norwich University’s Northfield, Vermont, campus Friday for the Spring 2021 semester, teams of Norwich faculty and staff were ready. Electronic message boards in campus buildings were loaded with greetings, COVID-19 tests were waiting at Plumley Armory and Facilities Operations staff members stood ready to move snow and ease movement.
As in the fall, university departments across campus the School of Nursing, the Center for Civic Engagement, Facilities Operations, athletic coaches, faculty and staff had followed President Mark C. Anarumo’s “Norwich Together” motto to prepare. In his electronic message board statement to students, College of National Services Dean Matthew Smith told students, “Take care of your wingman/battle buddy and let’s get after it!”