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NEWS FROM THE HILL
ATHLETICS 10 // #NORWICHALUMNI 11 // LEADERSHIP 12
WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN?
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Dr. Mark Anarumo, president of Norwich University, presented Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, USA, with an honorary Norwich doctorate at the Pentagon on Aug. 6. In May, Gen. Milley addressed the Norwich University Class of 2021 in a virtual Commencement speech. In 2016, Gen. Milley—then U.S. Army Chief of Staff— also visited Norwich during a two-day conference celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the founding of ROTC.
Photos by U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chuck Burden (top), iStock (bottom)
FUN FACT
Fly-fishers consistently rate the Dog River as one of the best fly-fishing rivers in Vermont.
> 1. Podcaster Guy Raz
The TED Radio Hour cocreator and host of How I Built This shared insights from his interviews with leading entrepreneurs in a conversation with CGCS Dean William Clements during the CGCS Residency Conference in June.
> 2. Studying Crime
Home to the most popular major on campus, the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice recently changed its name to reflect its faculty expertise in criminology. The field seeks to understand the economic, sociological, and psychological factors behind criminal behavior.
> 3. Student Government
Newly elected Student Government Association leaders say they will focus their efforts on unifying the Norwich student body, a more normal pandemic reopening, and greater representation in decisions that affect students in the year ahead.
> 4. Citizen-Soldier Honor
Chicago’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library will present President Emeritus Richard W. Schneider its 2021 CitizenSoldier Award in October. Last year’s recipient was former U.S. Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole.
> 5. International Military Academies Conference
U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the former supreme allied commander in Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual International Symposium of Military Academies in Oct. Reps from more than 40 nations will attend the event hosted by NU, the first in the U.S.
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