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Dear Editor:

I was glad to read [in the Summer 2022 issue] that Norwich will have a rifle team again this year. I was on the rifle team when I was a student at Norwich. We won a lot of medals and awards for the school and recognition in shooting circles. We shot in matches against UVM, the University of Maine and New Hampshire, West Point, CCNY, and Annapolis. LTC Glenn Steckel was our coach. The Norwich training enabled me to qualify with the NY National Guard for pre-Olympics at Montreal, Canada. I always [believed that] a military school could not do without rifle and pistol teams. YOURS TRULY, ROBERT SVOBODA ’58

To the Editor:

The Norwich Record is increasingly irrelevant and does not provide interesting and relevant news and information about the state of the university. I have several bones to pick with the content of the summer edition, as examples of needs for a major rethinking of the purpose and content of this publication.

Where is information on: the fall sports schedule; [alumni] club activity, including a schedule of freshman send-offs; golf tournament schedules and pictures of recent events; incoming freshman data (and upper class); Corps vs. civilian make-up, popular majors; geographic data where students are coming from; new or popular student activities on campus; Homecoming information, graduation information?

Page 2 and 3 of the summer [2022 issue] show a picture of incoming Navy and Marine Corps officers. How about a little context? How many graduates went into the military? How many in each service branch? What assignments in each branch? What trends are apparent in the number of graduates going into the military? How are civilian students faring in the job market for new graduates? What is the hiring success of graduates? What types of jobs and fields are they entering? …

I realize that some of this “missing” information is available online and distributed through emails to alumni and other constituencies. But that then begs the question: what is the role and relevance of the good old traditional Norwich Record in an era of social media? I, for one, would like to know more about topics such as the composition, tenure, and qualifications of our faculty and staff, not just profiles of some that have major or interesting accomplishments, beyond the profiles and descriptions provided on the most senior level appointments. How deep and experienced is our bench and core, so to speak?

In summary, I feel the Record does an inadequate job of connecting me to the university as it is today: its schedules, its student, faculty, and staff composition; there is no feeling as to the “pulse” of the university and how its strong heart beats today. RALPH DUNHAM ’78

Hi Norwich Record:

I receive the quarterly Norwich Record. I enjoy reading and seeing all the changes at NU. KAREN H. WEINHOLD P’18 CONCORD, N.H.

To the Editor:

You are the recipient of the prestigious Harmon Award, created and crafted by me, in recognition of your service and contribution to Norwich University. I had wanted to present it to you personally but unfortunately, every time I tried to plan a campus visit something interfered. O’B ’64

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