Foundation Partners

Located in Chicago, IL, the Pritzker Military Foundation has been a key philanthropic partner of the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium. Through this annual symposium, Norwich has hosted world-renowned authors to celebrate their acclaimed first work in the military genre for the past 25 years. In addition to supporting the symposium’s operating costs, the Pritzker Military Foundation has funded the William E. Colby Award, a $5,000 author honorarium in partnership with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

Located in Falls Church, VA, the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation has generously supported the Peace and War Center’s Overseas Cultural Immersion Trip since 2005. Through their annual grant, approximately 78 students to date have traveled to Tanzania, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Croatia, Senegal, El Salvador, Chile, Turkey, Slovenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel and the Balkans. The grant enables Norwich students who are on a commissioning track as active-duty officers in the U.S. armed forces to travel abroad in the late-spring/summer at no charge. Each year, a cohort of approximately ten students travel to a region that comprises a relevant international conflict, broadening cadets’ cultural agility and global perspective.

Norwich students in Slovenia parliament.

Norwich cadets participate in DC NATO stimulation and meet with the Slovenian Ambassador.

Norwich cadets in North Macedonia conducting multinational training exercises. Norwich cadets with Croatian officer cadets at their academy.