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Center for Career Readiness offers resources for ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° students of any class year

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Job-market-eyeing juniors and seniors have probably visited ÂÜÀò¼Ò԰’s Center for Career Readiness to get résumés and cover letters reviewed, practice interviewing and explore work-experience opportunities. But the center’s director, Meghan Oliver, wants first-year students, who may not yet have visited, to know it’s never too early to tap resources and plan careers.

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ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° names Dr. Karen Gaines provost and faculty dean

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° has named Dr. Karen Gaines, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University who also holds an academic appointment as professor of physiology, as provost and dean of the faculty, beginning at the end of the spring 2022 semester.

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ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° names Danielle Pelczarski as chief of staff

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° announced that Danielle Pelczarski, deputy commandant of the California State University Maritime Academy in Vallejo, California, has been named senior vice president and chief of staff, effective March 2022.

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ÂÜÀò¼Ò԰’s U.S. Army ROTC program to receive Defense Department award

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — In April, Norwich’s U.S. Army ROTC received the 2020 Gen. Douglas MacArthur Award for the Cadet Command’s 1st Brigade. In July, Norwich’s U.S. Army ROTC Pioneer Battalion received the Defense Department ROTC and Educational Institution Partnership Excellence Award. The Excellence Award recognizes exceptional performance in the 2019-20 academic year and standing out among the 496 U.S. colleges and universities that host ROTC units.

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ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° receives $18.5 million grant to continue leading Defense Department Cyber Institute program

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° on Sept. 27 was awarded a two-year $18.5 million grant from the National Security Agency as the lead institution to continue to develop the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Institutes at the six Senior Military Colleges (SMCs).

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ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° to dedicate an F-16 display to mark 75 years of partnerships with Vermont Air National Guard and Air Force ROTC Detachment 867

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° is honored to welcome Col. Adam T. Rice, 158th Fighter Wing vice commander and 1991 ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° alumnus, in a private ceremony Oct. 16 to dedicate an F-16 display at Sabine Field at Haynes Family Stadium

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Norwich to host 10K obstacle course race fundraiser named for student who served in the Vietnam War

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼Ò԰’s Semper Fidelis Society student group is hosting the 2021 Walter N. Levy Challenge, a 10k endurance race and fundraiser to be held on Sunday, Sept. 26.

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ÂÜÀò¼Ò԰’s engineering programs earn six-year accreditation

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° has earned its six-year accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for three bachelor of science programs in the David Crawford School of Engineering: civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering.

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Pritzker Military Foundation commits $650,000 to ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° Military Writers’ Symposium and poses $500,000 matching gift challenge

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — The Pritzker Military Foundation, on behalf of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago, has committed $650,000 to the ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° Military Writers’ Symposium.

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ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° Applied Research Institutes lands $2.9 million federal contract for transportation simulations

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — ÂÜÀò¼ÒÔ° Applied Research Institutes (NUARI) has been awarded a three-year $2.9 million contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to expand the Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-Making Exercises (DECIDE®) cyber training platform.

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