In Their Words

Throwback photos Pt.2

This photo is from Rookdom, in December 2018. As a freshman, my friends and I did a lot of volunteering in the community. Volunteering opened so many opportunities for us to see Vermont and to have an escape from the Norwich campus. As a rook, it’s nice to have a break - even if just for a couple of hours. This particular event was in the Northfield Square and on one of our breaks we were able to go see Santa. Many of my friends enjoy volunteering and are officers in the Rotaract Club on campus. This club is still in the early years so it can be hard to make as big of an impact as we would like, but we’re working on it! This photo is from this past year’s Thanksgiving dinner. This dinner is always one of the highlights - good food and a rook family reunion.... Read more →

Volunteering

Hello all! One thing that you might be unaware of is the immense amount of volunteering opportunities that are available here at Norwich University. At NU, we have an online program called "Get Connected," which is run by the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), and there are different volunteering events (posted daily) that are available to all students to participate in on campus. Below, I have attached a picture of the current dashboard for the "Get Connected" site that way; you can see a snapshot of the different types of events that are offered. I have recently registered for the "February Social," which is an event held by a group called "Project Independence," and they specialize in the care of individuals who have Dementia and/or Alzheimer's. I am going to spend a few hours next Friday afternoon socializing and having a great time with these individuals, and I cannot wait.... Read more →

Rotaract, Rotary, and more

So yes this is definitely another club post, BUT I think it's a pretty cool club honestly that I can't talk enough about. Maybe you have college a little more figured out, or you know you'll have a little more time next semester so you're looking for something to do. Anyway, above all, I just wanted to give everyone a little update on what Rotaract has been doing as a club. So in one of our very first meetings, we discussed kind of a plan for things we wanted to do for the year, split into 3 categories- fundraising, community outreach, and big idea outreach. For those of you who don't know, Rotaract is a club focused on service and serving the immediate local community as well as our bigger community. Once we came up with these ideas, we created a presentation to present to Rotary, the adult version of... Read more →