In Their Words

Alumni Weekend - Bicentenial

This weekend, Northfield hs been busy and full of people. Alumni weekend, especially on this 200th year, brought many alumni back on campus to see the campus, current students, and old classmates. The cadets were busy doing march downs and parades all of Friday and Saturday. Seeing all of these heartwarming reunions, I can’t help but think that’ll be me and my classmates in the future. Times like these I am reminded of just how powerful the Norwich family is. It’s no joke when people say “Norwich Forever!” but rather they genuinely care about the university and the great leaders it strives to produce. The alumni are very invested in the current students. There was one wife of an alum that noticed my Puerto Rico flag and came up to me, asking in Spanish where in Puerto Rico I have family. I encountered another group of alums in my barracks... Read more →

Guiding Value Number Four

"Guiding value number four Patriotism and Service: We encourage service to Nation and others before self." Norwich has eight unique values that help lead the school to the place that it is today. One thing that stood out to me while looking into colleges is the emphasis on service that Norwich presented. I saw the opportunities to become involved and felt a sense of belonging from the start. In the spring of last year, I had the opportunity to apply for the Civic Scholars Program. The Civic Scholars Program consists of 15 people from every class here at Norwich. During the course of each person's four years at the school, they will complete 500 hours of service and several training sessions. After returning to campus today from the Civic Scholar Orientation weekend I find myself reflecting on how much service means to me. The "Rookie Knowledge" that we study daily... Read more →

The Trees are Blooming!

So excited that the trees are blooming, I am super hopeful that in 2 weeks they will be fully bloomed and campus will be pretty again! Read more →