January 14, 2010 RSS feed / News

Norwich Grad Who Is Married To Northfield Girl Deployed To Iraq

Army 2nd Lt. Jason R. Keeter, a recent Norwich grad who is married to for former Samantha Ritzer of Northfield, has deployed to Iraq to serve in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. More...

Norwich University Names Speakers For Commencement

Norwich University officials have announced the speakers for this year’s commissioning and commencement ceremonies, to be held on May 15 and 16 respectively. More...

McDonald’s Ed Rensi to To Talk

On May 16, Edward Rensi will give the commencement address to the class of 2010. Rensi is the retired president and chief executive officer of McDonald’s USA and founder of the Ronald McDonald House. More...

Vermont House Honors National Guard Deployment In Operation Phoenix

A resolution honoring the members of the Vermont National Guard who are being deployed in Operation Phoenix has been passed by the Vermont House of Representatives. The House passed it on their first day back in session. More...

Parents Wanted for Special Education Monitoring Interviews

Northfield and Roxbury Vermont, January 8, 2010: The Vermont Department of Education will be visiting schools in the Washington South Supervisory Union to evaluate special education programs during the week of February 1, 2010. More...

UU Church Receives Cultural Facilities Grant From Arts Council

MONTPELIER – The Unitarian Universalist Church in Williamstown is among fourteen Vermont institutions which received Cultural Facilities Grants in a ceremony at the Vermont State House last week. More...

Ainsworth Public Library

REMINDER - SPECIAL BOOKS Several books on deployment have been purchased and displayed for families and children of deploying military personnel. We hope these resources will help with the challenges deployment presents to families. More...

Special ‘Take A Kid’ Basketball Game Set At Norwich For January 16

Norwich University has set a date for its annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Take A Kid to the Game day for Jan. 16, when the Cadets will host Johnson & Wales at 3 p.m., in Andrews Hall. More...

Choose Sex or Soccer, Making the Right Choice May Save Your Life And Your Family

About 20 men sat on chairs at the HIV/AIDS Resource Center in Katuna, Uganda, intently watching a match between Manchester United and Chelsea on a small television. More...

NEWS FROM THE HILL

YOU MAY WONDER with students gone and classes not in session what exactly a professor does. I have personal experience watching firsthand the unique schedule of a Norwich professor. More...

General Dunwoody To Address Cadets

General Ann E. Dunwoody is scheduled to address approximately 100 NU students commissioning into the military and their families during a ceremony in which the new officers receive their lieutenant bars and their first salutes. More...

Norwich To Create Cyber War Classes

Norwich University officials have announced a program of collaboration with Adaptive Cyber Security Instruments, Inc. More...

Annual Merchant Bank Raffle Raises $1,067 For Elementary School Playground

Merchants Bank annual holiday raffle resulted in $1067.00 for the Northfield Elementary School playground project. More...

More & More Kids Participating In After School Programs

Students attending school in Williamstown have spent a lot of time after school last year and this year thanks to a federal 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant. More...

Green Up Vermont Student Poster Contest Closes On January 31

Green Up Vermont reminds students K – 12 they may enter Green Up’s annual contests for design of the poster to promote Green Up Day (May 1, 2010) and for a poem or essay inspired by Green Up. More...