NEWS FROM THE HILL

HAIL TO THE CHIEF

REGIMENTAL BAND MARCHES IN INAUGURAL PARADE The Norwich University Regimental Band was one of only forty groups selected (out of more than 2,800) to march in the 57th presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2013. According to the NU Archives, the nation’s... Read More

FACULTY PROFILE

PENNY SHTULL

A PASSION FOR TEACHING – PENNY SHTULL, PROFESSOR OF CRIMINOLOGY When people ask Criminal Justice Professor Penny Shtull what she teaches, she usually replies, “Nothing happy.” And with courses on her schedule titled “Murder: Our Killing Culture,” “Domestic Violence,” and “Problems of Modern Society,” most people would likely agree. Her students, on the other hand, [...]

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS

REMEMBERING A FRIEND

REMEMBERING A FRIEND -  On January 12, 2013, the Norwich Hockey family paid a fitting tribute to James “Tripp” Sutherland III ’71, of Vernon, Conn., who succumbed to pancreatic cancer last June. A devoted family man, Tripp passed his love of hockey on to his children, Corey, James, and Kerry, and nine grandchildren, all of [...]

FROM THE ARCHIVES

FROM THE ARCHIVES – SPRING 2013

Harold Everett “Weary” Walker ’23, referred to in this photo as “‘Lady Godiva’ on her dark horse,” renders a salute near the Winooski River. A WWI veteran, Walker set out from Northfield in August 1923 with members of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 172nd Infantry, to deliver 25 U.S. government horses to Fort Ethan Allen. They [...]

I GOT MY START AT NORWICH

COLONEL (RET) MAURICE SMITH ’34

Maurice “Mo” Smith attended Norwich from 1931 to 1934, after which he served in the United States Army in the First Armored Division, retiring at the rank of Colonel. In 1955 he returned to Norwich to work as an assistant commandant, later becoming the first full-time registrar in University history. Here, in his own words, [...]