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SPIRITS AMONG US

Thursday, March 1, 2012

In April 1978, flames began licking the rare books in the basement of Chaplin Library. A fire—the second on campus that year—was alight. As smoke rose through the joints of the 1907 structure, leaking from the windows above, the alarm was raised. By the faint last light of day,... 

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SANCTUARY

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Built in 1941, White Hall, as it was then called, originally housed the mess hall, college store, and recreational room, before being converted into Norwich’s first chapel in 1955. It is named for Eugene L. White, Class of 1914 and longtime University trustee, whose generous gifts... 

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OUT OF THE ASHES

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

HOW AN IRISH EPISCOPAL PRIEST SAVED NORWICH UNIVERSITY The year 1866 was a pivotal one for Norwich. In March, a fire destroyed the school’s primary building—the Old South Barracks—and the University’s future lay in jeopardy. The disaster represented the biggest challenge... 

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NEWS FROM THE HILL

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

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A VISIT TO THE WALL – On a bright autumn day in 2011, half a dozen Norwich students made their way across the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Their destination: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Dressed in their Corps uniforms, the six cadets and their staff leader attracted... Read More

FACULTY PROFILE

CHRISTINE MCCANN

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REFLECTING ON THE PAST – Step over the threshold into Christine McCann’s tidy office on the third floor of Ainsworth Hall and you feel as if you’ve walked into a three-dimensional history text—it is impossible to turn your gaze anywhere without spotting some reminder of the ancient world. Behind McCann’s desk is a reproduction of [...]

CAMPUS BEAT

NUVISIONS ABROAD IN THAILAND

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Through an NUVISIONS abroad and Sweet Mango Tours partnership, eight Norwich students and two alumni traveled to Pa Chan, Thailand, for a most unusual and rewarding winter break. While there they constructed a community kitchen that had been designed by Norwich students and community leaders on a previous visit, and taught English to children ages [...]

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORTS

THE CLOSER

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Don DiBastiani ’12 winds up for his future – When the Norwich University baseball team has a late innings lead, Coach John Rhoades smiles. And with whom he has in the bullpen, he should. Not many college baseball coaches can go to a cadet colonel to help cinch up a win. Senior Don DiBastiani is [...]

I GOT MY START

STEPHEN MARTIN ’01

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What brought you to Norwich? I got a call from [NU Football] Coach Mike Yesalonia ’82 when I was a senior in high school. He told me that he was the new coach at Norwich and he was turning things around. I got the feeling that I was going to be part of rebuilding the [...]