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A virtual gala to hail gracious giving Center for Civic Engagement holds Service, Learning and Leadership Recognition Celebration Neither masks, nor distance, nor pandemic protocols would stop Norwich University’s volunteerism in 2020-21. Center for Civic Engagement Director Nicole DiDomenico said students’ perseverance showed gracious selflessness, and progress showed in April 15’s online meeting to celebrate it. Spring 2020’s sudden campus shutdown to flatten the coronavirus infection curve scrubbed the Service, Learning and Leadership Recognition Celebration, a traditional in-person fete-and-feast. DiDomenico said she had neither time to plan nor enough digital experience to mount a virtual event. But this year, DiDomenico and Assistant Director Abigail Joyal ’18, were ready. They honored 2021’s Civic Scholars students who received scholarship aid for 500 hours of service over four years and three students for honors earned in 2020. ....
February 26, 2021 Norwich Voices for International Women’s Day will highlight women’s triumphs and struggles in virtual spoken-word performance Chey Khoury wants women’s voices heard and inequitable notions, especially about strength and success, upended. “Every female I have had the pleasure of working with (have been) some of the strongest humans I’ve ever met,” said Khoury, a senior criminal justice major and English minor. “As women, we are stronger than stereotypes believe.” Khoury, a civilian student, has worked behind the scenes to produce the fourth-annual Norwich Voices for International Women’s Day, scheduled virtually from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday over Zoom. The university and its Pegasus Players theater troupe are presenting the spoken-word event, which prepandemic has run in Mack Hall’s auditorium. Click here to join the performance. ....