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Northfield, VT 05663-1035
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- Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
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Norwich University has not been reviewed yet.
While not everyone is familiar with the word “informatics,” people certainly are aware of its influence on 21st-century life. As a formal definition, informatics is the study of information technology in a context. In everyday life, this can translate into new apps, effective webpages, better data security, and improvements to healthcare management, to name but a few. To students at NKU, a degree from one of the three departments in the College of Informatics (communication, computer science, and business informatics) means solid, cutting-edge training that provides an advantage when seeking employment. Many students enrich their studies through the College’s outreach arm, the Center for Applied Informatics. Its “virtual co-op” lets students work on projects for real-world clients (some 200 of them during the 2013-14 schoolyear alone) while remaining on campus and being supervised by professional project managers and administrators. The arrangement is particularly attractive to start-ups and non-profits because they can recruit impressive tech talent at an affordable cost. Students get fair pay, course credit, exposure to employers, and experience that will help their resumes shine. It’s not every new college grad who can say he developed an app that alerts people trained in CPR when someone nearby needs assistance or she created a website promoting Cincinnati’s vibrant community of performing artists!
“Small” and “safe” are two words often used to describe this 1,200-acre campus nestled in the Green Mountains of central Vermont. Though cadets and civilian students live in different residence halls, Wise Campus Center serves as a mutual social hub and includes dining options, meeting rooms, a pub, and a bookstore. The adjacent quad is a popular recreational spot and features a skating rink in winter.
Norwich offers five bachelor’s degree completion programs for working adults: interdisciplinary studies, criminal justice, cybersecurity, management studies, and strategic studies & defense analysis. Nursing, engineering, and business are standouts among the university’s many online graduate offerings. Students taking classes online can lean on the 24/7 help desk for technical issues as well as an assigned student services advisor who acts as a point of contact at Norwich.
The Norwich Cadets belong to Division III of the NCAA. Both men’s and women’s teams compete in rugby, ice hockey, lacrosse, swimming and diving, soccer, cross-country, and basketball. The university also fields men’s teams in football, baseball, and wrestling and women’s teams in softball and volleyball.
In 1820, Norwich became the first private college in the United States to teach civil engineering. The institution’s commitment to training professionals to improve the nation’s infrastructure continues today with its highly ranked 18-month online master’s program. Classes are capped at 15 students in order to maximize faculty and student interaction.
Northfield is primarily known for Norwich University, the oldest private military school in the United States. The university and neighborhood establishments offer some job possibilities, but grads often have better luck heading to Vermont’s capital, Montpelier, which is about a half-hour drive.
Northfield is home to Cabot Hosiery Mills (a major sock-making company) and t-shirt biggie Barry T. Chouinard’s Comfort Colors. National Life Insurance Company is headquartered in nearby Montpelier, and state agencies in that city likewise provide job opportunities. The tourism and manufacturing industries also thrive in the area.
On its community website, Northfield describes itself as “a combination of a college town, a traditional Victorian New England village, and the historic center of Vermont.” Residents boast that Northfield is clean and safe, and census figures show that about a third of the households have children under the age of 18.
Northfield is nestled in the Green Mountains of central Vermont, so outdoor activities rule! Dog River is popular for fly fishing, the weekly farmer’s market on the village commons draws a nice crowd, and (of course) winter means heading to the ski slopes. The famous Sugarbush Resort in the nearby town of Warren offers all-mountain lift tickets for the season at a great price!
If you’re searching for a single guy, the odds are in your favor at Norwich University; men make up three-fourths of the student body. With only about 6,200 residents, the town of Northfield doesn’t add many additional candidates to the dating pool. While the state as a whole is evenly split between men and women, some singles may dislike the lack of ethnic diversity.