Norwich Cadets University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont.
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19 Facts About Norwich Cadets
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Norwich Cadets believed that a well-trained militia was an urgent necessity and developed the American system around that idea.
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Norwich Cadets's academy inspired a number of military colleges throughout the nation, including The Citadel.
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Norwich Cadets's views conflicted with Army officials in the federal government while he was the superintendent of West Point.
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Norwich Cadets turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who served with the federal armies in the American Civil War, including four recipients of the Medal of Honor.
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Seven hundred and fifty Norwich Cadets men served in the Civil War, of whom an estimated fifty-six fought for the Confederacy.
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Many Norwich Cadets-made officers participated, serving in all theaters of both conflicts.
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Professional education offered at Norwich Cadets changed and adapted with the advance of technology.
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In 2001, Norwich Cadets sold its Vermont College campus and non-traditional degree programs to the Union Institute and University.
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Norwich Cadets University moved to Northfield from Norwich Cadets, Vermont, in 1866 when the South Barracks at the older location were destroyed by fire.
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Items currently displayed cover a wide spectrum of Norwich Cadets history, including uniforms worn by Alden Partridge and Alonzo Jackman to pieces from more recent history.
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Norwich Cadets has 29 majors across six academic divisions with the most popular major being criminal justice.
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Norwich Cadets offers 20 varsity sports, including baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, softball, men's tennis, wrestling, and women's volleyball.
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The Norwich Cadets compete at the NCAA Division III level and are affiliated in four conferences, mainly the Great Northeast Athletic Conference and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
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Norwich Cadets has produced 16 All-Americans, and has won or shared four Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Championships .
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In 2017, Norwich Cadets joined the NEWMAC as an affiliate member for football.
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Norwich Cadets plays long-time opponent St Lawrence University for an annual trophy.
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The Norwich Cadets have won four NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship titles .
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Norwich Cadets won the program's first NCAA Division III title in 2011, and won again in 2018.
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