Norwich University history

In 1825 the academy moved to Middletown, Connecticut, to provide better naval training to the school's growing Corps of Cadets.

Vermont College was founded in 1834 as Newbury Seminary, the first Methodist theology school in the United States.

In 1835, the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy became “Norwich University,” by virtue of an act of incorporation granted by the legislature of Vermont the previous year.

Captain Alden Partridge remained at the head of the institution until 1843, and soon after sold the buildings and grounds to the Trustees of the University.

During the 1856 academic year, the first chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity was founded by cadets Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase.

He escaped, however, and organized a new army in 1862, which used Chinese troops with Western officers and arms.

The Corps of Cadets quickly boarded an express train for Newport, the same day, October 19, 1864, to the great relief of the inhabitants.

The Civil War, the fire, and the uncertainty regarding the continuation of the university seriously lowered the attendance, and the school opened in the fall of 1866 with only 19 students.

By 1884, the Vermont Legislature had the name of the school changed back to Norwich.

In 1898 the university was designated as the Military College of the State of Vermont.

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In 1947, the Army Department created a new program uniquely suited to Vermont's harsh climate: a mountain and cold weather warfare unit.

During the 1974 school year, the university admitted women into the Corps of Cadets, two years before the federal service academies.

In 2001, Norwich sold its Vermont College campus and non-traditional degree programs to the Union Institute and University.