Scenes from the 2023 New Student Oath Ceremony
The annual New Student Oath Ceremony for the incoming class of civilians and rooks was held on Sunday, August 27.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Together, ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Forever.
The Oath Ceremony is long-standing ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ tradition in which civilians and rooks promised to accept, uphold, and apply the principles of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ’s honor code and guiding values, ending their oath with, “In all my endeavors, from this day forth, I will reflect in the spirit of the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ motto, ‘I will try.’â€
The slides below showcase just some of captured photos from the office of communications staff taken during Sunday's New Student Oath Ceremony.
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ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in baccalaureate and graduate degrees. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
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