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Norwich University is committed to supporting our students who pursue public service. Recently, Norwich alumnus Thomas Sittmann was one of 38 Fellows out of over 1,000 applicants selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the U.S. Digital Corps, working for the Administration for Children and Families in the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Sittmann, a 2021 online Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity graduate, will spend the next two years in this new program the White House launched to bring civic-minded early-career technologists to serve in the federal government.

December 31^st, the last day of 2021, will also be the last day of work at Norwich University for Dr. James Ehrman. Dr. Ehrman is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies (CGCS). He earned his BA in history and political science from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and his MA in history from Kansas State University in 1997. Professor Ehrman continued his studies in history at Kansas State University and completed his PhD in history in 2006. Dr. Ehrman has worked at Norwich University since 2004 when he accepted a visiting instructor position with the university’s Department of History and Political Science. In 2006, Professor Ehrman served as the associate program director for the military history program at CGCS. A year later, he was appointed to the position of program director for the Master of Arts in Military History program and the Master of Arts in History programs where he served until August 2017.