The Army West Point men's basketball team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 97-78, Wednesday night in Christl Arena. The Black Knights were impressive from all aspects of the floor, shooting a season-high 60.3 percent for the game. Army added 12-of-23 makes from behind-the-arc as well for 52.2 percent shooting, which was also a season high. Click here to watch the video recap: https://youtu.be/B59iItWjTjc. FDU jumped out to the 5-3 advantage just two minutes into the contest but that would be the last time the Knights would lead. Army then used an 11-2 rally over a little more than five minutes to create separation between the teams at 14-7. The Black Knights remained in front at a comfortable margin for the rest of the game to secure their third win of the season. Read More
Solid Shooting Leads Army to Victory
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Management Prgm Hosts EMCOR Executive Leaders
The Management Program hosted five executive leaders from EMCOR to share their leadership and management experiences with the cadets in MG381 – Introduction to Management. Over 200 cadets each attended four breakout sessions on the topics of Corporate Structure, Strategy, Financial Reporting, and Investor Relations. The event wrapped up with an in-depth look at leadership from the CEO’s perspective. EMCOR is a Fortune 500 firm that specializes in mechanical and electrical construction and industrial and energy infrastructure. EMCOR Leaders included its CEO, Tony Guzzi ’86, CFO Mark Pompa, General Counsel Maxine Mauricio, EVP for Strategy John Cimina, and EVP for Shared Services Kevin Matz.
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Cadets Learn about Equine-Assisted Therapy
Cadets enrolled in PL376 (Abnormal Psychology) visited Topfield Equestrian Center in Cold Spring, NY to learn about the use of equine-assisted therapy in assisting people overcome physical, psychological and emotional barriers. Equine-assisted therapy covers a range of treatments that includes activities with horses and to promote physical, occupational, and emotional growth in people with a variety of mental health disorders.
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Dr. Bain visits the Department of Math
The Department of Math had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Ken Bain, historian, educator, and President, Best Teachers Institute, for a discussion about teaching and learning. Dr. Bain is the award-winning author of "What the Best College Teachers Do" and "What the Best College Students Do". Over 25 faculty members from the Department of Math were joined by over 25 faculty members from USMAPS, BS&L, and DEP for two informative, interactive, and engaging give-and-take discussions about how to effectively help students pursue deep learning. One of the key themes discussed was the importance of designing educational experiences that involve students in answering "good" questions. Dr. Bain defined a "good" question as one that stimulates the students' curiosity, places them in a situation that will challenge their pre-existing mental models, and is consequential or realistically meaningful. A second theme focused on the challenges of finding a balance between the creation of a learning environment in which students are able to try, fail, get feedback, and try again vice designing assessment processes that feed merit based ranking metrics, which often promote strategic rather than deep learning.
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Army Lands 10 on All-Rugby East Teams
Ten members of the Army West Point men's rugby team garnered All-Rugby East recognition, including senior 8-man, Ben Lemon, who also earned the Rugby East Academic Achievement Award, the conference announced Wednesday. Rugby East Champion Penn State earned Player of the Year (Chris Burian) and Forward of the Year (Rob Irimescu), in addition to the most first team honors with five. Back of the Year honors went to Mike Scarcella of Iona, while Freshman of the Year went to Kutztown's Jackson Clark. Army, who was the runner-up, tied with Kutztown for the most overall honorees with 10 apiece. Read More
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NE Cadets visit Indian Point Energy Center
Cadets in NE300 Nuclear Engineering recently had the opportunity to tour the nuclear reactors at the Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) in Buchanan, NY. This trip section is conducted every semester for NE300 and gives cadets a chance to see the principles of nuclear engineering applied on an industrial scale. Both NE majors and those enrolled in the NE sequence got to participate. It is valuable for all cadets, regardless of their major, to learn about the commercial nuclear power industry. Visiting an operating nuclear power plant is the best way to expose cadets to the scale of the operation as well as the layers of security and safety measures in place.
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Cadets meet with PRC Law Expert Qianfan Zhang
As part of a CLCRS / DoD Minerva Grant Research Project into the Discourse Analysis of "Socialist Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics," LTC Gregory led cadets Ruppert, Bishop, Young, White, and Harte on a Trip Section in Beijing to meet with Chinese judicial officials and legal scholars as well as to experience Chinese judicial procedures. The cadets observed a full trial at the Beijing Haidian District People's Court and engaged in an extensive review of the case file; as well as explanation of Chinese judicial procedure and question and answer session with Judge Fan and Judge Jiang. Each of the cadets will prepare a brief report detailing their observations that will be included as part of this DoD Research project. Afterwards, the cadets were hosted by well-known constitutional legal scholar Professor Qianfan Zhang for a lunch discussion at Peking University Law School. The day's events, which were conducted entirely in the Chinese language and were only possible because of the cadets' language ability, were the capstone of a four-day China trip section that included multiple cultural outings and discussions with Chinese citizens from all walks of life. Overall, the trip made a valuable contribution to our understanding of Chinese Rule of Law efforts and discourse as well as served as an intense language-culture immersion activity.
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Cadets Compete at Morocco International Debate
Eight cadets from the Model Arab League traveled to Rabat, Morocco to compete in the Morocco International debate hosted by the Université Internationale de Rabat. In addition to the cadets, the debate featured high profile US Model Arab League programs and students from Moroccan universities. At the conclusion of the debate, the cadets returned to West Point with outstanding delegate and honorary delegation honors. The club provided two delegations to the competition, representing the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Slitting into four different committees, the cadets tested their rigorous preparation against some of the thorniest issues facing the Middle East. Aside from the debate itself, the cadets learned a great deal about planning and executing an event that crosses different funding sources, Combatant Command Areas of Responsibility, and Force Protection measures. The cadets were also able to visit the much of the Moroccan capital. Complimenting their club activities, the Cadets seized the opportunity to gain an understanding of modern Moroccan society, culture, and its historical roots with France, Spain, and the United States.
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Dr. Colleen Eils Guest Lectures
Dr. Colleen Eils visited Patrick Query's EN351: World Literature class for four days of discussion on the Salvador Plascencia novel The People of Paper. A specialist in contemporary metafiction, Dr. Eils led the class through investigations of gender, representation, war, surveillance, and the porous line between reality and fiction in this experimental novel. Dr. Eils tells her students that in the study of literature we resolve nothing; rather, we learn to ask more and more questions. In these meetings, Cadets pursued question after question toward a richer understanding of the ways writing and reading, speech and silence, and looking and hiding shape lives on the page and off it.
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HVCF Trip to Storm King Art Center
Members of the Hudson Valley Cultural Forum traveled to Storm King Art Center in Cornwall on Hudson to tour its extensive grounds. Mrs. Tully oriented Cadets to the sculptural works near the visitor center, and Cadets then took a 45-minute tram ride to view the sculptures in the outlying parts of the park. In the afternoon, Cadets traveled to Katonah for its famous poetry series, where Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer-prize winning poet and poetry editor of The New Yorker, read a selection of his works and took questions from the assembled audience. The Katonah Poetry Series is entering its 50th year, and its organizers expressed interest in having regular Cadet attendance at future series offerings.
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Franco Tabbed AHA Rookie of the Month
After posting eight points in the month of November, Dominic Franco has been named the Atlantic Hockey Associate Rookie of the Month, announced by the league. Franco has continued to stand out on the Black Knights' stat sheet. The freshman has garnered at least one point in four consecutive games, the longest streak of any Cadet this season. The Portsmouth, RI native posted three points back on Nov. 11, when Army blanked the Griffins 3-0. On the next night, he added two points in the 5-2 win. Franco recorded a goal and an assist in Friday's loss to RIT and a helper in the second game of the series as well. The Army West Point hockey team is back in action at Tate Rink this Friday and Saturday with games against Atlantic Hockey Foe American International and Brown from the ECAC. The puck will drop at 7:05 p.m. on both nights from West Point, NY. Read More
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Ethics Debate Team Wins First Place
West Point’s Ethics Debate Team won first place at the Northeast Regional Competition. The team, consisting of five debaters, Cadets Sandoval ’17, Hernandez ’17, Laval-Leyva ’17, Kehn ’18, and Frederickson ’20, recovered from a loss in the first round and went on to win five matches in a row, including an upset win in the final against reigning champions, Tufts University. Under the direction of CDT Sandoval, the team distinguished itself with its civility, incisive argumentation, and constructive commentary. Utilizing skills that West Point cultivates better than any other institution, the debaters responded to last minute shakeups to the team structure with coolness, quick thinking, and cooperative spirit. While all the members of the team made special contributions, CDT Frederickson deserves special mention. He was participating in his first debate and had not been expecting to compete until a few days prior to the competition. As luck would have it, the cases CDT Frederickson was responsible for were called in the second round (after the initial loss) and in the final round. In each case, CDT Frederickson handled the situation with grace, deftly articulating the team’s position and showing deep understanding of the issues. As a result of this win, the Ethics Debate Team will compete in the National Competition in Dallas, Texas in early 2017. This is another example of the department’s commitment to developing cadet’s ethical reasoning, civic responsibility, and effective communication.
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Model Arab League at the Northeast Regional Competition
Ten Cadets from the Model Arab League traveled to Boston, MA for the Northeast Regional Model Arab League at the University of Northeastern. The Cadets represented the country of Egypt in five different councils (Joint Defense Council, Council on Palestinian Affairs, Council on Political Affairs, Council of Arab Social Affairs, and Council of Arab Environment Affairs). Cadet Macklin, was recognized as an Outstanding Delegate. The Northeast Regional competition is a qualifying event for the Model Arab League National competition in the spring.
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MG Nichols ’81 Sits Down with Cadets
MG Camille Nichols sat down with cadets from the Society of Women Engineers during her visit for her 35th reunion. Having graduated from West Point in 1981, the second class of women, she was able to share her unique take on her time while at the Academy. Upon graduating, she became an Engineer officer. MG Nichols was also a member of the 1984 Olympic team handball team. Cadets were able to sit down and have a personal interaction with the current Director of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for the Secretary of Defense. After sharing her life experiences with the group, cadets were able to ask questions and advice for the remainder of the luncheon.
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Cadets abroad in Taiwan Complete a Marathon
Cadets Clarkin, Callas, Wang, Schafer, Zhu, and Grindley studying abroad in Taiwan participated in a marathon in Yishan, Taiwan. All six started and completed the marathon after months of preparation for the event. The Cadets were among only a handful of foreigners participating in the event, as it was away from the capitol city.
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Zx Ventures Speaks with Cadets
The Management Program hosted Zx Ventures, the venture capital arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev for a lunch & learn session. 30 cadets and 3 management instructors hosted 16 members of Zx in the Black, Gold, & Grey Room of the Cadet Mess. The group discussed the beverage industry and venture capital as well as directly relevant topics such as decision making and risk management strategies. The cadets also enjoyed small group discussions with industry leaders on the topics of lean startups and innovation.
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Athletic Director's Update
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CLS Research Highlighted at the NYASM Conference
Cadet Jordan Isham presented at the Eastern New York American Society for Microbiology (ASM) meeting in Albany, New York. Cadet Isham’s talk entitled “Preventing Nosocomial Infections in an Age of Multi-Drug Resistance: Attacking the Biofilm” discussed findings of the research group. He was accompanied by the A/Director of the Center for Molecular Science LTC Hill and his research advisor LTC Eslinger. Jordan was one of four students selected to address the meeting based on the scientific merit of 30 submitted abstracts. Cadet Isham an International Studies major decided to pursue life science research based on his own interests outside of the classroom. Jordan is completing his third semester of Independent Research.
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Army Sets Records in Star Meet Loss to Navy
Several academy, pool and plebe records fell as the Army West Point men's swimming and diving team lost to Navy in the Star Match, 156.5-143.5, on Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool. The trio of Sean Regan, Johnny Ellery and Peter Mikheyev swept the top three spots in the 200 butterfly with marks of 1:45.85, 1:46.32 and 1:48.18, respectively. For Regan, it was an academy record, while Ellery posted a new plebe mark. Mikheyev also set an academy and pool record in winning the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:48.44. Tom Ottman won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:06.47. The sophomore also won the 500 freestyle by touching the wall in 4:26.09. Evin Rude posted a new academy record as he touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:36.77. Rude also tied for first in the 100 freestyle clocking in at 44.76 seconds. Josh Sembrano tied his own academy record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 48.39 seconds. Sembrano and Mike Stanchi went first and second in the 200 backstroke with marks of 1:46.90 and 1:47.22, respectively. Joe Daniels recorded an academy record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 53.35 seconds, while teammate Ty Dang broke the plebe record in 54.50 seconds. Ty Dang broke his own plebe record and set an academy record with a time of 1:56.05 in the 200 breaststroke. Dang broke a 29-year old academy record previously held by John VanSant. Junior Jason Rodriguez took home the top spot in the 100 butterfly with a time of 47.90 seconds. In the 1-meter diving portion of the meet, Bradley Buchter recorded a pool record with a final score of 344.25. Read More
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CLS Cadets Attend ABRCMS
Three Life Science majors presented their research at the 16th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABCRMS) in Tampa, FL. Notably, two USMA cadets were selected for partial travel grants to support their conference attendance. One of the largest undergraduate conferences in the nation, ABRCMS featured over 1,800 students presenting and discussing their research within several biomedical disciplines. Cadet Isham (PIR ’18) spearheads the group of research cadets as they investigate various aspects of a military relevant bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii. Cadet Zhu (D/CLS ’19), a travel award recipient, presented “Relationship Between Surface Roughness and Biofilm Formation of Acinetobacter baumannii”. Cadet Obiomon (D/CLS ’19), also a travel award recipient, presented “The Epidemiology of the Transmission of Acinetobacter in the Deployed Military Environment”. Cadet Volenec, (D/CLS ’19) presented her work on “Developing a Model Method to Assess Biofilm Formation”. Upon conclusion of the 4-day conference, CDT Zhu was recognized during the awards ceremony for his outstanding poster presentation in the microbiology category.
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