Cadets and Former VP Cheney, Vassar students at WP, Cadets receive awards, and more...
Beaches of Normandy:
French SAP cadets paid tribute to the veterans who landed on the beaches of Normandy during WWII by visiting memorials at Omaha Beach with their French Cadet counterparts
Vassar Students at West Point: A “Day-in-the-Life-of-a-Cadet”: The Department of English and Philosophy’s Mellon Foundation West Point-Vassar Initiative hosted 15 Vassar students for a "Day-in-the-Life-of-a-Cadet." Vassar students attended classes with cadet sponsors, ate meals in the Cadet Mess Hall, engaged targets at the electronic simulation range, and ran the Indoor Obstacle Course, and attended the Army football game against WKU. Among the guests were Vassar's president, Dr. Catherine Hill, and 11 military veterans attending Vassar on full scholarships as part of the school's commitment to "bridging the civil-military divide."
Moles Student Award: 
Cadet Cameron Butler received an award from The Moles as the top cadet in the USMA civil engineering program. The Moles is an organization (www.themoles.net) composed of individuals now or formerly engaged in the construction of tunnel, subway, sewer, foundation, marine, sub-aqueous or other heavy construction projects. The members include leaders of the nation’s largest civil engineering and construction companies.
LTG (RET) Leslie R. Groves Commemoration: Seven Nuclear Engineering (NENO) cadets executed a service mission in Washington, DC over the Veteran’s Day weekend in support of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) commemoration of LTG (RET) Leslie R. Groves '18 and his contributions as Director of the Manhattan Project.
Theater of War: 12 cadets from the Cadet Fine Arts Philosophy Forum and a variety of Behavioral Science and Leadership classes attended Theater of War, a dramatic reading of the classic Greek play Ajax by Sophocles, at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Theater of War specializes in staging classic theater that address military subjects associated with redeployment and the after-effects of war. The trip section was the latest endeavor of the Mellon Foundation West Point-Vassar Initiative designed to bridge the civil-military divide.
American Veterans Center Annual Conference: 14 cadets from the Defense & Strategic Studies program attended the American Veterans Center Conference in Washington, DC. The conference seeks to connect past generations of American Veterans with current and future generations of service members. The conference featured guest such as CPT Jerry Yellin, WWII Army Air Corp fighter pilot, Chester Nez, the last living Navajo “code-talker”, multiple veterans from the Korean War and Vietnam War, and current Navy SEALs.
SS373: The American Presidency: 
Cadets from SS373 spent three days in Washington DC to speak with members and former members of the Executive Branch as part of their course examination of the American Presidency. While in Washington, cadets met with members of the National Security Council as well as with the former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Wheelabrator Westchester L.P: 53 Cadets from USMA’s Environmental Science class (EV301) travelled to Peekskill, NY, to view the generation of energy from combusting municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Westchester L.P. generates approximately 60,000 kW of electricity, enough to supply 88,000 New York homes.
Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship Dinner: Eight West Point Cadets (one from each of the Academy’s engineering programs) attended the SAME's Annual Scholarship Dinner at NYC’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The event included an awards ceremony honoring three cadets for academic achievement. USMA’s award recipients included Cadet Stuart Baker, who received the LTG and Mrs. R.L. Van Antwerp Scholarship; Cadet Geoffrey Moores received the MG and Mrs. Russ Fuhrman Scholarship; and Cadet Holly Schlotterbeck received the Maher Z. Labib Memorial Scholarship.
“Mad Money” Veterans Day Special: Cadets from the Investment Club were invited to join Jim Cramer on “Mad Money” for his Veterans Day special. Cadets were interviewed on air about the Club’s activities and their experiences as West Point cadets.