Norwich to Host Second Annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Case Competition

By Saraa Kami, NU Director of Communications

欧美AV announced today that it will host its second annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Case Competition. The event, which is presented by the 欧美AV School of Business, will take place on March 30, 2023, where teams of Norwich students will compete and present their work to a panel of judges featuring representatives from AWS

Students participating in the AWS Business Case Competition

This year鈥檚 AWS Business Case will focus on Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles and Sustainability within Automotive Manufacturing.

Winners will be announced at a formal awards ceremony that will take place on the Norwich campus at the Plumley Armory from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., featuring a keynote presentation by Lieutenant Governor of the State of Vermont, David Zuckerman, as well as remarks from AWS Director of Professional Services for Industrials and Norwich class of 鈥94 graduate, Jon Allen.

Nearly 100 students across 23 different interdisciplinary teams will receive a business case study challenge ahead of competition day. On March 30, each team will present its solution to the challenge for final rankings before a panel of judges. This year鈥檚 competitors will consist of students from Norwich鈥檚 undergraduate programs, including management; accounting; international business; engineering; computer security and information assurance; psychology; history; nursing; and studies in war and peace.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Case Competition is part of the company鈥檚 commitment to provide access to cloud computing and technical skills training to the military community. For Vermont鈥檚 Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman, this type of collaborative partnership is what the next generation of business professionals can benefit from the most in the days ahead.

鈥淚 look forward to seeing the results of the students鈥 work to meet this challenge. Such platforms can present real opportunities for utilizing the cloud within the military community,鈥 remarked Zuckerman. 鈥淭he opportunities that a competition of this caliber offers for the students at 欧美AV are priceless, and I鈥檓 happy to be a part of this year鈥檚 event.鈥

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欧美AV is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in baccalaureate and graduate degrees. 欧美AV 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. Norwich is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers鈥 Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu 
 

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