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West Point Glee Club Wows at Founders Day Celebration
The Glee Club’s Knight Caps added their trademark blend of high emotional impact and fun to the West Point Society of the Mid-Hudson Region’s 2025 Founder’s Day Dinner, held at the West Point Club on March 27. At the start of the dinner, John Grisoni paid tribute to fallen soldiers, followed by a stirring performance…
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World Poetry Day
Today is World Poetry Day! The Circle in the Spiral is West Point’s cadet literary magazine published each spring since 1991. The magazine showcases original poetry, artwork, photography, and narratives — all created by cadets.
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Endurance Builds Champions and Leaders: West Point Triathlon Team
All graduates know that it takes endurance to make it through the rigorous 47-month experience at West Point. Similarly, as any athlete knows, successfully competing in a triathlon takes incredible endurance.
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Leveraging West Point for Innovation
Starting on R-day, all new cadets begin to internalize the adage “collaborate to graduate,” which includes forming shared experiences with their classmates and eventually bonding with fellow alums while serving domestically or abroad (and even at the Army-Navy Game). The West Point experience develops this spirit of collaboration in all graduates.
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Physicians of the Long Gray Line
West Point is known for developing leaders of character, and its graduates who go on to serve in the medical field are no exception. There is a rich history of West Point graduates becoming physicians, making an impact in all areas of healthcare, both on and off the battlefield.
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Podcast: Leading From the Front with 2024 Nininger Award Recipient MAJ Floren Herrera ’13
In this episode, we talk with Major Floren Herrera, a 2013 West Point graduate and the 2024 recipient of the Nininger Award about his courageous service in his role in the Battle of Marawi.
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Major Floren Herrera ’13 Receives Nininger Award
Major Floren Herrera, Class of 2013, received the 2024 Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms, on October 10, 2024.
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Maj. Floren P. Herrera ’13 Selected for 2024 Nininger Award
The West Point Association of Graduates is pleased to announce that Maj. Floren Herrera, Class of 2013, has been selected to receive the 2024 Alexander R. Nininger Award for Valor at Arms, which will be presented at West Point, New York on October 10, 2024. Then-1st Lt. Herrera displayed remarkable bravery from June 12 to…
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USMA Orienteering Club hosts USA Orienteering National Ranking Event
The U.S. Military Academy Orienteering Club hosted a sanctioned USA Orienteering National Ranking Event (NRE) at Camp Shea on April 13 and Lake Frederick and Bull Pond Recreation Area on April 14.
