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Building on the enthusiasm and success of the very well-attended inaugural reception in Boston in October 2016, alumni COL Ron Corsetti '06 and CAPT Jim Spotts '01 have laid on another event for NIU Alumni and allies in the Greater Boston Area. On Saturday, 4 February 2017, they've arranged a special guided tour of the Museum of WWII in Natick, MA followed by a no-host luncheon at a nearby restaurant (TBD). The tour will be led by docent Mark Galluzzo, Intelligence Branch Chief for the First Coast Guard District (Boston) who was the guest speaker at the October event. This...

Tuesday February 14th Alameda, CA No-Host Happy Hour with Dr. Erik Jens and Dr. Bruce Mackay "After work, time and place TBA" POC: Bruce.MacKay@dodiis.mil, More details coming soon!

Friday February 17th Beale AFB, CA No-Host Luncheon with Dr. Bruce MacKay Location: TBA POC: Carrie Cardenas '00  carri.cardenas.1@us.af.mil,  More details to come!

Join us for the next G2G Dinner with Marcel Lettre! Marcel Lettre served as the fourth Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI) from December 2015 until January 2017. As the USDI, Secretary Lettre was the principal intelligence advisor to the Secretary of Defense. He exercised authority, direction, and control on behalf of the Secretary of Defense over all intelligence and security organizations within the Department of Defense, including the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Defense Security Service and the intelligence components of the combatant commands and military...

President Update Membership/Events Report Website Report LinkedIn Report NIUAA Memorabilia Boston Alumni Network Update Welcome Reception for New Students Testimonial Dinner/ Fundraiser for Dr. Ellison If you have any questions, please contact secretary@niuaa.org.

NIU alumni who live, work, or are visiting the Boston area are cordially invited to join us at Waxy O'Connor's in Lexington, MA for a networking event on Wednesday evening, May 31st at 6:15pm.   We will welcome the newest member to the network - Ted Gangsei '99 - who has been invited to provide some information on the National Media Exploitation Center.   Spouses, friends, allies and others are welcome!   We are not planning on pre-ordering food, but would like to get a rough count of who is interested.  Please send a reply if you would like to attend and how...

June us June 13th for our next G2G Dinner with guest Francis Taylor! Francis X. Taylor became the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, on April 14, 2014.  He was charged with providing the Secretary, DHS senior leadership, the DHS components, and state, local, tribal and private sector partners with the homeland security intelligence and information they need to keep the country safe, secure and resilient. I&A is a member of, and the Department’s liaison to, the National Intelligence Community. Immediately prior to this assignment, Mr. Taylor was Vice President and Chief Security Officer for the...

Join us on Friday, June 23rd for the 5th annual NIU Reunion. Register here!

Where is the Nation headed when it comes to cybersecurity? What is the Administration’s emerging strategy for protecting our vital information infrastructure? Get answers to these critical questions and more, when the National Intelligence University Foundation and Auburn University host a moderated conversation with Mr. Rob Joyce, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. This special event will take place on October 2, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. and will feature General (Ret) Michael Hayden, Chairman of the National Intelligence University Foundation and former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, former Director of NSA, and former Director of CIA, and, Vice...

Join the Boston Chapter for an NIU G2G Dinner, October 5th featuring guest speaker Dr. Cathal Nolan, Professor of Military History at Boston University! Dr. Nolan recently published “The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost.”(Note: my JMIC citations manual compels me to let you know I have no rich text available to cite this properly!) His work is excellently written and systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and wars brief. As he proves persuasively, however, such has almost never...

The NIU Homecoming Brunch has become a popular annual tradition each fall for the whole campus community including alumni, students, current and former staff, and university leaders. Come out and enjoy a delicious meal on a beautiful autumn day on the Army's scenic and historic Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, as we rekindle old friendships and make new ones.  Spouses and significant others are very welcome! This year's brunch, the 6th annual, will provide an opportunity to meet the new NIU President, Dr. J. Scott Cameron.  Dr. Eric Hammersen '05, NIU VP for Outreach, will provide keynote remarks on "Strategic...

Boston Area Alumni Event:  NIU alumni are invited to attend a free event on Wednesday,  29 November from 1800-1930 hours at Boston University.  General David McKiernan, USA Retired, former Commander of of US Forces in Afghanistan and of Allied Ground Forces during OIF, and Professor Joe Wipple, former Chief of Station in Berlin will be speaking on "Intelligence in Wartime: Have We Learned Any Lessons?"  The event will be held on BU's west campus at the College of General Studies, Room 505, 871 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA.   (Sponsored by BU's International History Institute and BU's Pardee School of International Relations)...

Alumni colleagues - You are cordially invited to a very special evening with Pulitzer Prize winning author Dr. Steve Coll, who will discuss his new book: "Directorate S: The CIA and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan." This event, sponsored by the NIU Alumni Association, is open to friends, spouses, partners, etc., so feel free to share the registration link with others.

For details and registration, contact NIU_alumni@dodiis.mil

Great Americans - The NIU Alumni Association is proud to extend a cordial invitation to celebrate the end of the academic year!!! The NIU-AA's Northern Virginia Area Network - headed by NIU past-President Harry Petrey, invites you to attend their hosted social event for drinks and camaraderie. This marks the second alumni mixer in the Northern Virginia area and promises to be another unqualified success. This event is part of the larger NIU-AA efforts in outreach and friend-raising to maintain and increase its investment in YOU – the NIU Alumni.  So please come out and enjoy a drink or two...

If you are interested in registering please contact secretary@niuaa.org for more information.

Update, November 16, 2018: This event will be re-scheduled for a date in 2019 that offers participation by Members of the 116th Congress as well as Executive branch leaders, agency representatives, and academic thought leaders. All current registrants will be included in future updates about this event. Thank you for your interest and support! (Please contact ggunning@afcea.org for any questions or to register your interest for the 2019 event.    

8th Annual Homecoming Brunch Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm The annual NIU Homecoming Brunch, which has become a popular yearly tradition since the University's 50th Anniversary in 2012.   Come out and enjoy a delicious meal with current and former colleagues on a beautiful autumn day at scenic and historic Fort Myer's Officer's Club in Arlington, Virginia!   We are expecting a full-house, including current and former faculty, staff, students and alumni from recent years as well as from decades past.  Rekindle old friendships and make new ones!  Spouses, allies, and significant others welcome!  (register each separately)....

The National Intelligence University Alumni Association would like to invite you to an author/book event with Peter Singer, who will be joining us again for his latest work, Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution. As a result of the ongoing U.S. COVID-19 pandemic, NIUAA will be conducting this event online. ***This is the first NIUAA event open to all members, in all regions, around the globe!*** DATE: Tuesday, 19 May 2020 TIME: 1730-1830 EST LOCATION: Online, via Zoom; advance registration required (see below). COST: None TO REGISTER: Please use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuce2qpzkiH9W2LwyV9EfgDehOTNIqY1ZT Meeting ID: 843-6429-2851 Password: NIUAA2020 If you would like to order a copy of...