Corbin Forum

Last Tuesday, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hosted a wreath-laying ceremony to honor Revolutionary War heroine, Margaret Corbin, at the West Point Cemetery. The DAR invited members of the Corbin Forum and Corbin Forum Senior Advisor, Col. Katie Matthew, to speak in honor of the legacy of Margaret Corbin and recognize the significant contributions of women in military history. We were so honored to recognize the heroine who we get our name sake from.

Thank you to Seema Hangorani for returning to West Point and sharing some of your leadership insights and perspective with the Black and Gold Leadership Forum and Corbin Women's Leadership Forum! Thank you to USMA Class of '83 for resourcing this awesome event!

Corbin takes on Broadway! Corbin Cadets traveled to watch Tony Award-winning Broadway Musical “Kimberly Akimbo” at Booth Theater in NYC this weekend. The show was followed by a wonderful dinner in Times Square where Cadets discussed the musical’s strong female protagonist and her character/leadership development as she navigated the challenges of growing up and finding her place in the world. We are always grateful for opportunities such as these!!

A huge thank you to USASOC CSM JoAnn Naumann for the wisdom and experience she shared with the Corbin Forum today!

Our cadets learned so much about overcoming fear, self-confidence, and good leadership with CSM Naumann at our morning lift and luncheon. We have the utmost gratitude for her time and commitment to supporting the next generation of leaders.

Thank you again!!

Corbin Forum had the privilege of hosting Mrs. Susan Michel and her daughter Carol-Ann Fernandez, the CEO and COO of Glen Eagle Advisors, today for another monthly lean-in luncheon. We are so honored and grateful these two amazing and path-laying women were able to join us for a meal and a discussion today. We spoke about smart financing, starting a business, and so much more. Thank you again, ladies, for all the advice, encouragement, and support you offered us today!

Corbin Forum has taken over NYC today and is enjoying a Broadway show!! 🎭🗽

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A huge Corbin thank you to Jessica Banks and Ati Williams from the Netflix Show “Hack my Home!” for visiting West Point and speaking to our Forum today. We learned so much about the importance of supporting other women, seizing opportunities, and chasing our dreams. Also, great job on the cartwheels !! Both of you inspired us to be strong, intelligent, and proud leaders- thank you!!

We are so excited to welcome Jessica Banks and Ati Williams from the Netflix show, “Hack my home!” at West Point today. These incredibly talented Engineers and entrepreneurs will be speaking with our Corbin Cadets and faculty today at our first Lean-In luncheon of the semester!!

Our Corbin cadets, along with the Black and Gold Leadership Forum, had the amazing opportunity to meet with this year’s Thayer Awardee, the Honorable Elizabeth Dole.
Senator Elizabeth Dole was the first woman to head a branch of the U.S. military, first female senator to represent North Carolina, and second woman to serve as President of the Red Cross. She also founded the Elizabeth Dole Foundation which is dedicated to supporting military caregivers. Thank you, Ms. Dole for your life of service to the public and the communities around you!

For today’s branch week highlight, we’d like to highlight CDT Carly Woelfel, CO C2!! Corbin is incredibly lucky to have cadets like Carly participate in our club!!

Branch: Engineers

Extra-curriculars: C2 Sandhurst, C2 women’s mentorship group, President of the WP chapter of Tau Beta Pi engineer honor society
…also C2 company commander - Go Circus!

Why you joined Corbin and what have you learned? I went to my first Corbin workout after Ms. Nagy encouraged me plebe year and officially joined at the start of AY23. I am thankful for Ms. Nagy’s thorough guidance and have taken what I learned at Corbin lifts to my company Sandhurst team by mentoring and helping other girls gain confidence with lifting. My favorite Corbin experiences are the lean-in luncheons, we get the opportunity to ask the burning questions and seek solutions to our struggles. I always leave incredibly inspired and excited to bring great things back to my organization, the Circus.

It’s Branch Week here at West Point, so we want to highlight some of our firsties who have just completed branching profiles and are getting ready to get their branches!! Today we want to highlight our very own CDT Declan Dennis, Co. H1!!

Desired Branch: Medical Service Corps

Major: Applied Psychology

Extracurriculars: Corbin, Spectrum, CEP peer coach

When did you join Corbin? First semester cow year - fall 2022

Why did you join Corbin? Multiple friends were in the club and invited me to join. I stayed for the positive community and open discussions about West Point, the army, and the world.

Favorite lesson you’ve learned from Corbin? Learning about the differences between the male and female experiences in the military and at West Point and gaining a better understanding on how to build a culture as a leader that minimizes these differences.

✨Did you hear?? Corbin Forum is hosting their welcome meeting on Tuesday, 29AUG23 in Thayer 342! Bring friends and come on out to meet the new Corbin Leadership and hear about all the fun engagements, trips, and activities planned this year. There also might be some goodies available…🍩🍩🍩 Looking forward to seeing you next week!

Happy Women’s Equality Day! Today the Corps of Cadets had the privilege of hearing Ms. Marlene Allison, USMA ‘80, discuss her incredible career and life achievements. Ms. Allison is a founding member of the organization and is currently the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Johnson & Johnson. A big thank you to this incredible trailblazer for all she has done to pave the path for future generations of women leaders.

Corbin End-of-Year Banquet 2023!!! Thank you to everyone who attended, and a special thank you to Colonel Spain for joining us!! Thank you to Colonel Matthew and our incredible OIC Major Molina-Schaefer for their hard work and dedication to Corbin and making it so we can thrive. We are grateful for all the support and opportunities we had this year!!

To our Firsties:

Thank you for being an inspiring set of female leaders we will continue to look to every day. We wish you nothing but the best in your future, as we know it is going to be a bright one! Never forget your Corbin sisters are with you every step of the way.

We look forward to seeing everyone next year and look forward to all the amazing events we will partake in!!

Corbin Recap!! This past Saturday we had the opportunity to visit The White House and the Women’s Military Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Kathy Silva, West Point Class of 1980, joined us at the memorial to show us around! We are thankful for these amazing experiences.

Recap from this weekend! Corbin Forum had the awesome opportunity to attend the Officer Women Leadership Symposium at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. What incredible ladies we heard from!

Yesterday, Corbin Forum had the pleasure of hosting Johanna McKeon, an accomplished Broadway director with Broadway credits including Funny Girl, King Kong, American Idiot, and so many more. Ms. McKeon shared her insights about working on Broadway, training Lea Michele for her role in Funny Girl, and gave advice for how to accomplish goals and find mentors. Thank you, Ms. McKeon for joining us for lunch today! It was truly a pleasure.

Congrats to our CIC, CDT Sydney Polansky, our OIC MAJ Maia Molina-Schaefer, and Corbin member CDT Vivian Tsai for being inducted into the International Foreign Languages Honor Society, Phi Sigma Iota! This is a huge honor and we are very proud of their accomplishment!

This week Corbin Forum hosted MG Dianne Del Rosso for a Lean-In Luncheon at the West Point Club. MG Del Rosso currently serves as the Commanding General of the 79th Theater Sustainment Command and works for IBM Software as the Global Vice-President of Expert Lab Services. Thank you, MG Del Rosso!

Last month, Corbin Forum had the privelege of being highlighted in the Class of 2025 Thrivin’ Times news article - we are honored to have been recognized. Have a read to learn more about us and what we do!

BROADWAY!!! Today Corbin castes had the pleasure of attending “Funny Girl”, a musical comedy on Broadway. The show was followed up by a dinner at Tony di Napoli where food/service was amazing, fellowship occured, and important discussions about takeaways/lessons from the show were spoken and shared about. We are extremely grateful to have had this opportunity!

This week the Corbin Forum hosted its very first Corps-wide Deadlift competition! This competition celebrated the success of the Corbin Forum workout program, which focuses on providing strength and combatives training, as well as IOCT/ACFT prep sessions. The Corbin Forum remains dedicated to strengthening leaders in and out of the weight room!

Thank you to the DPE, DCA, and BS&L staffs for supporting this event and thank you to the Cadet and faculty competitors!

Please join us TODAY in the Buckner room (basement Arvin) from 1625-1840 for our very first Corbin Forum Deadlift competition. There is still space to sign up if you feel like repping out a few deadlifts. Competition categories include: Female individual; male individual; team female/female; team male/male; team female/male; and 4-person company team. It's going to be a great time with some amazing prizes, so come on out and either participate or support your fellow Cadets!!

Valentine Cookies for the Corps!💖 This weekend Corbin Cadets came together for fellowship and Valentine baking fun in the Cadet Mess Hall Bakery. Corbin Cadets made over 400 Valentine themed cookies that they later distributed throughout the Corps. A HUGE thank you to Cadet Mess Hall staff for allowing us to use the bakery.

A late but still necessary shout-out… congratulations to Ms. Nagy and Mr. Hess who took 2nd place in the “Stronger Together 2022: A Partners Strength Meet". Ms. Nagy continues to inspire our Corbin members and pave the way - we could not be luckier to have her on our team. Congratulations to both!!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our second semester kick-off meeting!! We are looking forward to all the wonderful events this semester holds!!

Don’t forget - hope to see you all there tomorrow!!!😄

WE’RE BACK!!! Come check us out and join us for the second semester!! 💕😋

Quick shoutout to congratulate our very own on being awarded the title of #1 female cadet in the physical pilar for the Class of 2025!!! We are so proud to have such stellar cadets part of our club and so very proud of you Maria🥹❤️ Keep up the good work!!