By Matthew Rezab, matthew.rezab@iowastatedaily.com 88: number of separate Army ROTC events 70-plus: percentage of cadets that participated in training all around the world. 31: number of cadets who attended the Leader Development Assessment Course at Fort Knox. 26: number of cadets who were selected for and participated in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program … Continue reading ROTC by the numbers: Summer recap
By Matthew Rezab, matthew.rezab@iowastatedaily.com TownNews.com Megan Ripperger may have spent 29 days at Fort Knox, Ky., but she wasn’t protecting any gold. Instead, the senior in dietetics was one of the 19 ISU Army ROTC cadets to earn an excellence rating at the Leader Development and Assessment Course. The 61 percent excellence rating earned Iowa … Continue reading Leading Women: Female cadets stand out in Army ROTC’s leadership course
Cadet Tanner Hildebrand, Tan Thai, Tony Stoll, Harrison Dunn, Nick Smith, Capt Opalacz (ISU Navy ROTC Marine Corps OIC), and LTC Smith participate in the Mil-to-Mil mission with Croatian Armed Forces. Cadets were able to visit all branches of the CAF and were broken down to participate in training camps with the Croatian Cadets at … Continue reading Cyclones in Croatia 2014
By Matthew Rezab, matthew.rezab@iowastatedaily.com TownNews.com ISU Army ROTC garnered nearly 3,000 pounds of food donations for the Iowa Troop Pantry during their annual Cy-Hawk game ball run. For the past 27 years, the Army ROTCs from Iowa State and the University of Iowa have run the game ball used for the opening kickoff at … Continue reading Army ROTC collects food donations with annual Cy-Hawk run
By Madisun VanGundy Eighty students, faculty and staff marched around campus and Greekland last night to bring about awareness of sexual assault. The Take Back the Night rally and march was an event sponsored by The Margaret Sloss Women’s Center. “It’s our big event during Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” said Matthew Drilling, graduate student in … Continue reading Take Back the Night march raises sexual assault awareness
Drake University Army ROTC cadets held their annual push-up-a-thon near the Blue Oval, Friday. Each cadet is sponsored so the more pushups they do in two minutes, the more money they raise. All of the money goes to the Red Cross. “We have some pretty strong cadets. In our last PT test a couple of … Continue reading ANNUAL FUNDRAISER: Cadets Pushing Up Donations
By William Dyke As the Star Spangled Banner rang out across Central Campus during the Change of Command ceremony, even those playing under the campanile, stopped to honor the nation. A clear, sunny day greeted the attendees of the Tri-Service Change of Command Ceremony on April 22 as the three ROTC programs changed out their … Continue reading Fall ROTC officers inducted at Change of Command ceremony
By Mackensie Moore Iowa State University’s three ROTC programs will hold a Tri-Service Change of Command ceremony on Central Campus at 4 p.m. April 22. At the event, the three programs will be changing out their cadet or midshipmen commanders for the upcoming fall semester. “Every semester, programs change their command and every semester it’s … Continue reading All ROTC programs to participate in Tri-Service Change of Command ceremony
By Mackensie Moore Three ISU ROTC cadets were presented the Governor’s Cup Award at a ceremony honoring their outstanding leadership and service April 9. The Governor’s Cup Award ceremony is held annually to honor cadets and midshipmen who are outstanding not only in their ROTC programs, but in academics, extracurricular activities and their all around … Continue reading ROTC students receive Governor’s Cup Award
Senior Nolan Sampson has been named the Iowa Conference Men’s Track and Field (Field) Performer of the Week for the period ending March 30. Sampson earned his first career title by winning the high jump on Saturday during the Viking Olympics, hosted by Augustana College (Ill.). It was the team’s first outdoor competition of the season. He … Continue reading Sampson Named IIAC Men’s Track and Field (Field) Performer of the Week