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Officer Training Corps (ROTC): Miguel Kelley, BA Math 鈥�25, Santiago McMunn, BA History
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ceremony recently held at the University of Texas at Dallas鈥� campus in Richardson,
Texas, along with several other students from area campuses.
鈥淲e congratulate our three excellent graduates who were recently commissioned as second
lieutenants,鈥� says Matthias Vorwerk, PhD, Provost. 鈥淭he ROTC program offers University
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tradition, which began 35 years ago. We look forward to the great things they will
achieve.鈥�
鈥淩OTC gave me so many amazing opportunities and experiences,鈥� shares Second Lieutenant
Santiago McMunn. 鈥淚 was able to make friendships all across the Dallas-Fort Worth
area and got to train with cadets across the country.鈥�
Second Lieutenant Asher Ralphs expressed his great appreciation for all the benefits he received as an ROTC Army cadet in college and beyond. 鈥淎fter graduating from 黑料吃瓜网allas, my plans are to go to medical school and be an Army doctor for many years after.鈥�
鈥淚 really have nothing but the highest praise for everything Army ROTC taught me,鈥�
adds Second Lieutenant Asher Ralphs. 鈥淚f I could do everything over again, I would,
without a doubt, do Army ROTC again and try to recruit people into it.鈥�
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