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Emily Peacock rope

Internship takes 'hands-on' to a whole different level

7/18/18

Penn State alumna Emily Peacock embraced her post-graduate public affairs internship and tackled physical challenges side by side with ROTC trainees while providing leadership in her second year with the program.

Di and Dallas Krapf pose for photo

Longtime Penn State supporters show support to ROTC

5/15/18

Events coalesced early in Dallas Krapf’s life to eventually convert him into an indefatigable Penn State and military supporter: the Vietnam War, his attendance at Lycoming College, living near the Great Valley campus and having two sisters attend Penn State.

Navy ROTC color guard

Penn State's Military Appreciation website gets new address

5/1/18

Penn State’s Military Appreciation website has moved to militaryappreciation.psu.edu. The site is home to information for students, faculty, staff and community members about military appreciation events at the University, as well as resources for Penn State service members and veterans.

Sam Schultz in cockpit

Scholarship award created in honor of Marine pilot

4/27/18

Friends and fellow service members have come together in the wake of the death of Marine Capt. Samuel A. Schultz to create a scholarship award in his name to benefit a top-performing midshipman in the Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corp at Penn State.

American Flag

Penn State Military Appreciation Game to celebrate women in the Armed Forces

4/23/18

Penn State will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of women in the U.S. Armed Forces at the University's seventh annual Military Appreciation Game on Oct. 27. As the largest military appreciation event of its kind in the Big Ten, the game will feature special presentations to active and veteran service members, halftime performances by the Penn State Blue Band, color guard and more.

MacArthur Award presentation

Penn State Army ROTC program selected as General Douglas MacArthur Award winner

3/27/18

Penn State’s Army ROTC program has been selected as a General Douglas MacArthur Award winner for 2017-18, outperforming 41 other programs in the Northeast for the honor. The award is presented annually to the top Army ROTC program in each of the U.S. Army Cadet Command’s eight brigades, with the winning units selected from among the 275 Army ROTC programs nationwide.

Nursing alumna Bianca de Leon

Nursing alumna overcame hardship to pursue military nursing career

10/25/17

At age 5, Bianca de Leon emigrated from the Philippines with her family in search of a better life. But that life wasn't easy. Thanks to perseverance and a strong support system, she earned a bachelor's degree in nursing and graduated in 2017 with a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps.

Old Main with LGBTQ flag

New scholarship to support LGBTQA military and ROTC students

8/14/17

A new endowment offered through the LGBTQA Student Resource Center, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, will support LGBTQ students and allies who are part of the U.S. military or enrolled or plan to enroll in a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.

2017 Air Force ROTC Alumni Career Fair

Air Force ROTC hosts 2017 Alumni Career Fair

4/28/17

Penn State’s Air Force ROTC, Detachment 720, hosted the sixth annual Air Force Alumni Career Fair on April 21 on the first floor of Wagner Building. The event gave cadets exposure to diverse career fields in the Air Force.

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