Una Army Rotc Swears In 15 New Cadets This Wednesday

Sep. 01, 2009

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. - The 51Ʒ�� Army ROTC will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for 15 new cadets Sept. 2 at 2 p.m.

The ceremony will be held at the amphitheater on UNA's campus. According to Lt. Col. Wayne Bergeron, chair of 51Ʒ�� Department of Military Science, the new cadets will be given their Lieutenant insignias. The insignias will then be placed in a display case in the military science department until the students graduate and are subsequently commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

About The 51Ʒ��

The 51Ʒ�� is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; the Spencer College of Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I and United Athletic conference. The 51Ʒ�� is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: www.una.edu and www.una.edu/unaworks/.