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Colorado State University-Pueblo MAGAZINE Spring/Summer 2007

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In War and<br />

ROTC: Leadership That<br />

Lasts a Lifetime<br />

In war and peace,<br />

<strong>Colorado</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>-<br />

<strong>Pueblo</strong>’s Reserved Officer<br />

Training Corps (ROTC)<br />

program has been building<br />

leaders - not just for the<br />

military, but for positions in<br />

the classroom, the boardroom,<br />

and every profession in<br />

between.<br />

Army ROTC is an<br />

elective curriculum that<br />

provides participants with<br />

tools, leadership training,<br />

and hands-on experiences as<br />

well as college tuition, book<br />

allowances, and monthly<br />

allotments. The program<br />

offers students a normal<br />

college student experience<br />

that results in a commission<br />

as an officer in the Army<br />

upon graduation. Leadership,<br />

personal growth, practical<br />

experience, organizational<br />

skills, management training,<br />

and responsibility are as essential to success in college as they are to a<br />

career. For many students and cadets, this is a win-win experience; they<br />

are able to obtain a college degree and a commission as an officer.<br />

In 1969, Col. Al Goudreau founded the ROTC program on campus,<br />

which thrived in the early 70s and 80s, but went away in the early 90s<br />

due to funding constraints. The program was renewed in the Fall of 1999<br />

through a partnership program with <strong>University</strong> of <strong>Colorado</strong>, <strong>Colorado</strong><br />

<strong>Spring</strong>s (UCCS). CSU-<strong>Pueblo</strong> ROTC employs three full-time staff, two<br />

active duty and one non-commissioned officer. In Fall of 2006, 19 students<br />

were enrolled, including a record nine freshman.<br />

The Recruiting and Operations Officer Major John Price, A93,<br />

anticipates more than 30 students in the program this fall. This number<br />

has nearly doubled since Fall 2006. Within the last year, they have<br />

graduated five students, three who will be active duty and two going to<br />

reserve status. Students are immune from active duty while in the ROTC<br />

program.<br />

Price took an unconventional<br />

route into the Army, joining<br />

the Air Force out of high school<br />

and spending two years in<br />

Germany and another two in<br />

Massachusetts before graduating<br />

with a political science degree<br />

from then USC. He returned for<br />

a second bachelor’s degree in<br />

history at UCCS, where he was<br />

commissioned as an officer.<br />

CSU-<strong>Pueblo</strong> offers three different<br />

scholarship programs —<br />

•The Army ROTC (2,3,4year)<br />

Scholarship Programs provide<br />

fi nancial assistance for the education<br />

and training of highly qualifi ed and<br />

motivated young men and women who<br />

desire to be commissioned as officers in<br />

the Army after graduation from college.<br />

•The Army ROTC Green to Gold<br />

Programs provide selected active<br />

duty enlisted members of the Army<br />

an opportunity to complete their<br />

baccalaureate degree requirements<br />

and obtain a commission through<br />

participation in the ROTC programs.<br />

•The Army ROTC Four-Year<br />

Scholarships Program gives students<br />

who have graduated from high school<br />

the opportunity to attend college<br />

and also earn a commission through<br />

participation in the ROTC scholarship<br />

program.<br />

20 C O L O R A D O S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y - P U E B L O

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