Colorado State University-Pueblo MAGAZINE Spring/Summer 2007
Colorado State University-Pueblo MAGAZINE Spring/Summer 2007
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 />
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