ROTC Cadet of the Month
October 2009
Nicholas said that he has always had a passion to serve, which led him to join the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and later Army ROTC. He was the president of his fraternity and selected as a member in the Order of Omega, a senior greek honor society. He also helps with Ram Ride, Positive Impact and CSU Unity. After serving in the army as a commissioned officer for three years he hopes to get assigned to Army Intelligence.
September 2009
She said that Cadet Payne was selected for the honor because of his grades, his extracurricular activities and his leadership. Cadet Payne is majoring in Business and carries a 3.2 grade average. He also participates on the Rugby Team. Due to his superior performance in the annual Field Training Exercises, he was selected as a training assistant this year. He services as Operations Squad Commander for the detachment. He aspires to become a fighter pilot and thanked Rotary for taking the time and effort to honor cadets.
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
Scott entered the program in order to further his career in Special Forces. While in Iraq, he spent “down” time deciding how to do this, and ended up at CSU.
December 2008
November 2008
Chris holds a three-year scholarship in ROTC. He excels in whatever activity he pursues. He will lead the team in the Bataan Death Run in White Sands, NM this year. Chris is a junior at CSU. He has known since high school he wanted to be in the military. He was concerned that he was not qualified to be an officer. He realized during his freshman year that he liked the life and that he could make a difference in people’s lives. He received motivation from his family—especially from his grandfather. After receiving his commission, he will remain in the military and serve the country. Jan presented a certificate to Chris.
October 2008
Jonathan thanked the club for the honor and recognized the rest of his cadet unit for their help in his success and recognition.
September 2008
Justin then thanked the Club, his PMS, other cadets, and his parents for their recognition and support. He is a senior at CSU, hoping to become an aviation officer upon commission. He plans to get his Master’s and teach ROTC at a university.
April 2008
March 2008
Todd thanked the club for the honor. He said that he gave Army ROTC a chance when he saw how dedicated and excited his roommate was to get up at 5:30 am twice a week for ROTC. He said that that was not normal college behavior. Todd said that he loved the Army ROTC program and how IT and more importantly the people in IT inspire him. Todd mentioned the people who he admires and who want to do what their country needs no matter how unglamorous or how demanding it may be. And he mentioned those in the program who show uncompromising integrity and the most solid work ethic he has ever seen. Those ROTC members are the reason that he was nominated for this award and so his thanks go to them for inspiring, leading and pushing him to do his best. February 2008
Chris thanked the club for the recognition and the support of the entire cadet corp. He felt honored to selected from among so many strong candidates in the unit. He is excited about being able to serve in the Air Force. December 2007
Jan Bertholf introduced Master Sergeant Rymundo Zayasbazan, Master Sergeant Z, a member of the Army ROTC staff at CSU, and as a former Marine. He listed the many locations around the world where the Master Sergeant has served. Master Sergeant Zayasbazan thanked our club for recognizing cadets and then introduced Cadet Sam Maxcey, a third year cadet from Kit Carson, Colorado. He said that Cadet Maxcey is getting ready to attend a leadership development and assessment course at Fort Lewis, Washington. He said that Sam was planning on becomming an aviator even though he is trying to steer him into the infantry. Cadet Maxcey thanked us for the recognition and then told us what ROTC means to him. He said that CSU ROTC has been amazing to him and he saw that at the last leadership course he attended. Cadets from schools from all over the nation gather at the leadership camps that help to prepare them to become officers. He compared the training he received at CSU ROTC with what he saw from other schools and said that CSU's ROTC program is one of the best in the nation. Sam ended by saying that it will be a great honor to serve our country.
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November 2007
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Last week Shelly Godkin introduced MAJ Woody Boyd, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Science, who introduced the Air Force ROTC Cadet of the Month, Scott Portue, a junior majoring in Electrical Engineering. Chuck Rutenberg presented the certificate and thanked him for his future service to our country.
October 2007
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Lt. Col. Andy Groeger introduced Kevin Lee, 25, Cadet of the month for October. Kevin is a senior, married, and is a former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A political science major and history, Kevin attended a major leadership conference in the summer, excelling as #4 out of 300 participants. He is ranked as #11 senior cadet in the nation. He has received his assignment as an aviator and will train to fly helicopters upon graduation.
Kevin then spoke briefly to say that it is his generation's turn to step up to the plate for the nation. He is proud to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather to defend a society that finds itself at the crossroads of morals and values, security and liberties.
September 2007
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Shelly Godkin introduced Captain Ryan Anderson, the new head of the CSU Air Force ROTC, and described some of his past assignments. Captain Anderson then introduced Cadet Brian Cook as the Cadet of the Month. Brian is the Vice Cadet Wing Commander, has been in the program for five years and is a member of the Wing Walkers, precision drill team. Incidentally, Shelly started Wing Walkers when he headed the Air Force ROTC program. Captain Anderson praised Brian's contributions during the summer in helping set up parts of the program for the new incoming cadets.
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