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Department of Military Science

Department of Military Science & Leadership

Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

Scientists and teachers, business leaders and policy makers, and officers for the US Army. USM and its Army ROTC program prepare students to be innovators and leaders for the 21st century. We produce lieutenants for the active Army, the National Guard, and the US Army Reserves. Each component has 16 branches that cater to multiple interests, including infantry, military intelligence, aviation, engineering, armor and medical services corps. Warriors wanted, each with a breadth of perspective who:

  • Demonstrate a capacity for excellence
  • Confident they will be competent Army leaders because of the rigor of the program
  • Committed to the Army for the duration and open-minded about further service

 

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Our Programs

When you become part of the Army ROTC, you're not just working toward a diploma, but an even brighter future as a leader alongside other motivated Cadets.

 

 

Find Your Warrior as a Cadet in the Golden Eagle BN

Our courses develop individual leadership and group problem-solving skills, plus you get to experience the out-of-classroom labs that get you adventuring outdoors including: Rappelling, rifle marksmanship, obstacle courses, and land navigation. Contracted students can also participate in adventure training in airborne, air assault and mountain warfare training schools.


 

 

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The high school Four-Year Scholarship is for high school students planning on attending a four-year college program. You can also recieve a 3-year Advanced Designee scholarship, which means that your scholarship money wouldn't kick in until your sophomore year.

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Did you know that Federal Tuition Assistance helps cover 15-18 undergraduate or graduate credit hours per academic year based on your branch of service? Approved TA course hours will be paid with your Federal Tuition Assistance and the TA Gap Funding Program from USM!

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College of Business Events

Mar
19

12:15 pm

WHM: Women in/and the Humanities Panel at Liberal Arts Building, Room 101

Hear an interdisciplinary panel of five faculty members discuss ways that women's lives are studied in and through humanities disciplines. Facilitated by USM faculty member Dr. Nicolle Jordan

Mar
19

6:30 pm

University Forum: Kristen Radtke at Bennett Auditorium

Alone with Kristen Radtke Kristen Radtke is a writer and illustrator. Her 2021 nonfiction comic, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness, was named a best book of the year by NPR, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, and The Los Angeles Times. Publishers Weekly described Radtke’s work as “innovative in form and painfully relevant in content. . . . For a treatise about the perils of being alone, it creates a wonderful sense of being drawn into conversation.” Seek You was awarded a 2019 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant and was shortlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Radtke is the art director and deputy publisher of The Believer magazine and her comics have appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, and the Oxford American.

Mar
21

10:00 am

Art & Design Annual Student Show at George Hurst Building - Gallery of Art and Design

The Annual Student Show is an exhibition of works produced by Art & Design students in the School of Performing and Visual Ars. This greatly anticipated annual event is presented each spring and gives art students the opportunity to exhibit their creative achievements in visual arts produced over the past year. The student show features work from studio courses in art foundations, drawing, painting, printmaking, digital photography, ceramics, sculpture, and graphic design. Awards Reception will be held on March 27, 5 - 7 p.m.

Mar
21

12:00 pm

2024 Speaker Series: Dr. Katrina Piatek-Jimenez

Dr. Katrina Piatek-Jimenez is a Professor at Central Michigan University. Her research interests include, equity within the STEM disciplines, especially focusing on issues related to gender; motivation for mathematical careers; stereotypes of mathematicians; and undergraduate students’ understanding of proofs and the language of mathematics. Meeting registration is required via Zoom link. If you have any questions, contact Chrissy Hudson by email at Chrissy.Hudson@usm.edu.

Mar
21

12:30 pm

WHM: Dance Concert at Theatre and Dance Building - Studio 115

Women's History Month Dance Concert featuring choreography and performance by faculty and students in the USM Dance program.

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