By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – More than 500 students participated in Friday’s spring commencement at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Three of them received standing ovations from the capacity crowd inside the Health and Sports Center. Cannon Marchand, Jeysel Olmos and Armando Chavez celebrated a pair of achievements on graduation day. Shortly after receiving their degrees, the ROTC cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants in the … [Read more...] about ROTC cadets leave UNK as leaders, Army officers
Cannon Marchand
Cadets Marchand, Knights experience new cultures, expand leadership during summer abroad
By KELLY BARTLING UNK Communications KEARNEY – When Cannon Marchand and James Knights signed up for University of Nebraska at Kearney’s ROTC, they hoped to advance their world knowledge, improve their leadership skills and take part in amazing experiences. Both were able to do that this summer through two special Army Cadet training programs that took one to Bulgaria and the other to Germany. Marchand traveled in June and July to Bulgaria, where he helped teach … [Read more...] about Cadets Marchand, Knights experience new cultures, expand leadership during summer abroad
