This necessity became apparent as we conducted our internal review. We realized that too much institutional knowledge walked out the door with the departure of the last cadre member. In the future, a continuity book will be left behind for the in-coming cadre member to use in their respective area. The department s philosophy is to focus on those cadets who have shown an interest in the program and ensure they are provided the best teaching, coaching, and mentoring possible to enhance their success as a student and as a future Army officer. The philosophy we fostered over the past couple years is that by creating a quality program and graduating the best quality students the number of future quality cadets will increase.
Students seek challenges, which are both tough and demanding.
This methodology has been adopted and is proven to be quite successful in our sister branch, the Marine Corps. Listed below are program initiatives that have proven over the year to not only assist in retaining students, but also to improve the overall quality of the program. Freshmen and sophomore students now attend two leadership labs per semester with the upper division students. This will increase the amount of interaction between the upper level and lower level students. Additionally, this provides the lower level ROTC student a first hand observation of the upperclassmen as well as some mentorship in both university and military affairs.