ROTC Graduates Commissioned

The first two graduates of Indiana Wesleyan University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program were commissioned April 26, a few hours before they graduated.

Commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army were:

• Micah Hoffman, from Chillicothe, Ohio, who graduated with a B.S. degree in pre-art therapy. She will be a Signal Corps Officer, and her first assignment will be with the Indiana Army National Guard.
  

• Angelo Soto, from Aurora, Illinois, who graduated with a B.S. degree in psychology. He will be an Infantry Officer, and his first assignment will be with the Indiana Army National Guard.

IWU began its ROTC program three years ago, and 32 students are currently enrolled. The IWU Department of Military Science has two full-time faculty members, Sgt. Ian Shutt, who is an IWU graduate, and Capt. Joshua Carroll.

Dr. Henry Smith, IWU president, spoke at the commissioning ceremony, which was held in the rotunda of IWU’s Jackson Library. The library is named in honor of Dr. Lewis Jackson, who trained the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.