Army cadets receive their commissions in a ceremony on May 16. Photo by Ken Levinson
Army cadets receive their commissions in a ceremony on May 16.
Photo by Ken Levinson

The New York City Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) commissioned 16 cadets as second lieutenants at a swearing-in ceremony on Friday, May 16 at Fordham University Church on the Rose Hill campus. The New York City Navy ROTC commissioned two midshipmen in a separate ceremony at Duane Library.

“Through your willingness to serve our nation, you have taken upon yourselves the important task of protecting and nurturing the ideals upon which America has been built and sustained,” Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, said at the Army ROTC ceremony.

Midshipmen are sworn in at a commissioning ceremony at Duane Library. Photo by Ryan Brenizer
Midshipmen are sworn in at a commissioning ceremony at Duane Library.
Photo by Ryan Brenizer

“This is a most important responsibility. I admire your courage. I am grateful for your generosity,” he said. “I am challenged—as I always am when I am in the presence of heroes—by your selfless love of our nation.”

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Gina Vergel is Senior Director of Communications. She oversees the digital news coverage, public relations, and social media for the university. Before joining Fordham in 2007, Gina worked as a reporter for the Home News Tribune, and The Ridgewood News, where she won Society of Professional Journalist (New Jersey chapter) awards for breaking news and feature writing, respectively. She can be reached at gvergel@fordham.edu or (646) 579-9957.