Greetings PSU Army ROTC AIG! 

   

     Our meeting on 21 October was attended by some new folks – thank you!  We were also well pleased that both LTC Kilgallon as well as the cadet BN CDR c/LTC Dan Seibel were present.  The notes from the meeting are attached. 

 

     At the meeting we discussed several key issues, they were:

 

I)                           We now have ‘ACTIVE STATUS’ as a PSU AIG!!  What does this mean to you?   It means that now we have to execute a few tasks in order to continue as an Active AIG (see the meeting notes), it means we get a banner (more below), it also allows us to receive a small amount of money from the institution ($500 annum) to be used for our meetings etc.  And as a very important point it means that any contributions, whether monetary or gift in kind, are tax deductible.  This will come into play in the topic below.

 

II)                         Dues and/or donations.  Although paying dues is still under discussion, we will not venture down that path at this time.  However, the concept of donations (monetary or gift in kind) is very much ‘in play’.  We’ve asked c/LTC Seibel for a list of items that are deemed as important to the Nittany Lion battalion (NLB).  He has provided us the following information:

 

a.       Administrative for cadet lounge ($458.97)

                                                                           i.      Printer

                                                                         ii.      Router

                                                                        iii.      Print Server

 

b.      Book Scholarship ($900)

                                                                           i.      Book Award for Cadets who are not on AROTC Scholarship

                                                                         ii.      Covers one semester of books

                                                                        iii.      $450 each

                                                                       iv.      Start with at least 2 Semesters/2 separate Cadets

 

c.       Color Guard ($718.80)

                                                                           i.      Replica 1903 Springfield Rifles (4)

                                                                         ii.      US Flag

                                                                        iii.      PA Flag

                                                                       iv.      Flag Stands

                                                                         v.      Flag Harness

                                                                       vi.      Flag Covers

                                                                      vii.      Flag Poles

 

 

 

III)                       Banner.   As we are NOW an AIG with an active status we get a banner.  It will be used at our meetings, functions we have, carried to our front if we march in the Homecoming parade, etc.  It will display our logo, the current one or one selected from any ideas we receive (see ‘logo’ below), the words Penn State Alumni Association AROTC AIG on it.

 

IV)                     Website.  The new website is still under construction.  The intent is that it will be published by the end of the calendar year.  The current glitch is that we have not yet added the functionality to add new members/update members’ information ‘on the fly.’ 

 

V)                       Logo.  Although there is a logo on the website it is by no means the official logo of the AROTC AIG.  It is the same logo that appears at the top of this newsletter.  It is the PSU AROTC crest with ‘PSU AROTC’ above it and ‘AIG’ below it.  We are having a contest to see if anyone has different ideas about the logo.  We do think that the PSU AROTC crest should be the central point of the logo however.  So if you have any ideas email them back to us.  If your idea wins then it will be the logo on the website, the newsletter, and our AIG banner.  Contest Rules follow.

 

a.       The concept must be submitted by March 31st 2007

b.      The concept must be ‘appropriate’ for distribution

c.       If you like the current logo please let us know

d.      All submitted logos will be reviewed and a logo will be selected at next meeting.

 

 

VI)                     Upcoming events – Next meeting to be held Blue and White Weekend  – April  21, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

Did you know: 

 

"Penn State's role in national defense dates from 1863, when it was designated a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act," said Michael Bezilla, a University historian. "Congress included military training as part of the mission of land-grant colleges. The Civil War was then raging, and the concept of broad-based military preparedness was very important to lawmakers."

 

In 1917, to address World War I's need for trained military leaders, the University established a component of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). The ROTC provided military instruction in addition to standard academic studies and awarded reserve officers' commissions to students upon graduation. To this day, Penn State's ROTC continues to provide training in military subjects and leadership to students enrolled in the U.S. Armed Forces.

During World War I, in a gesture that would become a hallmark of Penn State's commitment to the military, the University volunteered the use of the University Park campus grounds and buildings to the War Department and the Pennsylvania National Guard for training purposes. In addition, the University provided technological training to students headed off to war, as well as national defense research through its schools of engineering and agriculture.

Penn State's involvement in defense-related activities expanded during World War II to include additional personnel-training programs, as well as government-funded research projects. Penn State furnished defense-related training to more than 140,000 at 200 communities across the state, and provided instruction to thousands more at the University Park campus.

 

(excerpt from ‘psu live’)

    

 

 

ROTC Students parade along College Ave in the 1940s. (Not Navy and certainly not Air Force)

 

Anyone with suggestions on topics for ‘Did you know’ please send us an e-mail. 

 

Please know that Cory is on his way to deployment.  I will be acting as the interim President until he returns.  Please contact Ken or myself with your ideas, comments, requests and suggestions.  Thank each of you for your participation in the PSU AROTC AIG and WE hope to see you all at the Blue and White Game! 

 

Brendan Bagley

 

CONTACT INFO:

Brendan Bagley BBagley@wallstreetinstitute.com

Ken Herko HerkoK@Medimmune.com

(Cory Kline david.kline@us.army.mil   - On deployment)