Cadets To Be Awarded Leadership Certificates
The Corps of Cadets Leadership Excellence Program will award 107 cadets with the Certificate in Leadership Study and Development at 4:30 p.m. Sunday (April 13) in Room 201 of the Memorial Student Center.
The leadership program, established in 2002, operates in conjunction with the Office of the Commandant to develop well-educated leaders of character who are prepared to provide values-based leadership and service to all sectors of society.
Fred Markham, president of the Texas Pioneer Foundation and a supporter of the Corps of Cadets, will award each cadet their certificate during the ceremony.
The certificate is an academic award that is noted on students’ official university transcripts and verifies participants have included with formal education, a series of training and development opportunities. The courses and testing of the program are designed to ensure that students can fulfill the requirements essential to their development as a leader in their profession.
“This program is at the forefront of preparing students for success outside the academic arena,” says Richard Cummins, director of the program. “Corporate recruiters indicate many students come equipped with terrific number-crunching skills or marketing know-how, but show little aptitude for leading a team, managing a crises or influencing the people who work for them. Our program parallels what these recruiters are trying to accomplish in their hiring process—and our cadets are at the top of their list.”
The 2008 recipients include, from the Class of ’07:
- Thomas Edward Beuerman, Civil Engineering
- Tyrell James Boutte, Nutritional Sciences
- Matthew Earl Cummins, Health
- Ward Rolston Dudley, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Christopher Roy Glasscock, Civil Engineering
- Benjamin David Grimme, Kinesiology
- Michael Curtis Knudson, Information & Operations Management
- Cody Matthew Miklis, Finance
- Roderick Thomas Miller, Construction Science
- Charles Dale Rutherford, Industrial Distribution
- Tyler Thomas Wellborn, Construction Science
And, from the Class of ’08:
- Pedro Eduardo Andrade, Jr., Industrial Distribution
- Michael Lohren Applegate, Economics
- Jeffrey Brian Archer, Electrical Engineering
- Jacob Matthew Bradburn, Human Resource Development; Robert Trenton Cain, Kinesiology
- José Alfredo Cena, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Ryan Michael Chance, Accounting
- Zachary Austin Cook, Mechanical Engineering
- Carlos Tomás Cordova, Economics
- Kimberley Anne Corrette, English
- Beau Hershell Crabb, Human Resource Development
- Derrick Ernest Cruz, Industrial Distribution
- Maria Christina de la Rosa, Microbiology
- Merle Anthony Devine, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Christian Tamminga Dowell, Construction Science
- Ross Carleton Durr, Political Science
- Brian Thomas Encinia, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Hector Eleazar Estrada, Accounting
- Brian Daniel Farr, Biomedical Science
- Matthew Marcus Fletcher, Industrial Distribution
- Annette Flores, Chemistry
- Nathan Hayes Fluker, Civil Engineering
- John Ross Flynt, Electrical Engineering
- Ryan Dean Fortune, Genetics
- Erik Fernando Garza, Accounting and Finance
- Taylor Judson Gay, Technology Management
- Benjamin Maxwell Golden, Management
- Nicholas G. Gonzales, Animal Science
- Darius Ramon Gray, Electrical Engineering
- Cory Lynn Griffiths, Poultry Science
- Victor Zhiyuan Guo, Geography
- Benjamin Wesley Hadaway, University Studies
- Andrew Fowler Hall, Finance
- Andrew John Harris, History
- Joel Alden Herrman, Biomedical Science
- Blake Louis Hoedebecke, Biology
- Kenneth Wayne Horton, Political Science
- Brett Alan Howard, Geography
- Benjamin Thomas Huddleston, Rangeland Ecology & Management
- Michael Andrew Jagielski, Industrial Distribution
- Sonia Patricia Jaime, Nutritional Sciences
- Zachary Philip Johnson, Engineering Technology
- Daniel Joseph Keto, Construction Science
- Albert Winston Kinser, III, Management
- Blake Alton Laird, Economics
- James Adam Lassiter, Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences
- Sean Patrick Kinne, Political Science
- Hugh Alexander Lewis, II, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Gregory Wayne McGough, Political Science
- Claudia Irene Miramontes, Political Science and History
- Jonathan Henry Mitchell, Kinesiology
- Merritt Timothy Mitchell, Political Science
- Sarah Therese Mohn, Zoology
- Benjamin Colin Montgomery, Accounting
- John Charles Morello, Kinesiology
- Chase Mitchell Morris, Construction Science
- Vanessa Rae Needham, Communication and Psychology
- John David Nienhiser, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Daniel Paul Noack, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Balinda Marie O’Neal, Sociology
- Peter John Orsi, Industrial Distribution
- Dennis Alexander Ott, Political Science
- Darrin Chaise Peeples, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Michael Alan Perkins, Construction Science
- Joshua Ryan Polk, Sociology
- Jake David Poulsen, Kinesiology
- Martin Sebastian Prambs, Communication
- Ross Gordon Price, Sports Management
- Eric William Reed, Agribusiness
- Seth Dawson Ringley, Political Science
- Gustavo Alexander Rodriguez, Human Resource Development
- Christopher Gordon Rogers, Spatial Sciences
- Kyle Louis Sajdak, Mechanical Engineering
- Luis Alexander Salguero, Political Science
- Morgan Stafford Salonek, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Justin David Sinclair, Construction Science
- Michael James Smith, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Lukas Allen Smrkovsky, Construction Science
- David Michael Stanton, Construction Science
- Robert Douglas Statler, Biomedical Science
- Steven Nicholas Strube, Construction Science
- Christopher Yamamoto Tovar, Sociology
- Michael Allen Tschirhart, II, Industrial Engineering
- Robert Chance VanWinkle, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Joshua Aaron Vernon, Mechanical Engineering
- Charles Douglas Vernor, Information & Operations Management
- Wesley Joseph Warren, Agricultural Leadership & Development
- Benjamin Joseph Weiner, Mechanical Engineering
- Justin Bryan Weldon, Petroleum Engineering
- Matthew Daniel White, Political Science
- Zachary Stephen Whitehurst, Chemical Engineering
- Andreas Werner Wilhelm, Human Resource Development
- Robert Gaskin Will, Construction Science
- Pei Huang Wu, Molecular & Cell Biology
- Andrew Martin Yates, Civil Engineering
- Colin David York, Aerospace Engineering
