FAU Honors ROTC Cadets in Commissioning Ceremony

Boca
Raton,
FL
–
May
20,
2025
–
Florida
Atlantic
University’s
Military
and
Veterans
Student
Success
team
recently
hosted
an
official
commissioning
ceremony
for
graduating
Reserve
Officer
Training
Corps
(ROTC)
cadets.

Maj.
Gen.
Hope
C.
Rampy,
commanding
general
of
the
U.S.
Army,
delivered
the
keynote
address.
FAU
President
Adam
Hasner,
along
with
other
FAU
and
military
officials,
were
also
in
attendance.

“Florida
Atlantic
is
proud
to
honor
the
accomplishments
of
its
spring
graduates
and
newly
commissioned
officers
in
the
U.S.
Army,”
said
Hasner.
“Their
call
to
service
is
an
inspiration
to
us
all.
We
are
thankful
to
Florida
Atlantic’s
Army
ROTC
program
for
preparing
the
class
of
2025
to
lead
boldly
into
the
future.”

The
15
cadets,
from
the
FAU–ROTC
Talon
Battalion,
were
commissioned
as
second
lieutenants
in
the
U.S.
Army.
They
are
as
follows:

• Ethan
  Barco
  –
  Cyber
  Corps
• Tyler
  Bulmer
  –
  Ordnance
  Corps
• Johan
  Cook
  –
  Medical
  Service
  Corps
• Hunter
  Coveney
  –
  Field
  Artillery
  Corps
• Andrew
  D’Amico
  –
  Military
  Police
  Corps
• Malcolm
  Davis
  –
  Transportation
  Corps
• Phelipe
  Dos
  Santos
  –
  Chemical
  Corps
• Derrick
  Givings
  –
  Field
  Artillery
  Corps
• Maegan
  LaTorre
  –
  Military
  Intelligence
  Corps
• Quintin
  Mattson-Laurent
  –
  Infantry
  Armor
  Corps
• Joel
  Perez
  –
  Transportation
  Corps
• Hannah
  Reese
  –
  Army
  Nurse
  Corps
  (DMG)
• Damian
  Rincon
  –
  Field
  Artillery
  Corps
• Nehemie
  Saint
  Sauveur
  –
  Signal
  Corps
• Jared
  Wolbert
  –
  Transportation
  Corps

“We
are
honored
to
celebrate
these
exceptional
military-connected
students
and
ROTC
cadets,”
said
Jason
Nadolinski,
director
of
FAU’s
Military
and
Veterans
Student
Success.
“While
many
students
passed
through
commencement
this
semester,
these
select
alumni
continued
beyond
commencement
to
swear
an
oath
of
office
to
the
U.S.
Constitution
and
of
service
to
our
nation.
Now,
they
proudly
embark
in
their
service
professions
as
Florida
Atlantic
veteran
Owl
alumni
and
as
leaders
in
the
Commissioned
Officer
Corps
of
the
United
States
Army.
We
are
very
proud
of
each
of
them.”

For
more
information
about
FAU’s
Military
and
Veterans
Student
Success
Center,
visit www.fau.edu/vets.
For
more
information
about
FAU
Army
ROTC,
visit www.fau.edu/rotc/.

Florida
Atlantic
University,
established
in
1961,
officially
opened
its
doors
in
1964
as
the
fifth
public
university
in
Florida.
Today,
Florida
Atlantic
serves
more
than
30,000
undergraduate
and
graduate
students
across
six
campuses
located
along
the
Southeast
Florida
coast.
In
recent
years,
the
University
has
doubled
its
research
expenditures
and
outpaced
its
peers
in
student
achievement
rates.
Through
the
coexistence
of
access
and
excellence,
Florida
Atlantic
embodies
an
innovative
model
where
traditional
achievement
gaps
vanish.
Florida
Atlantic
is
designated
as
a
Hispanic-serving
institution,
ranked
as
a
top
public
university
by
U.S.
News
&
World
Report,
and holds
the
designation
of
“R1:
Very
High
Research
Spending
and
Doctorate
Production”
by
the
Carnegie
Classification
of
Institutions
of
Higher
Education.
Florida
Atlantic
shares
this
status
with
less
than
5%
of
the
nearly
4,000
universities
in
the
United
States.
For
more
information,
visit www.fau.edu.