Army ROTC – Commissioning Ceremony Spring 2020

Zoom Meeting – May 8, 2020:

The University of Colorado Boulder Army ROTC Department Commissioned twelve Cadets during the spring 2020 ceremony on Friday, May 8th. The ceremony is traditionally held on the CU-Boulder campus in the Old Main Chapel. But due to the COVID-19 international pandemic, the ceremony had to be conducted through a Zoom Meeting.

The guest speaker was former CU-Boulder Cadre and 16 year veteran of the U.S. Army, Sergeant First Class Karl W. Freund. The ceremony was emceed by Major Joshua James with the Invocation read by Cadet Ben Antonsen. Opening remarks were given by the current PMS, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Van Gelder. While the Oath of Office was respectfully addressed by MAJ James.

The twelve Cadets that are now officially Second Lieutenant’s in the United States Army, are as follows (alphabetical order):
1.    2LT Yazmin Chavez – from Castle Rock, Colorado, majored in Sociology and commissioned into the Military Police
2.    2LT William Clemson – from Leesburg, Virginia, majored in Engineering Physics and commissioned into the Corps of Engineers
3.    2LT Noah Dahm – from Parker, Colorado, majored in International Relations and commissioned into Ordnance
4.    2LT Blair Dalziel – from Morristown, New Jersey, majored in Communications and commissioned into the Signal Corps
5.    2LT Saxon Gallegos-Wilson – from Scottsdale, Arizona, majored in Communications (STCM) and commissioned into the Signal Corps
6.    2LT Matthew Giltenan – from Longmont, Colorado, obtained his Masters’ in Business Administration and commissioned into Infantry
7.    2LT Ray Malla – from Boulder, Colorado, majored in International Relations and commissioned into Aviation
8.    2LT Tyson Pyles – from Northglenn, Colorado, majored in Political Science and commissioned into Cyber
9.    2LT Christine Russ – from Denver, Colorado, majored in Psychology and commissioned into Ordnance
10.    2LT Madison Starck – from Denver, Colorado, majored in Integrated Physiology and commissioned into the Signal Corps
11.    2LT Cameron Welsh – from Aurora, Colorado, majored in Information System Management and commissioned into Field Artillery
12.    2LT Zander Wiesehuegel – from Thornton, Colorado, majored in English and commissioned into Infantry

Congratulations to our new Second Lieutenant’s. May your new experiences with the U.S. Army be as rich and fulfilling as they were here at CU-Boulder.