Fort Knox, KY – Gannon University's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department has won one of only eight MacArthur Awards for the school year 2012.
The awards, presented by Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation, recognize the ideals of, "duty, honor and country" as advocated by MacArthur.
The Gannon University department represents Cadet Command's Second Brigade, which consists of the 41 senior Army ROTC programs in the northeastern United States.
The award is based on a combination of the achievement of the school's commissioning mission and its cadets' performance and standing on the Command's national Order of Merit List and its cadet retention rate according to the U.S. Army Cadet Command.
Cadet Command and the MacArthur Foundation have given the awards annually since 1989.