91ÁÔÆæ Corps of Cadets Video Transcript
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I walked on the campus and I immediately
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fell in love with the culture of not
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only the core but also ung North Georgia
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is a transformational experience the
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bonds that you form here are bonds that
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will last a lifetime
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so coming in yeah you make friends out
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the gate now I made eight friends just
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dare frog green frog week stands for
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freshmen and recruit orientation group
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it's a six-day event just prior to
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classes starting
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which is really cadet basic training
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it's definitely enlightening and
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humbling at the same time you truly
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start to understand how you're gonna
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improve yourself in the core ung is the
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most affordable senior military college
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in the nation in fact all out-of-state
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cadets get in-state tuition I've made a
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lot of friends here at ung and I've met
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people that I plan to have with me
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throughout life I've made tons of
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friends just by being involved I think
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if you stay in your room for four years
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you're not really gonna make the most
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out of your time here and again I think
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that's the best thing you could do here
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as a student general well cadets can
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obviously participate in any
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organization or activity on campus but
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there are some unique opportunities for
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just cadets
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those include the mountain or of Columbo
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the aggressor platoon the Blue Ridge
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rifles a golden eagle Band Ranger
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Challenge team as well as a number of
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other opportunities the Corps is
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definitely given me a lot of discipline
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and it's made me grow as both a leader
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and as a person the Corps of Cadets
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bases their leadership model off the
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Army so cadets that come here they learn
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about personal accountabilities and
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doing the right thing and as they
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progress on starting their sophomore
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year that could lead up to ten fellow
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cadets and then that continues to
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increase the time they graduate our
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brigade commander oversees 750 cadets
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the core leadership that we have it's
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great because again it just forces you
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to be better than maybe you think you've
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been capable of I think that's come in
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here and you never think that they could
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stand in front of 80 people give them
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some type of direction you fast forward
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4 years later
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same kids who are in charge of 200 300
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people at a time and doing it
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effortlessly is extremely rewarding you
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get to watch yourself and your peers
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grow as individuals on multiple
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occasions the University of North
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Georgia received the coveted MacArthur
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award recognizing it as the best senior
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Military College in the nation do they
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get a program you can actually go to
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pathways in a salty in the commissioning
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pathway having four years to train to
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become a second lieutenant with such an
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experience that truly builds you to come
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a great officer I guess about to give
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any advice to incoming cadets I would
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just say you're not supposed to be
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perfect when you come here we all look
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for perfect cadets we look for cadets
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who can essentially improve and be
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better at than today than they were when
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they got here cadets will absolutely not
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forfeit their college experience by
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coming to North Georgia in fact I would
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say it's enhance you don't just make
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friends here at ung I have family here
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I've learned so much when this
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organization made me a better person and
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a better cadet and I know that'll make
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me a better leader at the end of the day