Campus Spotlight

May 13, 2025

<p>RIT’s <a href="https://www.rit.edu/universitystudies/armyrotc">Army ROTC</a> detachment held its annual commissioning ceremony on May 11 in the SHED. Eleven cadets graduated to the rank of lieutenant and will enter the U.S. Army as officers. Here, William King, front, leads cadets at the start of the ceremony.</p>

Photo by Scott Hamilton/RIT

RIT’s Army ROTC detachment held its annual commissioning ceremony on May 11 in the SHED. Eleven cadets graduated to the rank of lieutenant and will enter the U.S. Army as officers. Here, William King, front, leads cadets at the start of the ceremony.

Group of cadets in uniform raise their right hands to take an oath.

Photo by Scott Hamilton/RIT

From left to right, cadets Fintan Cassidy, Amanda Brunken, and Sidney Ansonoff are sworn in as U.S. Army lieutenants during the commissioning ceremony on May 11.
Man and woman pin military insignia on a uniformed cadet during a ceremony.

Photo by Scott Hamilton/RIT

Cadet Amanda Brunken, center, is pinned by her father, Sgt. 1st Class Kurt Brunken, and mother, Barbara, moments before her first salute as a U.S. Army lieutenant during the commissioning ceremony on May 11. Amanda Brunken also earned her bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from RIT on May 10.
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