Penn State Intercom......November 29, 2001

ROTC commissioning
planned for Dec. 15

The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the Music Recital Hall in Music Building on the University Park campus.

Col. Steven Paladini, professor of aerospace studies and ROTC tri-service coordinator, will preside over the ceremony. John Cahir, vice provost and dean for undergraduate education, also will speak.

Diane M. Disney, professor of management and Commonwealth College dean, will be the guest speaker and will swear in 25 students as new officers in the armed forces.

For seven years preceding her time at Penn State, Disney served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for civilian personnel policy. She oversaw the development and implementation of policies for managing the department's work force of nearly 1 million civil service and other employees.

Josiah Montgomery is student marshal. The ceremony is open to the public.

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