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BREAKING NEWS: Ettling OKs ROTC program
Program could begin next year
Ryan Hutchins
Issue date: 11/10/06 Section: Breaking News
Originally published: 11/13/06 at 11:03 AM EST
Last update: 11/14/06 at 2:18 PM EST
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Plattsburgh State University College President John Ettling set in motion Monday the process of bringing an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program to the school.
PSUC may have an ROTC program on its campus as early as next year, according to a news release from the school.
Ettling decided Monday to ask Provost Robert Golden to take steps toward making an affiliation agreement between SUNY Plattsburgh and the University of Vermont's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program, the release said.
"My intention is to bring to SUNY Plattsburgh students an option now widely available to students at colleges like ours throughout the State University of New York and across the country," Ettling said in the release.
Several days after an at times heated public discussion by faculty, students, and college community, the Faculty Senate voted Nov. 7 in favor of a resolution to "accept the establishment" of an ROTC program at PSUC.
In a September Student Association meeting, the SA passed its own resolution in favor of brining an ROTC program to campus.
"I wish to thank everyone who has taken the time to study the matter, discuss it with friends and colleagues, and express an opinion," said Ettling in the release. "The tenor of the debate and the level of discourse over the past few weeks have reaffirmed my conviction that SUNY Plattsburgh is one of those rare communities composed of reasonable men and women who discuss their disagreements vigorously, openly and in an atmosphere of mutual respect and good will."
The issue had been a topic of much debate among faculty in the last several weeks, with some professors speaking out strongly - at times emotionally - against the program coming to Plattsburgh.
There are currently 26 SUNY campuses across New York that have full ROTC programs or are affiliated with programs at other colleges, according to the news release. The UVM Army ROTC program has affiliations with Saint Michael's College, Middlebury College, Champlain College, Castleton State College and Johnson State College.
PSUC may have an ROTC program on its campus as early as next year, according to a news release from the school.
Ettling decided Monday to ask Provost Robert Golden to take steps toward making an affiliation agreement between SUNY Plattsburgh and the University of Vermont's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program, the release said.
"My intention is to bring to SUNY Plattsburgh students an option now widely available to students at colleges like ours throughout the State University of New York and across the country," Ettling said in the release.
Several days after an at times heated public discussion by faculty, students, and college community, the Faculty Senate voted Nov. 7 in favor of a resolution to "accept the establishment" of an ROTC program at PSUC.
In a September Student Association meeting, the SA passed its own resolution in favor of brining an ROTC program to campus.
"I wish to thank everyone who has taken the time to study the matter, discuss it with friends and colleagues, and express an opinion," said Ettling in the release. "The tenor of the debate and the level of discourse over the past few weeks have reaffirmed my conviction that SUNY Plattsburgh is one of those rare communities composed of reasonable men and women who discuss their disagreements vigorously, openly and in an atmosphere of mutual respect and good will."
The issue had been a topic of much debate among faculty in the last several weeks, with some professors speaking out strongly - at times emotionally - against the program coming to Plattsburgh.
There are currently 26 SUNY campuses across New York that have full ROTC programs or are affiliated with programs at other colleges, according to the news release. The UVM Army ROTC program has affiliations with Saint Michael's College, Middlebury College, Champlain College, Castleton State College and Johnson State College.
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