UNG 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