Â鶹´«Ã½ U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz has secured $1.1 million for a first-ever Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the . The funding was included in the bipartisan spending deal signed into law by the president this month.
“This new ROTC program at UH will give more Â鶹´«Ã½ students a chance at earning scholarships and gaining an education, while helping the Navy strengthen its diversity to make sure its officers better reflect the American public and our values in Â鶹´«Ã½,” said Senator Schatz.
Senior Navy leaders in Â鶹´«Ã½ have long spoken to the university about the potential to foster a significant number of high-quality cadets with critical language and technical skills among an ethnically and racially diverse student body, according to a December 30 news release from the senator?s office.
Schatz met with the former Navy Secretary and urged him to use additional congressional funding for the establishment of a Naval ROTC unit at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Schatz worked with committee colleagues to secure the new funding for the UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ program.
The new Naval ROTC program will train students to become commissioned officers and enable more Â鶹´«Ã½ students to attend college and serve their country.
—Based on a U.S. Senate press release