Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) is a program which can enhance your education by providing unique leadership training and management experience. The ROTC experience is a character builder that strengthens self-discipline, courage, integrity and physical stamina. It helps you develop the qualities necessary for success in either a military or civilian career. The skills you develop for successful command are the same skills you'll need for success in the corporate world. Students are given a valuable opportunity to build for the future by earning a college degree and an Army Officer's commission at the same time.ROTC programs produce more than 70 percent of the newly commissioned lieutenants entering the active Army each year. Many students delay active duty until completion of law, medical or graduate programs. Those students who do not want to serve on active duty may be guaranteed Reserve or National Guard duty.

The Margin of Difference

The Army ROTC helps develop intelligent, physically fit college graduates who are ready to assume executive level positions in the Regular Army, Army Reserves, Army National Guard or civilian corporations. Our training establishes an essential difference between ROTC and other college graduates. Army ROTC cadets are taught to be leaders and receive hands-on experience in managing financial, physical and human resources. They often possess a higher level of self-confidence and superior decision making abilities. Employers value these leadership qualities and prefer them in the people they hire. That's why ROTC students frequently begin their civilian careers at a higher level of responsibility than other college graduates and often go on to even higher levels of success.

ROTC at WVSU

Military training began at the College before the First World War. Students completing all requirements of the ROTC Program may be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army Reserve, the National Guard, or in the active Army. Students who complete ROTC training usually participate in both a military commissioning ceremony and commencement on the same day.