Weekly Report 2-27

TSU AVIATION Partners With the Air Force JROTC to Host Flight Program

By d-mars.com News Provider

The Texas Southern University (TSU) Department of Aviation is partnering with the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) to host a seven-week flight training program for AFJROTC cadets on the TSU campus.

The cadets, comprised of high school students from across the nation, are training for a Federal Aviation Administration Private Pilot's License and will reside in the TSU dorms for the entirety of the seven-week program. Candidates will experience instruction similar to Air Force Academy flight training, including Ground School and flight lessons.

"We are excited about the opportunity to partner with the Air Force JROTC. Our aviation program is one of the best in the nation and the only program in a major metropolitan area in Tex-

as," said TSU Interim President Ken Huewitt. "This joint venture enhances and elevates the brand of the Aviation Program and will encourage others to look to TSU to provide first-class aviation training that leads to meaningful careers."

The University was selected as a host after an Air Force personnel visit last year determined that

TSU was the right fit for an Air Force JROTC program.

"With the need for over 400,000 commercial pilots by 2035, TSU is playing an integral role in training America's future aviators," said Dr. Terence H. Fontaine, Director of the Aviation Program. "We are the only public institution of higher learning in Texas that offers both a Bachelor's Degree in Aviation Science Management and Aviation Science Management with a Professional Pilot Concentration."

TSU is one of 25 universities throughout the nation that has partnered with the U.S. Air Force to provide opportunities to JROTC cadets while also expediting flight training for future airmen and is one of only eight HBCUs in the country to offer a degree in aviation.

In July, Texas Southern will launch its Naval Cadet Flight Academy program in partnership with the United States Navy. Texas Southern University is an FAA-certified Part 141 Aviation Program.

For more information about the aviation program, please visit transportation.tsu. edu.

Source: Texas Southern University

Photo Caption: Air Force JROTC cadets with Texas Southern University leaders

(Photo Source/Credit: Texas Southern University).

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Tillis to Become Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden

Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway recently announced that Antonio D. Tillis will assume the post of chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden on July 1.

“Antonio Tillis is a brilliant scholar and gifted administrator whose commitment to the transformative power of higher education presents an exceptional opportunity for both Rutgers and New Jersey. We are proud that he will lead Rutgers University–Camden,” Holloway said.

“Rutgers is deeply invested in bringing opportunity and growth to Camden. Antonio Tillis will be a driving force in helping Rutgers University and the City of Camden reach new heights,” Holloway added.

ernmost campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, with more than 7,200 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 39 un dergraduate and 29 graduate programs. Nationally recognized for its commit ment to access for first-generation students, as well as its innovative civic en gagement programs, Rutgers–Camden recently achieved status as a Carnegie National R2 Research University.

Tillis recently served as interim president of the University of Houston–Down town, a comprehensive urban institution offering more than 50 degree-granting programs and serving more than 15,000 students. In this capacity, he worked col laboratively to promote student and faculty development, engage the community, and advance the strategic vision for the second-largest campus in the University of Houston system.

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