Kirk named professor of military science Col. Bryan G. Kirk is UNG’s new professor of military science, and he hopes to keep the momentum of the Corps of Cadets rolling. “I’m really excited and honored to have been chosen as the professor of military science at UNG,” Kirk said. “I’ve had the privilege to work throughout the past 24 years with several UNG graduates, and I can’t think of one I wouldn’t want to work with again.” Kirk commissioned as an armor officer and has served in the U.S. Army Special Forces around the world the past 20 years. He most recently served as the director of operations for the Theater Special Operations Command for Central Command in Tampa, Florida.
Cadets Brandon Ware, Anna Chirillo, Esther Kim, Megan Collins, and Haydn Griffin gained experience at Army hospitals during the summer.
Cadets participate in prestigious summer program Five UNG cadets participated in the Army’s competitive Nurse Summer Training Program (NSTP). The internship provided Bachelor of Science in Nursing students Anna Chirillo, Megan Collins, Haydn Griffin, Esther Kim, and Brandon Ware with a four-week experience unlike their other clinical rotations. Each was stationed at a different location in the United States between their junior and senior years. “It’s a great opportunity. I have a year left in school, and I got to go and see what my job as an Army nurse will be like when I graduate,” Chirillo, a cadet first lieutenant from Newnan, Georgia, said. “I am better prepared to take it on when I graduate.”
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Assignments for the other cadets were: • Kim, a cadet captain from Johns Creek, Georgia, Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. • Collins, a cadet sergeant from Thomaston, Georgia, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. • Griffin, a cadet sergeant first class from Bainbridge, Georgia, Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. • Ware, a cadet private first class from Lawrenceville, Georgia, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
