Nicollette A. Maclaren, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, recently received the George C. Marshall Award during a ceremony at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
The award is named in the honor and legacy of General of the Army George C. Marshall, who served in World War II as the Army chief of staff, and in the post-war era served as secretary of state and secretary of defense.
The award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior cadets in military science studies and leadership values in each battalion at host universities or colleges. Top cadets from each cadet battalion represent the very best of a highly selective organization. This is a national award is the highest award an ROTC cadet can receive.
The cadets participate in focus groups and roundtable discussions and lectures on the theme of national security and the U.S. Army’s security role in the international arena. Cadets receive speeches from the highest echelons of the U.S. Army’s leadership ranks, scholars and experts.
Maclaren is a 2012 graduate of Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington.
