Danielle M. Bauer, an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Cadet at the University
of Alaska Anchorage, received the George C. Marshall Award during an awards ceremony
at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
This award is the highest award that a ROTC cadet can receive. It 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 after the war 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 Battalion represent the very best of a highly selective organization.
The Cadets participate in focus groups and round table discussions and lectures on national security and the Army's security role in the international arena. Cadets receive formal speeches from the highest echelons of the U.S. Army's leadership ranks, scholars and experts in the area of national defense.
Bauer is the daughter of Diane and Andrew Bauer of Nashua, N.H. and wife of first lieutenant, Weston T. Rich of Anchorage, Alaska. She is a 2014 graduate of the University of New Hampshire where she earned a bachelor's degree in Health Management & Policy. Bauer graduated with her Master’s in Public Administration from UAA's College of Business and Public Policy this spring (2017).