A new chapter of triumphs were added as distinguished guests, staff and faculty gathered at Eisenhower Hall Theatre May 20 to celebrate members of the graduating Class of 2021 during the Awards Convocation and Superintendent’s Awards for Excellence, Achievement and Distinguished Cadet Awards Ceremony for their notable accomplishments during their four-year tenure at the U.S. Military Academy....

Following the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2021 Graduation Ceremony Saturday, friends and family convened at the Boylan household at West Point to continue the right of passage into officership for USMA Class of 2021 Cadet Tully Boylan as he readied himself to don the bars of a second lieutenant on the shoulders of his uniform as family members have done before him. ...

It has been almost two years since West Point felt the beating echoes of cheering families. The ecstatic screams of this year’s crowd underscored the magnitude of the occasion as cadet families weren’t allowed at West Point during last year’s 2020 Graduation Ceremony. ...

Friends, family, staff and faculty gathered for the Eisenhower Leadership Development Program graduation of ELDP Cohort 16 Friday at Trophy Point. ...

The U.S. Military Academy Class of 2021 will graduate approximately 1,000 members Saturday at Michie Stadium. Those graduating represent 80% of the 1,249 cadets who entered West Point nearly four years ago on July 3, 2017. ...

Cadets face numerous obstacles during their tenure at the U.S. Military Academy, which forces them to overcome those plights — whether personal, academic or physical — while building a character base as future military leaders. As the USMA Class of 2021 cadets inch closer to their final objective at West Point by graduating at Michie Stadium Saturday, all the firsties were required to write a reflective essay on their readiness for officership as part of the MX400 (Officership) curriculum.  ...

Class of 2021 Cadets Collin Hahn and Griffin Hokanson would be the first to tell you West Point not only teaches you about honor, integrity and the importance of selfless service, but also strengthens friendships and creates lifelong alliances. ...

West Point observed a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration April 22. Dirt Man, Dirt Woman and cadets from the Green Team Environmental Club (right and above) assisted in planting a tree in front of the Dental Clinic at Building 606. The Directorate of Public Works Management Agronomist Phil Koury and his team created a space and provided a tree for the planting. Dean of the Academic Board Brig. Gen. Cindy Jebb read an Arbor Day proclamation while cadets, staff and faculty from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering attended the event. Arbor Day began in 1872 as West Point has been a Tree City USA town, as declared by the Arbor Day Foundation, since 1998. ...

Exploring a cemetery may have an eerie aura to it as young men and women pace from one headstone to another during an intermittent drizzle, overcast day. On the contrary, despite the gloomy weather conditions, this day is not meant for melancholic thoughts but a sense of higher purpose in honoring fallen graduates and reflecting on the meaning and risks of a prospective future in the profession of arms.  ...

If one were to enter room D14 at Mahan Hall, perhaps an aspiring student would be humbled by the setting. What was once a relatively spacious storage room became a makeshift laboratory for Class of 2021 Cadets Andres Sayed, Sara Scales, Austin Fox and Jafar Stone. This cadet team underwent a complex process of building Warehouse Autonomous Robots, from concept to completion, within the span of the academic year leading up to Projects Day on April 29 at the U.S. Military Academy. ...