NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

3/03/2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES ­The wife of a former ROTC instructor at Northwestern State University found a way to continue helping the program her husband was part of for many years. A donation of $5,000 has been made to the NSU Foundation for the James A. Noe Cadet Fund at Northwestern from the estate of Maxine Peterson Port.

Port was the widow of Sgt. Raymond Sylvan Port, a long-time ROTC instructor at Northwestern, who passed away in 1999.

The donation will allow the Noe Cadet Fund to provide four $500 scholarships to ROTC students at Northwestern.

"It is nice to know that people remember the battalion after many years," said Lt. Col. Teresa Galgano, commander of the Demon Battalion and professor of military science at NSU. "Many of our cadets come off active duty and struggle to make ends meet with a family and other obligations. Being able to receive a scholarship can make a huge difference for them."

Northwestern's ROTC program has earned a ranking among the top 10 percent of all programs nationwide based on its commissioning rate, enrollment, retention, cadet quality, Leader Training Course recruiting and National Leader Advanced Camp Performance.

"This donation will allow some of the cadets to focus on their training and academic endeavors instead of worrying about a part-time job," said Cadet Lt. Col. Nathan Jennings of Palmer, Alaska, the cadet battalion commander. "Seeing people willing to give back inspires us and links us to the past of the Demon Battalion. It is inspiring."

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