For WSU Army ROTC cadets, the COVID-19 pandemic could not stop their training.
The program received permission from the WSU Office of the Provost to conduct in-person physical fitness training, also known as PT, three times a week during fall and spring semester. Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Sheftic said cadets attend in-person leadership labs once a week.
Sheftic said he teaches military science classes on Zoom when the cadets are not in person.
To participate on campus, students were required to take a COVID-19 test and quarantine for 14 days while self-monitoring for symptoms, Sheftic said.
Dominic Crownhart, senior criminal justice and criminology major, joined Air Force ROTC his freshman year before realizing his career goals aligned more with Army ROTC after two semesters.