Eraas meets up with Antolik, Haggestad during recent visit.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy’s appreciation for diversity and its willingness to respectfully address controversy make the school stronger. Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen Jay Silveria said this to an audience in Arnold Hall opening the 25th National Character and Leadership Symposium.
In the audience was Marina Eraas (RTHS 2015) a student at Illinois Institute of Technology enrolled in the ROTC program. Making plans for her visit to the Academy, Marina called old high school pal Sarah Antolik (RTHS 2013) with whom she bunked. The girls caught up with fellow cadet Hunter Haggestad, RTHS 2017.
The two-day symposium features an array of speakers from an amazingly diverse array of backgrounds, according to Silveria. “Some of their stories will inspire and encourage you, others will shock or sadden you, some might anger you and some will make you uncomfortable,” he said. “Each of these reactions are important to our experience here and to our development as leaders.”