Bowman receives ROTC scholarship

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SIDNEY — Alex P. Bowman has received an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to attend Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. The scholarship pays for tuition, fees, an allowance for buying textbooks, and a monthly stipend for up to 10 months of each school year in which the scholarship is in effect.

Scholarships are awarded on a merit basis based on academic and personal achievements, extracurricular activities, physical fitness, leadership abilities, and in-person interviews. The scholarship recipients enroll as members of the Army ROTC battalion at their colleges.

Upon graduation from college and completion of the ROTC program requirements, the student receives a bachelor’s degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army. All scholarship students incur a military service obligation of eight years, which they may fulfill through either active-duty or reserve Army service or service.

He is a 2013 graduate of Sidney High School, Sidney, Ohio.

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