Hawkeye Spotlight
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High-flying Hawkeye
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
University of Iowa graduating senior James Huerta, who enrolled in the Army ROTC during college, will be an officer at the Army’s flight school at Fort Rucker in Alabama, where he ultimately hopes to fly Black Hawk helicopters.
![ROTC Cadet and University of Iowa undergraduate nursing student Grace Palmatier poses for a portrait in front of the University of Iowa College of Nursing on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Grace Palmatier will be graduating to become a 2nd Lieutenant in the Iowa National Air Guard on Dec. 17, 2021.](/sites/careers.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-12/ROTCCadet-900x600.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=8B03iW9w)
ROTC member graduates as Second Lieutenant of USAF, heading to Arizona
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
As Grace Palmatier graduates from the University of Iowa’s nursing program and the UI ROTC this winter, she looks to Arizona, where she will take the next steps in her career as a nurse for the U.S. Air Force.