Alyssa Michalke, a junior ocean engineering major in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, has been selected as the leader of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets for the 2015-16 school year. Michalke's selection marks the first time in Texas A&M's 139-year history that a woman will lead the university's legendary Corps of Cadets.
Michalke will take command of the 2,400-plus member unit, the largest of its type in the nation except for the service academies, at the conclusion of the spring semester.