Lauren Peterka commissions from UNG as second lieutenant

2015 Sep 11

The University of North Georgia's (UNG) Corps of Cadets set multiple academic, training and co-curricular records during the 2014-15 academic year, including commissioning a record 81 cadets as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army or Georgia National Guard. Fifty-one of those cadets, including Lauren E. Peterka, commissioned during ceremonies this spring and summer.

Peterka earned a Bachelor of Science and commissioned as an officer in the Nurse Corps in the Army. Peterka's parents are Joseph and Lisa Peterka of Dacula, Georgia. Peterka graduated from Dacula High School in Dacula, Georgia in 2010.

UNG, with more than 130 years of experience educating future leaders, is one of only six senior military colleges in the country. For more information about the university's Corps of Cadets, visit http://ung.edu/military-college-admissions/index.php.