WEST POINT, N.Y. – Cadet Antonia Allen '13 was recently selected by Chrysler Group LLC to receive a GEM Master's Fellowship as a member of the 2013 GEM Fellowship cohort and will attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall.
Allen, from El Paso, Texas, was chosen for her academic merit as an electrical engineering major. She joins an elite class of 3,000 past GEM Fellows. "I think it is easy to sometimes underestimate what you can accomplish or second-guess yourself, so for me, this honor represents … validation of my abilities as a scholar," said Allen, who plans to follow in her grandfather's footsteps by serving in the military. "I think it is
important to search for ways to continually improve … and I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to become a better scholar and a more qualified leader for the soldiers I will one day command."
The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army. Allen will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army upon graduation at West Point May 25.