DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES WINS ARMY AWARD – Mar. 3, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Secretary of the Army recently awarded West Point’s Department of Social Sciences with the Army Superior Unit Award, for its meritorious service in support of the Global War on Terrorism. 

The award recognized the department for its exceptional work from Jan. 1, 2007 through Nov. 5, 2008.

Colonel Michael Meese, Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences said, "The award reflects the close connection between the subjects that we teach cadets and the contribution that our department members make to the Army every day."  Col. Meese is currently deployed on General Odierno's staff in Baghdad, Iraq. 

About West Point
West Point, The U.S. Military Academy, is a four-year co-educational federal undergraduate liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. The world's preeminent leader development institution, it was founded in 1802 as America's first college of engineering. Its mission remains constant-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. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu