Leadership — News Archive — U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary University Programs

Leaders Serving: Ensigns Garrett Hendrickson and Joshua Smith Emphasize the Importance of Networking

AUP is a perfect way for students to get involved in the world of the US Coast Guard. They are presented with countless opportunities to interact with enlisted and officers. It is not every day that an AUP member is given the chance to hear from a USCG Officer who was once an AUP member themselves, learn about what they did as member, and get some advice. Both Ensign Garrett Hendrickson and Ensign Joshua Smith graduated from OCS and were avid members in AUP while they were undergraduates.

Leaders ServingKathleen JenningsMarch 21, 2016Leadership, California Maritime, William & Mary, AlumniComment

Jacob Thayer 'honored' to be 2014 Auxiliarist of the Year

Jacob Thayer, an Auxiliary University Programs alumnus currently serving as a Project Management Branch Chief in Strategic Planning, said he was "quite surprised and honored" to learn that he was recently named the 2014 Auxiliarist of the Year.

Jacob Thayer (right) pictured with Admiral Paul Zukunft (left) in 2014.

AwardsAndrew WelchJuly 28, 2015Honors, Alumni, Leadership, Service, Unit WashingtonComment

Leaders Serving: Citadel alum William Singletary says Coast Guard career started with roles in AUP

Leaders Serving is a glance into the lives of Auxiliary University Programs alumni. February’s spotlight was cast on The Citadel and AUP 2013 graduate William Singletary, who said his career in the Coast Guard got its start when he picked up an AUP flier in an academic building hallway.

Leaders ServingKathleen JenningsFebruary 25, 2015Leadership, AlumniComment

AUP national operations coordinator earns honorable mention for Auxiliarist of the Year

AUP national operations coordinator Jerry "Jake" Shaw Jr., BC-SUO and of District 8CR Flotilla 8-12, has been awarded honorable mention for 2013 Auxiliarist of the Year.

AwardsKathleen JenningsAugust 4, 2014Leadership, Staff, Service, Honors, AuburnComment

First of the First: LT Ryan Kilgo, AUP's "First Graduate", reflects on his AUP experience

In September 2006, nearly forty cadets at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, met in a small conference room with one thing in common: an interest in the Coast Guard.

Alumni StoriesAndrew WelchDecember 3, 2013Alumni, Leadership, OCS, The CitadelComment

Auxiliarist and AUP Affiliate Recognized as Reservist of the Year

On Friday, May 10th, Admiral Robert Papp, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, honored some of the most esteemed members of the Coast Guard – the enlisted, reserve enlisted, civilian, and non-appropriated funds civilian persons of the year.

AwardsKathleen JenningsJune 13, 2013Reserve, LeadershipComment