Highlights
- Mareem Al-Mosawi, daughter of Iraqi refugees who fled in the 1990s, will be commissioned as an Air Force officer at ASU on Tuesday.
- Al-Mosawi is one of 33 Air Force cadets commissioned this spring semester from ASU's Tempe campus.
- She will proceed to pilot training after the ceremony, fulfilling a childhood goal rooted in a dream of space.
- ASU is graduating more than 2,000 military-connected students this spring semester.
Mareem Al-Mosawi, a first-generation college student and daughter of refugees who fled Iraq in the 1990s following the Iran-Iraq War, will be commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer at a ceremony on Arizona State University's Tempe campus Tuesday.
Al-Mosawi is among 33 Air Force cadets commissioned this spring at ASU, which is graduating more than 2,000 military-connected students this semester. After the ceremony, she will proceed to pilot training, a path she traces to a childhood dream of space.
Commissioning ceremony scheduled for Tuesday on the Tempe campus.
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