Jenkins resident excels at New Mexico Military Institute
Charley Melton-Hovland
Submitted by Darrell Hovland
August 11, 2021
Cadet Charley Melton-Hovland continues to excel at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, in her second-year beginning fall semester July 2020. Melton-Hovland was selected to be on a cadre to train incoming new cadets, where she was promoted to Cadet Staff Sergeant and served as a cadet squad-leader.
Despite the additional challenges related to COVID, Melton-Hovland did not let it become an obstacle to her achievements. She was selected to be her class’s representative on the Cadet Honor Board that oversees and hears cases pertaining to the Institutes Honor Code.
Melton-Hovland was awarded eight scholarships for the academic year for both academic and music excellence. This year she was named History Student of The Year in her World History class as she continues to excel academically, finishing out the 2020-2021 academic year with a 4.0 GPA for both semesters.
She was inducted into the New Mexico Military Institute’s Merle D. Prinkey Chapter of the National Honor Society and also obtained membership in The National Society of High School Scholars. For her academic excellence and achieving a 4.0 GPA, Cadet Melton-Hovland was awarded the Superintendent’s Coin by Major General Jerry Grizzle (Superintendent of NMMI) and the Academic Dean’s Coin by Brigadier General Douglas Murray (Academic Dean).
Cadet Melton-Hovland begins the 2021-2022 academic year in much of the same fashion as the previous year, returning to be a part of the training cadre. However, this year she will be in the position of Cadet Platoon Sergeant for one of the two platoons within her troop and promoted to the rank of Cadet Sergeant First Class within the Corps of Cadets.
She further distinguished herself by being selected as the Operation Officer for the NMMI JROTC Mustang Battalion and promoted to Cadet Major within the Battalion. Although a 4th Class cadet (Junior at the High School level), she will begin taking college level courses.
Melton-Hovland is the daughter of the proud parents, COL (Retired) Michele Hovland and Chief Warrant Officer 3 (Retired) Darrell Hovland, of Jenkins; the granddaughter of Jack and Bonnie Lambeth, of Cassville; Chuck and Deanna Stanford, of Lincoln City, Oregon; Glen Hovland of Wagon Mound, New Mexico; and Carol McNeely, of Cassville.
Located in Roswell, New Mexico, the New Mexico Military Institute offers a rich history and tradition of educating tomorrow’s leaders through a program of strong, challenging academics, leadership preparation, and character development. Known as “The West Point of the West,” NMMI remains the only state-supported co-educational college preparatory high school and junior college in the United States. As an institution of higher and secondary education, the Institute has the mission of enabling individual development through challenging academic preparation in a structured learning environment that affords extensive opportunities for leadership and character development. In support of this mission, the Institute’s treatment of all cadets places key value on trust, student knowledge, integrity, service and responsibility all within the framework of an Honor Code stating that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” More information on New Mexico Military institute can be found at www.nmmi.edu.
August 11, 2021
Cadet Charley Melton-Hovland continues to excel at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, in her second-year beginning fall semester July 2020. Melton-Hovland was selected to be on a cadre to train incoming new cadets, where she was promoted to Cadet Staff Sergeant and served as a cadet squad-leader.
Despite the additional challenges related to COVID, Melton-Hovland did not let it become an obstacle to her achievements. She was selected to be her class’s representative on the Cadet Honor Board that oversees and hears cases pertaining to the Institutes Honor Code.
Melton-Hovland was awarded eight scholarships for the academic year for both academic and music excellence. This year she was named History Student of The Year in her World History class as she continues to excel academically, finishing out the 2020-2021 academic year with a 4.0 GPA for both semesters.
She was inducted into the New Mexico Military Institute’s Merle D. Prinkey Chapter of the National Honor Society and also obtained membership in The National Society of High School Scholars. For her academic excellence and achieving a 4.0 GPA, Cadet Melton-Hovland was awarded the Superintendent’s Coin by Major General Jerry Grizzle (Superintendent of NMMI) and the Academic Dean’s Coin by Brigadier General Douglas Murray (Academic Dean).
Cadet Melton-Hovland begins the 2021-2022 academic year in much of the same fashion as the previous year, returning to be a part of the training cadre. However, this year she will be in the position of Cadet Platoon Sergeant for one of the two platoons within her troop and promoted to the rank of Cadet Sergeant First Class within the Corps of Cadets.
She further distinguished herself by being selected as the Operation Officer for the NMMI JROTC Mustang Battalion and promoted to Cadet Major within the Battalion. Although a 4th Class cadet (Junior at the High School level), she will begin taking college level courses.
Melton-Hovland is the daughter of the proud parents, COL (Retired) Michele Hovland and Chief Warrant Officer 3 (Retired) Darrell Hovland, of Jenkins; the granddaughter of Jack and Bonnie Lambeth, of Cassville; Chuck and Deanna Stanford, of Lincoln City, Oregon; Glen Hovland of Wagon Mound, New Mexico; and Carol McNeely, of Cassville.
Located in Roswell, New Mexico, the New Mexico Military Institute offers a rich history and tradition of educating tomorrow’s leaders through a program of strong, challenging academics, leadership preparation, and character development. Known as “The West Point of the West,” NMMI remains the only state-supported co-educational college preparatory high school and junior college in the United States. As an institution of higher and secondary education, the Institute has the mission of enabling individual development through challenging academic preparation in a structured learning environment that affords extensive opportunities for leadership and character development. In support of this mission, the Institute’s treatment of all cadets places key value on trust, student knowledge, integrity, service and responsibility all within the framework of an Honor Code stating that “a cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” More information on New Mexico Military institute can be found at www.nmmi.edu.