DVIDS – News – Harding Fellows visit the University of Kansas before the program start

Army University, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – the next group of Harding Fellows saw this week their future in Crimson and Blue during a visit to the University of Kansas before starting their program this summer.

The Fellows visited the KU campus and met with the William faculty of all White School of Journalism and Mass Communications to prepare them for their upcoming experience as a doctoral student.

The four soldiers were selected by the excellence centers of their branch for the newly expanded widening possibility by the chief of staff of the army.

This program includes the educational agreement that is advantageous for both sides before returning to their respective magazines to act as editors.

The latest CPT colleague from Army Sustainment, Steven Denaro, said the enthusiasm for the new cooperative educational agreement between the army and KU was obvious.

“The Kansa's trip was a phenomenal chance for team building with the Ku faculty and among the scholarship holders. Names that were largely involved in the seamless transition to science became faces today, ”he said. “There is a lot of experience on all sides to share and pull when we work towards our goal of reviving the magazines.”

The connection during the visit to soldiers who were also selected for the fellowship confess to the excitement of their upcoming career option.

“The integration of Harding -Fellows into the University of Kansas was important to understand the concept and expectations of this accelerated program,” said CPT ThePnakone “Tommy” Souimaniphanh. “William Allen White School for Journalism and Mass Communication has made this experience inviting, seamless and exciting.”

In June 2026, Souimaniphanh will connect as a harding scholarship holder as a harding scholarship holder.

“The tailor -made orientation not only answered every question that I had, but also dealt in detail with both my professional and my personal inquiries,” said CPT Matt Becker. “This experience has significantly reinforced my excitement for the scholarship, and I go to what lies ahead of us with a new sense of purpose and anticipation.”

Becker will join the Air Defense Artillery Journal employee after his course.

CPT Jared Peterson, the next scholarship holder of the infantry, was also part of the visit.

After completing her program, Fellows will earn a Master of Science in journalism and mass communication.

You will start your tailor -made program this summer with an online course that ends in August with a two -week “boot camp”, followed by two intensive semesters of classes before reporting to your excellence centers as editors.

The cohort for the Harding colleagues from GJ25 contains:
Army -sustainability: CPT Steven M. Denaro (AG)
Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin: CPT ThePnakone T. Souimaniphanh (mi)
Infantry: CPT JARED G. Petersen
Air Defense Artillery Journal: CPT Matthew A. Becker (advertisement)

Harding Fellow Program
The Major General Edwin “Forrest” Harding Fellowship was founded in July 2024 as a continuation of the drive of the Harding project after cultural change through professional writing and discourse.

The first group comprised 11 junior officers and a high-ranking NCO, which was the first uniformed editor for their army branch journals in almost two decades.

In combination with the talented civilian editors, the scholarship holders worked on renewing the effects of their magazines.

The first scholarship holders were significantly involved in the increase in professional writing and publication in their respective magazines, whereby the submissions rose by almost 50%. They also support the start of the line of the downhill website, on which the army is provided by any device and place and place by Weberem, mobile -friendly professional pieces for the army.

The next window that can apply for this scholarship will take place this summer when the personnel order publishes the catalog for the FY26 expansion options. The army plans to recruit captains, senior prison officers and Sergeant from armor, field artillery, aviation, signal, cyber, special units, civil matters, psychological operations, engineers, military police and chemical branches.

Further information on the Harding project of the CSA can be found at