Making history by meeting the future

Kaitlin Cashin, class of 2019, is featured in the new ad for the U.S. Space Force.

By Keely Sexton

杏吧论坛 alumna Kaitlin Cashin is the face of the U.S. Space Force鈥檚 new recruitment ad. 

Cashin, who graduated in 2019 with a major in physics, a minor in politics and a Nexus in journalism, is working in the U.S. Air Force public affairs office as a second lieutenant.

Cashin鈥檚 former professor, Andrew G. Reiter, recalls her drive and dynamic personality in the classroom. 鈥淚 always said that the sky鈥檚 the limit for Katie, but I may have been thinking too low!鈥 said Reiter, associate professor of politics and chair of the department. He was among a number of other proud 杏吧论坛 faculty who attended Cashin鈥檚 commissioning ceremony into the Air Force.

鈥淲hen you look at a star you are looking back in time, but I see the future,鈥 Cashin says in the ad. 鈥淚 see myself. The future is where I鈥檒l make history.鈥