CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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CityViewNC.com | 25 went on to attend Campbell University on an ROTC scholarship. He graduated this year with a degree in kinesiology and health and will begin a three-year physical therapy program in January before joining the Army as a lieutenant to fulfill his commitment. Jack plans to attend Ranger school, perhaps become a Green Beret, and eventually work with combat-related amputees. "We kept in close contact," Jack says of Murray. "She was always a big advocate for us to stay in school, and she's done a lot for me while I was at Campbell University." He remembers her most for how she deals with students. "She treated each student as an adult, and she had an open-door policy," he says. Jack recalls a South View student with cerebral palsy who desperately wanted to be in JROTC. Because of his physical limitations, he could not be enrolled officially, he says. Instead, Murray made him an honorary cadet, provided him a uniform, and invited him to the annual cadet balls where he received his promotions. "Overall, she's an amazing woman. I consider her to be my second mom," Jack says. Rheann Ghail Aguas, also a South View sophomore, echoes the sentiments of other cadets. "At first, I thought she was going to be a mean woman," Rheann says, though she soon learned Murray's true personality. "She's the type of person to push us to our limits, to become better." Rheann says Murray taught her two important keys to life: have confidence and love yourself. While Jack considers Murray his second mom, Murray's sentiments about her students are the same. "ey become my sons and daughters. All my cadets become my kids," she says. Her real daughter, Jasmine, recently graduated from Winston-Salem State University with a degree in health administration. Luckily, Murray says, Jasmine is not the jealous type and supports her mother's efforts to mold young adults. Murray says she will always remember her grandmother's advice. "You can rest when you're in the grave," she told Murray. "For now, give all you have." When it rains, When it rains, IT DRAINS! IT DRAINS! (910) 433-1613 www.fayettevillenc.gov/stormwater