“It's been an interesting experience and an exciting time,” Colonel Ellen Pawlikowski ‘78 told a group of ROTC cadets on April 8, 2005. Pawlikowski, who was recently confirmed for promotion to brigadier general, shared her experiences as the first woman to be commissioned from NJIT and as director of the Military Satellite Communications Joint Program Office, Space and Missile Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base. "Do the best job you can do," she advised. "If you perform well, you'll be recognized for what you do, not what you are."