December 2008
Funeral services for Marine Capt. Warren A. Frank, Class of 2004, will be at 11 a.m., Jan. 9, 2009. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. A reception is planned afterward at Fort Myer.
Calling all members of past Citadel Gospel Choirs! Plans are under way to reunite during Black History Month in February 2009.
The Citadel School of Engineering has received a $1.5 million gift via the Gordon Foundation to support scholarship, equipment and classroom enhancements that will advance the college's highly ranked engineering program.
Jerry Baker, former director of athletics at the College of Charleston, has been named the new executive director of The Citadel Brigadier Foundation. Baker replaces Stan Hurteau, who retired last summer.
A 1990 graduate of The Citadel has taken over as commander of the U.S. Navy’s elite flying team, the Blue Angels. Commander Greg McWherter took command of the Blue Angels in November.
Retired Air Force Col. Edward B. Carter of Dorchester, S.C., has been elected the new president of The Citadel Alumni Association. He replaces Gary Durante whose term ended in November.
The South Carolina Corps of Cadets will the final installment of its Christmas Candlelight Service for the Lowcountry at 7:30 p.m. today Summerall Chapel on The Citadel campus. The hour-long program is free and open to the public.
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the CSO Chamber Choir will perform The Messiah at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 in Summerall Chapel. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children. TIckets are available at the Gaillard Auditorium box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling Ticketmaster at 843-554-6060 and online.
Citadel Biology Professor Alix Darden has been named South Carolina Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She was selected from nearly 300 top professors in the United States.
The Citadel Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) donated $10,000 to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department to purchase equipment that will help instructors improve how they teach.
The Daniel Library Friends book and lecture series concludes tonight with “Iraq, A Military View” featuring Todd Garrett, Citadel Class of ’98. Garrett participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and will provide an insider’s view of war in Iraq.
