March 2008
Raytheon Company, a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world, has established the Raytheon Scholars program with a $500,000 gift to The Citadel Foundation.
About 500 people are expected on campus Friday and Saturday for the 87th annual meeting of the Southeastern Mathematical Association of America. Professor George Andrews of Pennsylvania State University, the discoverer of the famous Lost Notebook of Ramanujan is a featured speaker. For details, click here.
Top leadership within the South Carolina Corps of Cadets has been announced for the 2008-2009 academic year. The new chain of command will assume its responsibilities on May 2.
U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Michael Duffy will lead the search committee to select the college’s new director of athletics. Duffy and his committee will seek a replacement for Les Robinson who will retire June 30.
A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20 in Summerall Chapel in memory of long-time board member and former chairman James E. Jones Jr. Jones, Class of '58, died earlier this month Greenville.
A standout on the football field and a man whose engineering legacy spans the nation were honored Saturday, March 15, 2008, with The Citadel’s Palmetto Medal. This year’s recipients are Cadet Capt. Duran Lavon Lawson, captain of the Bulldog football team, and Maj. Gen. Carroll N. LeTellier, a distinguished military graduate of The Citadel Class of 1949.
The 2009 Summerall Guards made their official debut Saturday during Corps Day activities. Corps Day 2008 is the 165th birthday celebration of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.
Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples, will visti campus Monday, March 17.
L. Jeffrey Perez, executive director of the office of communications and public affairs at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, has been named The Citadel’s new vice president of external affairs.
Approximately 100 delegates from local colleges, senior military colleges and the federal service academies are expected to attend the two-day Principled Leadership Conference on leadership and ethics. The conference begins Thursday, March 13 and is part of the Corps Day celebration. For a schedule and more information, click here.
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A memorial service for Patrick Lamb, Class of 2010, begins at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Summerall Chapel. All faculty, staff, and cadets are invited to attend.
Today's military dress parade has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The presentation of the Andrew Mazur Cadet Outstanding Citizenship Medal will begin at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby of Bond Hall.
The Symposium on Southern Politics begins Thursday. The symposium, held every two years, has become nationally renowned among political science scholars and adds a unique dimension to political scholarship.
Corps Day has a new attraction - the first Principled Leadership Symposium. Corps Day Weekend, scheduled for March 14-16, is the anniversary of the college’s opening. This year The Citadel celebrates 165 years.
