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Jennifer Petrone says her lifelong dream was to become a police officer, even if it seemed out of reach for a long time. However, after years of hard work and late nights, the low-country South Carolina mother of six has made that dream a reality, through The Citadel Graduate College.

Candace works at the Google Data Center in Monks Corner, South Carolina. “I decided to attend The Citadel Graduate College, because they’re seen as the best in the Lowcountry for Project Management.”

Wilkie reminds graduates of their responsibilities as citizens during commencement address Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie has vivid memories of his North Carolina childhood in Fort Bragg as the

Anyone who received an email from Cicely McCray would see these words on her signature line, “in service to students and the community.” According to her supervisor, Tara Hornor, Ph.D., that sentence reflected how Mrs. McCray lived her life.

An atmosphere of jubilation percolated across campus in the final days of the 2018-19 academic year, with several event-filled days dedicated to celebrating the achievements of The Citadel Class of 2019.

Jennifer Petrone told her family her lifelong goal was to become a police officer. Now, in her Beaufort Police Department uniform, she credits her family as key to her success while standing as an example to her six children that determination can transform a goal that seems out of reach into reality.

The Citadel’s first class of nursing students will accept their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 4, 2019.

Note: SGT James Crump is a graduate student at The Citadel studying Intelligence and Security Studies. Crump served in the U.S. Army for eight years, before reenlisting as an intelligence analyst

Two of the United States’ most influential leaders, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Franklin McKenzie, Jr., and the Honorable Robert Wilkie, will give the addresses at The Citadel’s two commencement ceremonies May 4.