The first woman to graduate from The Citadel walked the stage to accept her diploma for a master’s degree, 50 years ago, on May 29, 1970.

“A lot of the research kind of gets thrown out at this point,” said Evan Ortlieb, Ph.D., incoming dean of education at The Citadel.

Karen Lewis Crawford was in the final stages of her training to become an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church when she received some surprising news: she would be the

Evan Ortlieb, Ph.D., will become Dean of the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel.

Storm The Citadel 2020, the 10th anniversary of the competition, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. across The Citadel campus.

The first Greater Issues address of 2020 will be given by Anita Zucker, the namesake of The Citadel’s Zucker Family School of Education.

The Citadel has been ranked at #25 in the nation for its Master of Education in Interdisciplinary STEM Education program.

Each of the four finalists will visit and tour the college’s campus, meet with administration officials and give a presentation to the campus community.

Naquita Page-Dawson, a Professional School Counselor at Jerry Zucker Middle School, received her Master of Education in Counselor Education from the The Citadel.