Chris Mack earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Citadel and has more than 30 years of engineering, management, and leadership experience

“Elevating Dr. Edward’s role to Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer represents our commitment to this continuing effort and our confidence in her work.”

After a few days of settling in, freshmen are met with a shocking feat, Challenge Week, in preparation for their first year at school.

Photo above: New faculty listen to presentations at their orientation in the Swain Boating Center at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. The Citadel would

“To hold this role for the military is a dream come true and something I have been working for since becoming a JAG Officer.”

Deon Jackson is a member of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 1999; he also earned master’s degrees from The Citadel in ’05 and ’13.

at 5:30 p.m., the group of knobs, led by the upperclassmen tasked with training them, marched onto Summerall Field to take the Cadet Oath.

The Citadel is welcoming the nearly 700 cadet-recruits who comprise the Class of 2025, coming to campus from 39 states and 10 countries.

“I am confident the Corps of Cadets will help lead us out of this pandemic; therefore, I am incentivizing cadets to get vaccinated with an overnight. Additionally, the company with the highest vaccination rate will be excused from the Commandant’s Inspection.”

He’s served in Haiti, Kuwait and Syria, and was posted to the Pentagon for the last two years as the highest ranking enlisted Marine.