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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.”

Meet two graduates from the Class of 2019 who will use what they learned in the Zucker Family School of Education to teach others.

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.

As seen in The Post & Courier, by Jerrell Floyd By 2030, a major nursing shortage has been predicted for South Carolina — the fourth worst in the country. So

Approximately 500 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets (SCCC) are being awarded diplomas on May 4, and are progressing to their next step in life whether it be a career as a military officer; a job as a working professional; attending graduate, medical or law school, or serving in internships.

The Citadel Graduate College Class (CGC) of 2019 has 456 graduates who have earned either graduate degrees, or undergraduate degrees through the evening or online (non-cadet) programs. That number includes the 20 men and women who earned Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees through the CGC’s new evening undergraduate nursing program.

(Above) Cadet Hunter Crawley, The Citadel Class of 2019, first woman Drum Major for The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes As seen in The Greenville News, by Angelia Davis Sarah

“After leaving The Citadel, I never felt like my heart was anywhere else,” Barron said. That’s how he felt for nearly 50-plus years, until January 2017, when he discovered an online degree program at The Citadel and decided it was his time to go back.

Maj. Gen. R. Van McCarty, a Citadel alumnus, takes command as South Carolina’s adjutant general Feb. 16 during a ceremony at McEntire Joint National Guard Base.