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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.

AAC&U’s Tia Brown McNair conducted a site visit at the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center at The Citadel.

With heavy hearts, The Citadel family mourns the passing of U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Conor McDowell, ’17, who was killed during a tragic training accident late last week. 1st Lt.

For the first time in the Citadel’s 176-year history, the formerly all-male military college in South Carolina will graduate a female regimental commander.

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

(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

Photo: Citadel cadets gather together during a joint training exercise with Charleston County S.W.A.T. and 628th Security Forces Squadron April 12, 2019, on Naval Weapons Station-Charleston (Courtesy: Joint Base Charleston) As

The Citadel’s Assistant Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, J. Goosby Smith, will give the keynote speech at a dialogue about anti-discrimination.

“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.

(Above) Former Vice President Joe Biden says goodbye to his longtime friend Fritz Hollings after delivering the eulogy at the funeral of the late former South Carolina Senator at Summerall Chapel