Maria Aselage is a full-time marketing and communications professor at The Citadel, who owns HearSay Communications, a Charleston-based boutique company.

The goal is to build a pair of hands to communicate as a teaching aid and potentially as a human substitute when an ASL translator can’t be brought in.

“You don’t go through something like this without alterations. But the human spirit is resilient, and there’s a special kindness in this community.”

The Citadel ranks number 1 among public schools in South Carolina for the second year in a row for value.

Early in March, before the campus was closed due to COVID-19, The Citadel held its annual Blue-White spring football game on Summerall Field.

Lt. Gen. Larry Nicholson, a member of The Citadel Class of 1979, was recently one of the final candidates for president of The Citadel.

Photo: Special Forces Capt. Ben Carnell, a former Citadel quarterback, was wounded a year ago while serving in Afghanistan (Courtesy: Grace Beahm Alford, The Post and Courier) As seen in

The first African American cadet graduated from The Citadel in 1970. One year later, the school hired its first black barber to groom cadets of color.

The 628th Security Forces Squadron teamed up with Citadel Air Force and Army ROTC cadets for a joint training exercise.

It’s the first collaboration between the school and the North Charleston-based company, and is part of The Citadel’s effort to expand its fine arts program.