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The first Greater Issues Series presentation of 2018 will take place at The Citadel next week. Gen. Robert B. Neller, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, will deliver a Greater Issues Address to the South Carolina Corps of Cadets at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 in the McAlister Field House.

Featuring a unity concert, cadet trip and more. On the 50th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre, Cleveland Sellers, Ph.D., will reflect on the civil rights movement and his work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during former Mayor Joe Riley’s Citadel course.

Citadel professor and former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., is teaching a new course for the spring semester called The Why and the How: The Making of the International African American Museum. Every class in the course is open to the public.

One of Mexico’s leading trade and development dignitaries shared his view of relations with the United States this week while visiting Charleston. Luis Rubio, chairman of the Mexican Council of Foreign Relations and of the Mexico City-based Center for Research for Development, spoke to classes at The Citadel.

Fun and learning will combine as K-12, college and corporate teams gather to compete during the eighth annual Storm The Citadel STEM competition Saturday, Feb. 10. This year, more than 120 teams will participate in trebuchet, bridge building, Lego robotics and water bottle rocket competitions.

This morning I became aware of a disturbing social media post, which included abhorrent racist statements. These statements represent the exact opposite of The Citadel’s core values of Honor, Duty and Respect that we teach and expect from the entire Citadel family.

The Citadel Foreign Military Auxiliary turns a year old this spring after being chartered in the spring of 2017. Their efforts were recognized by the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces January 26, after 23 cadets passed a series of exercises that Dutch forces must complete.

Banner honoring Pat Conroy to be unveiled, Nationally recognized children’s book author-illustrator visits schools, Cryptocurrencies: IBM blockchain program director to hold presentation, and more coming in February.

When learning how to treat patients, nursing cadets and students at The Citadel now have the ability to become proficient at inserting needles, checking vital signs, and even responding to heart attack or stroke symptoms before they begin to help treat live human patients.

When the South Carolina Corps of Cadets’ Class of 2018 graduates May 5, they will be addressed by one of the institution’s preeminent leaders, Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, USAF (Retired),