17 Facts About The Citadel

Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Citadel Bulldogs compete at the NCAA Division I level in 16 sports within the Southern Conference.

The Citadel Academy was occupied by Union troops in 1865 and reopened as an educational institution in 1882.

In December 1864, the cadet battalion made up more than a third of a Confederate force that defended a strategic rail line during the Battle of Tulifinny, The Citadel was awarded 9 battle streamers for service in the Civil War and is one of only 5 American colleges to receive a battle streamer for the participation of its student body in wartime service.

In 2018, The Citadel appointed the first female, Sarah Zorn, to lead the entire South Carolina Corps of Cadets as Regimental Commander.

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On 22 February 2017, The Citadel announced that Tommy Baker, who attended as a veteran student after serving in the Marine Corps, and his wife, Victoria, had made a gift to endow business programs, and that the school would be named in their honor.

On 11 November 2014, The Citadel named its School of Education for the Zucker Family, after Anita Zucker made a $4 million donation to the school for its education programs.

On 1 June 2018, The Citadel announced the naming of the school for the Swain Family, in recognition of major gifts provided by brothers David C Swain, Jr.

The Citadel is home to Enlisted Commissioning Programs for the Navy and Marine Corps.

The Citadel emphasizes a strict disciplinary and physical fitness indoctrination for fourth-class cadets, who are sometimes called "knobs" because of the shaved heads of the males, which they previously had to maintain until the spring when they were then recognized as fourth-class cadets.

One of the core values of The Citadel is an Honor Code that mandates that all students, both cadets and non-cadets, not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do.

The program assists the most highly qualified cadets in applying for scholarships, grants, and merit-based internships; since 1992 The Citadel has produced 21 Fulbright Scholars and three Truman Scholars.

The Citadel competes in NCAA Division I and has been a member of the Southern Conference since 1936; the school mascot is the Bulldog.

The Citadel sits on a 300-acre tract of land on the Ashley River just to the northwest of downtown Charleston.

The Citadel later served as Commanding General of the 15th Army Group and in 1952 was appointed by President Truman as Supreme Commander of UN forces in Korea.

The Citadel has produced distinguished alumni in a variety of career fields.

The Citadel alumni were killed in action during the Mexican–American War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan the current conflict in Iraq .