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The Citadel Family Association The Citadel Family Association c/o Admissions Office The Citadel 171 Moultrie Street All In The Family Charleston, South Carolina 29409 www.CitadelFamilyAssociation.com Spring 2008 Visit The Citadel Family Association on-line at www.citadel.edu/cfa or www.CitadelFamilyAssociation.com Citadel Parents - Serving Citadel Parents That is what the Citadel Family Association is all about We are pleased to announce that the follow- In addition, we are grateful that Jack & Mau- Jagger, (Mike ‘10), who will continue as Volun- ing parents were elected to the CFA Board at the reen Boyle (Delta ‘10), will continue in their teer Coordinators for the present time. Rusty & CFA Annual Meeting held on Friday, March 13, role as Chair Cadet Recruitment & Retention; Sherrie Parker (Bravo ‘08, Delta ‘10. ??? ‘13), 2009. They will officially assume office on April this position also includes the Area Representa- have accepted the position of Assistant Volun- 1, 2009 and serve for a two-year term: tives. teer Coordinators and begin their training so James & Mary Game, Chair, Oscar ‘11 Jim and Darlene Filan (Charlie ‘11), will step they can be ready to transition into the Volunteer Cadet Activities is looking for Charleston-area sponsors for Cliff Hollingsworth, Vice Chair, Mike, ‘11 into the Chair of the Membership Committee. Annual continued on pg. 4 Joe & Patti Wilkes, Secretary, Delta, ‘11 Other appointments include Mark & Kathy 4th class cadets. You would provide a “home away from home” Matriculation Day 2009 Volunteers are needed to help with 15 August two to four times a month, during general leave, for one or more Citadel leads nation in four-year grad rate but only academically, physically proficient participate knobs. They ask for very little – a place to “hang out,” sleep, 2009, Matriculation Day, as the Class of 2013 Gray Line Parade and Cadet Commencement watch TV, sometimes even study, and have a non-mess hall meal enters The Citadel for the first time. Here is It is a strictly held policy that only Exercises. There are no exceptions. If you have (It does not have to be home cooked). More importantly, they of- your chance to wear that Blue Shirt and put your academically and physically proficient cadets any question regarding your cadet’s status, please Citadel experience to good use. Contact Mark ten need someone to just talk to or listen to them. For more in- may participate in graduation ceremonies. check early and often. & Kathy Jagger at [email protected]. Admission Tickets are required only for Com- formation, call 953-5111 or e-mail Debra G. Echols, at glennd@ mencement Exercises for the Corps of Cadets citadel.edu. Cadets at The Citadel are much more likely on Saturday, May 9. Ten reserved seating tickets than their counterparts in other public colleges will be distributed to each cadet. Annual continued from pg. 1 tinue in this role, please let the Volunteer Coor- at the end of her show, “I’m so glad we had and universities to earn a degree in four years. dinators know without delay. this time together.” That sums up how we According to data collected by the U.S. Depart- Coordinator position in late fall. Graduation continued on pg. 2 We became members of the CFA in 2004 feel. ment of Education, The Citadel ranks No. 1 na- The current Project Director of the Citadel and were elected to serve on the Board in 2005. But even more so, we also think we may tionally in its peer group of public colleges in the Heroes Project, Loretta Smith, will remain. We had no idea what the job was all about, we end up being just like Joey Barnes, Class of percentage of students who graduate on time. Toni and Walt Williams (Oscar ‘10), will take In This Issue just wanted to serve because we believe in The ’78, (the forever volunteer) who shows up Entering fourth class cadets are on a fast track over as newsletter editors from David White Renovations planned for Daniel Library Citadel. every Matriculation Day because his “blood runs to graduate ahead of their peers in other public (Delta ‘07, November ‘09). He will stay on to • We could never have imagined how fulfill- Citadel blue.” Had we known then what lay colleges. assist as needed through December. Citadel’s Business Hall of Fame ing our time would be; the lifetime friends ahead when we volunteered in 2005 to serve in The Citadel’s top ranking comes from a com- We are thankful for those who have served we would make; the joy we have received whatever capacity we were needed, would we parison of all public colleges whose entering • and to all who have graciously agreed to serve. from the thousands of smiling (and sometimes have done it? You bet we would. It has been a students have average SAT scores between 1,000 Scenes from Corps Day 2009 To the parents of the Class of 2010, 2011 and tearful) faces of parents and family members; great and very rewarding experience. and 1,200. 2012: get ready to step up and fill the vacancies the heartbreak we have felt when we experi- Our 2009 out-going Board members, Lou Ann The Citadel’s four-year graduation rate is 62.3 for Battalion & Company Representatives. A All In The Family enced a loss; the delight of meeting returning Coleman, Vice Chair and Andy & Kim Creech, percent. The No. 2 public college whose students blue shirt is waiting for you! is sponsored, with our appreciation, by: parents the year following their Matriculation Secretary, join us in expressing our deepest ap- have similar SAT scores is James Madison Uni- If you are interested in becoming a repre- experience; the numbers of trips we would preciation to all our volunteers this past year. versity in Virginia with a four-year graduation sentative for your son or daughter’s company, make to Charleston; the countless e-mails And, we would like to especially recognize the rate of 60.6 percent. Mark & Kathy Jagger are the people to contact. that we would receive and send; the satisfaction volunteer parents of the Class of 2009. The national average four-year graduation rate The list of current delegates can be found on felt at the end of each of the four Matriculation We thank you for allowing us to be part of is 29 percent. line at CitadelFamilyAssociation.com. Days; and the Cadets we adopted along the way such a wonderful organization. However, it is a strictly held policy that only If you have previously served as a Battalion who will forever impact our lives. With warmest wishes to our Citadel Family, academically and physically proficient cadets or Company Representative and wish to con- www.scfederal.org You may recall the song Carol Burnett sang Mark & Kaye Youngren, Chair 2006 -2009 may participate in ceremonies such as the Long The proposed next-generation library facility The future of Daniel Library will fully contribute to The Citadel’s mission of corps day 2009 The Daniel library has served as the unsung producing principled leaders. hero in the lives of Citadel Cadets for nearly 50 While the building undergoes renovation, years. Knobs understand the scholarly grounds library services will re-locate to Mark Clark provide a safe haven from the college’s military Hall. tentacles, a calm from the storm of Cadet life. The construction timetable depends on the Upper-class cadets value the facility more success of a fund-raising campaign. The cam- so because of the immense information and re- paign has already received a generous gift from sources made available for research. (Ahem, of the Daniel Foundation ($1.6 million) and the course the coffee shop and social meeting place Post & Courier Foundation ($150,000). In ad- are nice as well!) dition to the two large gifts, this project will re- Rendering from Liollio Architecture of the quire a generous number of gifts from graduates Since the time it was built it 1960, the years library lobby’s proposed new look. have seen very little change to the facility itself, and friends of the college to reach its goal of and therein rests the problem. cally up to date. approximately $11 million. The Citadel Foun- The Daniel Library is one of the few acad- The first and second floors of the Library will dation’s Terry Mularkey is responsible for cul- emic libraries in the state that has not undergone see significant improvements that will greatly tivating these financial gifts to give our library a major renovation. enhance the appearance of the building as well greatly needed renovation needed to ensure that The need to rejuvenate this hub of academic as its functionality for students, faculty and staff. The Citadel remains competitive amongst the activity has become critical to providing stu- There will be more seating, more computer ac- nation’s top colleges and universities. For more dents and faculty a quality learning environment cess, better lighting, more comfortable group information, email Mularkey at terry.mular- that is safe, attractive, livable and technologi- spaces and many other improvements. [email protected] or call him at 843-953-5297. Citadel’s School of Business Hall of Fame annually honors principled leaders Each year, The Citadel School of Business B. Edwards and retired Army Lt. Gen. John H. Charleston (1950) and the University of Louis- Administration selects both graduates and non- Mollering. Daniel J. Kohl, Citadel Class of 1978 ville, School of Dentistry (1955). He was elect- graduates who exemplify principled leadership was the recipient of The Alvah H.