CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (October 29, 2019) — Joseph Field of Bettendorf, Iowa, is one of the nearly 400 cadets and students recognized for their academic achievements during the spring 2019 semester. Field also counts among the 860 cadets and students who were named to the Dean's List.
Gold stars are awarded to cadets and students at The Citadel who achieved a 3.7 grade-point average or higher. Cadets and students who achieve gold-star recognition are also placed on The Citadel's dean's list. The list is a recognition given to cadets and students who are registered for 12 or more semester hours and whose grade-point average is 3.20 or higher, with no grade of I (Incomplete) and no grade below C for work in a semester.
The Citadel offers rigorous academic programs through its sixteen academic departments that are organized into five schools. One of the newest departments is The Citadel Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, which is also becoming one of the most popular programs overall. With its commitment to ethical leadership as well as excellence in the classroom, The Citadel is uniquely qualified to offer a curriculum in the emerging field of Intelligence and Security Studies.
About The Citadel
The Citadel, with its iconic campus located in Charleston, South Carolina, offers a classic military-college education for young men and women focused on leadership excellence and academic distinction. The approximately 2,400 members of the SC Corps of Cadets are not required to serve in the military, but about one-third of each class earn commissions to become officers in every branch of US military service. Citadel alumni have served the nation, their states and their communities as principled leaders since 1842. The Citadel Graduate College, founded more than 50 years ago, offers 26 graduate degree programs, 25 graduate certificate programs, and 10 evening undergraduate programs in the evening or online. Consecutively named Best Public College in the South by US News and World Report for nine years and N° 1 Best Public College for Veterans in the South for two years. Learn more about Our Mighty Citadel here.
