CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (September 26, 2024) — Gold stars were awarded to cadets and students at The Citadel who achieved a 3.7 grade-point average or higher in the spring 2024 semester. Cadets and students who achieve gold star recognition are also placed on The Citadel's dean's list.
Thomas Fitzpatrick of Davenport, Iowa
Colton Pilgrim of Blue Grass, Iowa
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 2,300 members of the South Carolina 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 offers dozens of graduate-degree, graduate-certificate, and evening-undergraduate programs in the evening or online. The Citadel is ranked as the Best Regional University in the South and has also been consecutively named Best Public University in the South by US News and World Report for fourteen years and Best Public College for Veterans in the South for seven years. Learn more about The Citadel here.
