CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (June 6, 2023) — The South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 2023 are now part of the Long Gray Line.
Liam Andersen of Davenport, Iowa, earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Citadel. Andersen graduated during the South Carolina Corps of Cadets commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 6.
More than 500 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and almost 400 students from The Citadel Graduate College accepted their degrees during the commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 6. Approximately 30% of the graduating cadets accepted commissions as officers into the US Armed Services.
The top academic programs for the Class of 2023 included Intelligence and Security Studies, Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Criminal Justice.
Graduates accepted their diploma from President of The Citadel General Glenn W Walters USMC (Ret), Class of 1979.
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, founded more than fifty years ago, offers dozens of graduate degree, graduate certificate, and evening undergraduate programs in the evening or online. Consecutively named Best Public College in the South by US News and World Report for twelve years and N° 1 Best Public College for Veterans in the South for five years. Learn more about The Citadel here.
