Citadel

The Citadel Launches New Research Center

The Citadel is welcoming a new research center to campus centered around climate change. The Lt. Col James B. Near Jr. Center for Climate Studies will focus solely on climate change research, with a substantial focus on the impact of climate change on the city of Charleston.

Lt. Col James B. Near Jr. donated $2 million for the center to be enacted. Near was a 1977 Citadel graduate and former meteorologist.

Citadel’s new research center will be headed by Scott Curtis from East Carolina University, who has previously worked at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center and has extensively studied the El Niño climate pattern. Curtis is committed to learning and better understanding the research efforts already occurring in the Lowcountry.

“The center’s already trying to get itself ingrained in what’s happening here as much as possible,” Curtis explained. “We don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We don’t want to duplicate efforts.”

This news comes in the wake of a new lawsuit out of Charleston county, targeting fossil fuel companies for their role in climate change.

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The Citadel Introduced New Mascot, G3

The Citadel welcomes a new mascot to their turf! Groshon, or G3 for short, was named in honor of Coach Mike P. Groshon, Citadel Class of 1976. Coach Groshon cared for the Citadel mascots from 2003 until he passed away in 2016. The English bulldog, G3, is excited about joining Cadets for all sporting events, pandemic permitting.

As his first official duty, G3 made an appearance during the Clas of 2024 Oath Ceremony on the 10th of August. This public outing was his first big entrance.

The dog was donated to the college by Dr. John Bradford, a local veterinarian. G3 is now in control of the cadets as of Aug. 6. The official Mascot Handling Team of 2020-2021 academic year consists of two seniors, juniors, and sophomores. The competitive process to become selected to join the team was conducted during last year’s rank board.

A new mascot isn’t the only thing the Citadel is welcoming this school year. A new Knob Knowledge poem has also been added.

What is The Citadel Mascot:

I come from a long line of Generals and Boos

I eat knobs and Paladins and kangaroos

If you’re scared of my bark, don’t mess with my bite

For The Citadel blue I’ll do what is right

Peace and honor, God and country, I will fight for thee

I’m The Citadel bulldog. It’s a great day to be me!

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Lowcountry Colleges Release Plans for Upcoming Classes

Multiple higher institutions around Charleston have come to decisions regarding upcoming summer and fall classes as the cornoavirus pandemic continues.

Here is a list with the latest information released by colleges in our area regarding class structures:

The Citadel

Summer classes will remain online with the exception of certain lab-based courses planned for in-person instruction during the second term (July 4 – August 7) as social distancing allows. On May 12, Citadel President Glenn Walters announced intentions for cadets to return in August for in-person classes. The college plans to welcome freshman on August 17 and have upper-class cadets return on August 25. Classes will tentatively start for graduate students on August 26, and on August 28 for cadets.

College of Charleston

Summer classes are currently only being offered online. Earlier this month the college established “internal working groups” to research various possibilities for the fall semester including, “Evaluating everything from instruction delivery and housing to employee work schedules and campus events/activities,” communication director Michael Robertson said. Proposed recommendations will be submitted in mid-June.

Trident Technical College

Classes will remain online throughout May, and a small number of hands-on courses will be offered starting June 15 with increased safety measures, according to a college spokesperson. There has not yet been an announcement about fall courses as of May 13.

“These measures include the mandatory use of masks, reconfiguration of work spaces in labs where needed, installation of barriers where appropriate, closure of common areas, making hand sanitizer widely available, marking spacing for queues, and extensive signage explaining safety protocols and our expectations for behavior while on campus,” said public infomration director David Hansen. “While we are preparing to reopen June 15, that date could change based on the availability of PPE and other factors.”