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About The Citadel
The Citadel, officially called The Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, also known as The Holy City due to the prominence of churches, housed within its limits, which is the largest city and the county seat of Charleston County, in the US state of South Carolina, also being the largest and the oldest city in the state, having a population estimated at a number of nearly 112 000 inhabitants, during the 2008 census, fact which also makes it the 2nd most populous city in South Carolina, being closely behind the state capital Columbia.
The Citadel was established in December, 1842, when , the South Carolina Legislature passed an Act "to convert the Arsenal at Columbia, and The Citadel and Magazine in and near Charleston, into Military Schools", tranforming the two State Arsenals into the South Carolina Military Academy. The name of the college was officially changed in 1910 to "The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina", which is today, one of the six senior military colleges in the United States, having 14 academic departments, divided into 5 schools through which it offers its students 20 majors and 25 minors.
The Citadel is best known for its undergraduate Corps of Cadets military program for men and women, which combines academics, physical challenges and military discipline. In 2008, it was placed among the "Best Values in the South" by the U.S. News & World Report annual publication, being ranked 2nd for "Best master's degree granting public institution in the South", 5th for "All (public and private) master's degree granting colleges and universities in the South", and 7th for "Best value among all institutions in the South".
Athletics
Its athletic teams are known as the Bulldogs, who compete in NCAA Division I, in the Southern Conference, in various sports, including in fotball, cross country, soccer and volleyball. The Bulldogs have experinced notable achivements in many of their sports, including in baseball, in which they won thirteen regular season Southern Conference championships, in 1990 also winning the Atlantic Regional, earning the school its first trip to the College World Series and finishing the season ranked sixth in the final Collegiate Baseball poll with a record of 46–14.
Notable Alumni
Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Evander M. Law - Major General, Law Barracks is named for him, Thomas Abram Huguenin - Captain, fought in defense of Fort Wagner, postbellum Brigadier General of SC Militia, Major Thomas D. Howie - World War II hero; “The Major of St. Lo”; leader of the battalion that captured St. Lo (where he was killed), Charles E. Daniel, R. Hugh Daniel - co-founders of Daniel International Construction Corporation, and Christopher U. Cates nationally renowned Cardiologist, Atlanta, GA, among many others.
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