
For Release
March 29, 2001
May 2001 Commencement Week Activities
Sunday, May 6
| 2:00 p.m. |
College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Commencement Exercises, McAlister Field House
Speaker: Dr. Ray Greenberg, president of the Medical University
of South Carolina.
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Thursday, May 10
| 1:30 p.m. |
Star of the West Finals, Summerall Field
In inclement weather: Deas Hall
This is a competition for best-drilled cadet. His or her name
will be inscribed on the Star of the West monument near the
flagpole on Summerall Field. He or she also will be presented
a medal that contains a small piece of wood from the ship, Star
of the West, which was fired upon by Citadel cadets.
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Review and awards presentation, Summerall Field
In inclement weather: Review is canceled; awards will be presented
in Mark Clark Hall
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| 7:30 p.m. |
Baccalaureate service, Summerall Chapel Speaker:
John D. Hannah, department chairman and distinguished professor
of historical theology, Dallas Theological Seminary.
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Friday, May 11
| 11:00 a.m. |
Review for the Board of Visitors, Summerall
Field
In inclement weather: Canceled.
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| 2:15 p.m. |
2002 Summerall Guards perform the traditional
"Citadel Series" to honor Class of 2001, Summerall Field. In
inclement weather: Canceled.
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Graduation parade, Summerall Field
The Class of 2001 relinquishes control of the Corps of Cadets
to the Class of 2002.
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Saturday, May 12
| 9:30 a.m. |
Corps of Cadets Commencement Exercises, McAlister
Field House Speaker: Author and 1967 Citadel graduate Pat Conroy
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