Vision
The Citadel will provide exemplary advising to support student engagement contributing to the development of tomorrow’s principled leaders.
Mission
The Citadel shall further its mission to develop principled leaders by supporting all students, with a specialized focus on second-year students, in achieving academic, career, and life goals through effective, individualized advising.
Definition
Advising is a partnership between the student and the advisor, in which the student assumes a leadership role in exploring and pursuing informed academic, career, and life goals.
A Citadel cadet recounts her experience working at The Citadel's Kenya medical camp. 
Recently, The Citadel held its first-ever Advising Summit, a campus-wide event inviting faculty, staff and students to engage in an afternoon of collaboration and professional development to strengthen the college’s academic support system.
The Citadel has successfully met all the requirements for its once-a-decade reaccreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, or SACSCOC.