The Citadel celebrates 25 years of female cadet graduates with events including panel discussions and a parade honoring all alumnae. Since 1999, when the first woman graduated, female cadets have made significant strides, from becoming pioneering athletes to regimental commander in charge of the Corps of Cadets.

Faulkner became the first woman to attempt to enter the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel, which previously had a male-only admissions policy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her application to the school was accompanied with having her gender blanked out of her high school transcripts. [ 6 ]

2024年1月19日 · This year marks an important milestone for The Citadel — 25 years of women graduating from the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. In 1999, when the first woman to wear the Band of Gold crossed the stage and received her diploma, it marked a turning point in the institution’s history for women who had dreams of graduating from the Military ...

Cadet Sarah Zorn is the first female Regimental Commander commanding the South Carolina Corps of Cadets for the 2018-2019 school year. Cadet Hunter Crawley became the first female drum major at The Citadel. First woman to be awarded Star of the West undergraduate scholarship. Connie Book was announced at the first female provost at The Citadel.

2018年5月4日 · The gradual acceptance of women at the Citadel is part of a broader narrative of evolution at one of the country’s most proudly hidebound institutions. This year, uniformed cadets marched for the first time in the Charleston Pride parade, and plaques around campus designate “safe zones” for L.G.B.T. students.

2021年12月1日 · When the first woman joined the freshman class at the all-male Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston on August 12, 1995, it came after a hard-won, two-and-a-half-year legal battle to open the state-funded school to women.

2020年9月15日 · Shannon Faulkner was the first woman to attend Charleston SC military academy The Citadel. Women’s rights and military conditions improved since she left.

2024年3月2日 · In the past 25 years, about 800 female cadets have graduated from The Citadel and wear the legendary gold school ring adorned with palmettos, stars and oak leaves, the ancient symbol for...

2018年5月4日 · Sarah Zorn has become the Citadel’s first female regimental commander — its top cadet — a sign of irrevocable momentum in a long process of change.

2024年1月31日 · On January 30, The Citadel hosted a panel discussion moderated by Provost Sally Selden, Ph.D. to commemorate 25 years of female cadet graduates. Participants included Mary Thorton, Laura Curran , Bailey Richardson and Cadet Tiziana Ortega.