Gene Morris of Lyons graduates from The Citadel

CHARLESTON, SC (06/05/2025) — Almost 400 students from The Citadel Graduate College accepted their degrees during the commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 3.

For the graduate program, top academic programs included a Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Psychology, Master of Science in Project Management, Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies, Master of Science in Leadership and Master of Education in Literacy Education.

Graduates accepted their diplomas from President of The Citadel Gen. Glenn W. Walters, USMC (Ret.), Class of 1979.

About The Citadel

The Citadel, with its iconic campus located in Charleston, South Carolina, offers a classic military college education for young men and women focused on leadership excellence and academic distinction. The approximately 2,300 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets are not required to serve in the military, but about onethird of each class earn commissions to become officers in every branch of U.S. military service. Citadel alumni have served the nation, their states and their communities as principled leaders since 1842. The Citadel Graduate College offers dozens of graduate degree, graduate certificate and evening undergraduate programs in the evening or online. The Citadel has been consecutively named Best Public College in the South by U.S. News & World Report for 14 years and No. 1 Best Public College for Veterans in the South for seven years.