Spring 2013 Newsletter

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THE CITADEL SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES &
SOCIAL SCIENCES NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2013- Vol. 9 Iss. 2
Note from the Dean
Dear Friends,
Members of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences (SHSS) again played featured roles in this year’s
commencement exercises. Forty-one percent of all of the undergraduate, and twenty-seven percent of all the
graduate, degrees awarded were to students majoring in our disciplines. Professor Zane Segle of the Department of Modern Languages received this year’s James A. Grimsley Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Teaching (nine of the last eleven recipients have been faculty members from the SHSS). The John O. Wilson
Ring went to Political Science major, Tyler Smith, while one of the David Shingler Spell Honor Graduates was
awarded to Political Science major, Micah Moore. And Henry Johnson, (History Major, class of 1975), Steve
Tobias (History Major, class of 1967) and Stacy Pearsall, a member of our advisory board, received honorary
doctoral degrees for their many distinguished contributions to the college and to American society.
It was a good, and fitting, conclusion to a semester that witnessed significant advances in all of our major strategic initiatives including our programs in Homeland Security & Intelligence Analysis (an MA proposal was approved by the college); Oral History (a grant was received from the SC Humanities Council to document the
experiences of Hispanic South Carolinians); Diversity (“Welcoming Diversity” and “Safe Zones” workshops
were conducted); and the Arts (a new minor in them was approved for implementation in the fall). There were
also numerous guest lectures by notable visiting scholars; a continued, impressive amount of research and
publication by our faculty; and extraordinary accomplishments in both scholarship and service by our students.
Please know, again, that—in an era in which only 9% of the college’s operational costs are provided by the
state of South Carolina—our students and faculty could not produce this remarkable volume
of achievements without your support. In that sense, the accomplishments you’ll read about
below are yours as well theirs. Thank you!
Warm regards,
Bo
Winfred B. Moore, Jr.
Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences
The Citadel named top public college in
the South by U.S. News, AGAIN!
The Citadel ranks No. 1 among the top public universities in the South that offer a full range of undergraduate and master's degree programs, according
to the 2013 Best Colleges rankings from U.S. News
& World Report.
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Spring 2013 Events
Cadet Williams
(left) and Frank
Fahrenkopf (right)
Don Fowler (left)
and Frank
Fahrenkopf (right)
American Politics in the Age of Obama—Thursday, January 17th
Frank Fahrenkopf, former chairman of the Republican National Committee under President Reagan held a
public discussion moderated by Don Fowler, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee under
President Clinton discussing the 2012 election and the critical issues facing the U.S. in 2013 and beyond.
Fahrenkopf is a U.S. lawyer and was chairman of the RNC from 1983 –1989. He is currently president and
CEO of the American Gaming Association, the national trade association for the commercial casino industry.
Fowler is a professor and businessman and served as National Chairman of the DNC from 1995-1997. He currently is a Citadel Fellow.
Change We Can Really See (and Half Believe In): An Overview of Individualism in America Right Now—Tuesday, February 19th
Dr. Peter Lawler is the Dana Professor of Government at Berry College,
Member of President Bush's Council on Bioethics, author of numerous books
on political philosophy including The Restless Mind: Alexis De Tocqueville
On the Origin and Perpetuation of Human Liberty, and most recently, Modern and American Dignity: Who We Are as Persons and What That Means
for Our Future. Dr. Lawler also authors the blog "Big Think (Rightly Understood).“ Dr. Lawler came to the Citadel to discuss individualism in America.
Dr. Peter Lawler
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Spring 2013 Events
Ambassador W. Robert Pearson—Monday, February 25th
The Criminal Justice department along with The Charleston Foreign Affairs
Forum were pleased to host Amb. W. Robert “Bob” Pearson here this
spring. The effort grew out of the initiative of cadet Martin Butler, president of
the Criminal Justice Honor Society, who wanted to bring speakers on international topics related to homeland security, criminal justice, and intelligence to
campus. Amb. Pearson met with Citadel Cadets for an informal talk in the
afternoon on leadership, attended a CRMJ Honor Society sponsored reception, and address the Charleston Foreign Affairs Forum that evening.
Ambassador Bob Pearson
A Career in Photography: Industry Professionals Share
Their Experiences & Insight—Monday, February 26th
From left: Mary Virginia Swanson, Mark Sloan, Rebekah Jacob,
Squire Fox, & Maggie Kennedy.
Mary Virginia Swanson (Author, Educator and Consultant) moderated a discussion focused on following a career in photography. The night featured panelists: Squire
Fox (Professional photographer in Charleston and NYC),
Rebekah Jacob (Expert in the diverse art and photography of the American South & owner of Rebekah Jacob
Gallery in Charleston), Maggie Kennedy (Photography
Director of Garden & Gun magazine) & Mark Sloan
(Director and Senior Curator of the Halsey Institute of
Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston). The
crowd was overflowing from Bond 165 with many attendants from SCAD in Savannah and throughout the state.
The Art of Perception: How Picasso Helps to Solve a Murder
Case—Tuesday, April 9th
Amy Herman (AB in International Affairs, JD, MA in Art History) visited
The Citadel in April for the first time to share her knowledge of analyzing
art to heighten the powers of perception for law enforcement. Herman
has channeled her dual degrees in art and law to create this successful
program and now travels the world training agents of the CIA, FBI, Scotland Yard, and Homeland Security.
Attendees included cadets, grad students, faculty & staff, CofC students,
officers from North Charleston and Charleston Police Departments and
others who all went away pleased with the presentation. It was presented by the Fine Arts & Criminal Justice departments of The Citadel.
Amy Herman at The Citadel. Photo by: Cadet Gary Cagle
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Piccolo Spoleto at The Citadel
Ethereal Edges: Lowcountry Coastlines in Batik—Thursday,
May 30th
The first-ever exhibition at The Citadel to be included in the Piccolo
Spoleto Visual Arts Festival, ”Ethereal Edges: Lowcountry Coastlines in Batik” will open on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in The Citadel’s
Daniel Library. Artist Mary Edna Fraser will give a gallery talk
about this installation of large-scale silk batiks at 5:30 p.m. with a
reception and book signing to follow, and all events are free and
open to the public. The exhibition will be on view from 10 a.m. – 5
p.m. daily during Piccolo Spoleto (May 24 – June 9.)
Picture is the site-specific piece entitled “Over the
Citadel” inspired by the coastline that edges The
Citadel’s campus.
Searching out the edges between land and sea, Mary Edna Fraser
first photographs these natural contours from the aerial perspective
offered by the open cockpit of her grandfather’s vintage airplane.
The meditative dye-resist process of batik allows her to translate the
sinuous lines into lengthy swaths of richly colored silks that float
overhead, suspended, from the cathedral ceiling of The Citadel’s
Daniel Library. Included are a number of familiar Lowcountry locales as well as a site-specific piece entitled “Over the Citadel” inspired by the coastline that edges The Citadel’s campus. A companion series of didactic photographs, tools, and batik materials
documents the process of how these works were created, from inspiration to completion.
An internationally recognized master dyer, Ms. Fraser has received
artist grants from the SC Arts Commission and the NEA and has
contributed artwork to 13 publications. Ms. Fraser has exhibited
widely with work in numerous public collections including the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, the New England Aquarium,
the Charleston International Airport, and the National Aeronautics &
Space Administration.
Nine Ways to Cross a River—Friday, May 31st & Saturday, June 1st
Join three women on a collaborative journey through words, music and art.
Akiko Busch reads from her celebrated book Nine Ways to Cross a River,
Dana Downs performs songs inspired by the book and Mary Edna Fraser
presents her stunning batiks of America’s waterways. These are stories
about how rivers both connect and divide us. The event is from 7-8:30pm
at The Citadel, in Bond Hall Room 165. Admission: $20 General; $15 Seniors. Purchase tickets at www.piccolospoleto.com. Sponsored by: The Citadel’s Fine Arts Department.
Akiko Busch’s book, “Nine Ways to Cross a River”.
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Awards
The Brawley Award
This award recognizing outstanding overall contributions to the college made
by a faculty member in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, was presented to Martha Henderson Hurley, Professor & Department Head of the
Criminal Justice Department.
The Award is made possible by the generous support of Dr. Wallace W. Brawley, Jr., Citadel Class of 1962 and past Chairman of the Advisory Board of the
School of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Dean Bo Moore presenting the award to Martha Hurley.
The Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Award
This award is presented annually to the graduating senior who
best represents the commitment to academic excellence,
breadth of intellectual interests and dedication to public service
as exemplified by Joseph Riley Jr., Citadel class of 1964 and
mayor of Charleston since 1975. This year’s award was presented to Angel Johnson.
Angel is from Hanahan, SC and graduated with a degree in History and a 3.87 GPA. Angel served as a Regimental Public Affairs Officer and was awarded a SHSS Study Abroad Scholarship to be a volunteer teacher in Ghana. Angel has volunteered
her time for many other programs and was an exemplary cadet
and very deserving of the award.
Mayor Joe Riley presenting his award to
cadet Angel Johnson.
The Grimsley Award
Zane Segle,, professor in the Department of Modern Languages, is The Citadel’s 2013 recipient of the James A.
Grimsley Jr. Undergraduate Teaching Award for outstanding performance in instruction and service to undergraduate students.
Created 26 years ago, the award is named for Maj. Gen. James
A. Grimsley, U.S. Army retired, who was president of the college
from 1980 to 1989. Each year the senior class votes on the recipient.
Professor Segle has taught Spanish to cadets at every level from
elementary communication to advanced literature and culture. His
passion for the language and for teaching is clearly evident from
his students who described his classes as ‘lively’ and ‘engaging’.
An avid supporter of study abroad experiences, Segle is responsible for several Spanish study-abroad programs. Additionally, he
has worked to enhance the college’s study of Chinese language Zane Segel being presented The Grimsley Award by James
A. Grimsley III, Class of '68, of Beaufort, S.C., on behalf of
and culture.
his father.
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Awards
John O. Willson Ring
The Willson Ring has been awarded annually since 1911 to a senior elected by his or her
peers as the finest, purest and most courteous member of the class. Willson, who was a Citadel student until 1862 when he left to join the Confederate Army, established the award to
honor the most popular student among his or her peers.
Tyler Paul Smith of Bremen, Ga. is a political science major with a pre-law emphasis.
In addition to being a Gold Star and Dean's List student, Smith has held one of the most challenging and cherished leadership positions within the South Carolina Corps of Cadets: chairCadet Tyler Smith
man of the Honor Committee. In that role he has overall responsibility for running the cadet-led
honor system and ensuring that members of the Corps understand the tenets of the code that says, "A cadet
does not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do."
Smith has also served as president of The Citadel Class of 2013. He is a member of The Citadel's Mock Trial
Team and this past spring was elected Chief Justice of the South Carolina Student Legislature. This fall, Cadet
Smith intends to enroll in law school.
David Shingler Spell Honor Graduates
The awards are annually presented to the graduates whose grade point averages are the highest of the graduating class sponsored by David Shingler Spell, Class of 1950 and a resident of
Charleston, S.C.
Micah Franklin Moore of Franklin Springs, Ga., is the second honor graduate. A political science major with a minor in international and military affairs, Moore has excelled as a member
of the Honors Program and a Citadel Scholar.
This year Moore served as the regimental academic officer, a position responsible for overseeCadet Micah Moore
ing the academic performance of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Moore is not only dedicated to The Citadel, he is also committed to service through leadership and has served as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown for the past eight years. On May 3, he commissioned into the United States Marine
Corps and following graduation will attend the basic training school at Quantico, Va.
Honorary Degrees
Honorary degrees are the highest honor the college can bestow and were presented to seven recipients this year. Included in those are:
W. Henry Johnson Jr.
Johnson, Class of '75 is the president of KJ investments Co.
and former Board of Visitors member. Johnson was a History
major at The Citadel.
Stacy L. Pearsall
Award-winning photographer and decorated combat veteran.
Pearsall is a member of the School of Humanities and Social
Sciences Advisory Board.
Stephen Tobias, Far Left
Darius Rucker, 2nd from left
Stacy Pearsall, center
William Johnson Jr., far right
Stephen C. Tobias
Tobias, Class of '67 is the retired vice chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corp. Tobias was a History major at The Citadel.
School of Humanities &
Social Sciences
Awards
Service Learning Awards
For the first time, The Citadel has been recognized with three state and national awards
recognizing the college's commitment to leadership development through community service and civic engagement.
Conway Saylor, director of service learning and 2012 S.C. Professor of the Year, said the
three awards are affirmation that The Citadel's commitment to integrate service learning
and civic engagement into the four-year leadership development program is paying off.
The Corporation for National and Community Service named The Citadel to the 2013
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, servicelearning and civic engagement.
Pierce Weller
Pierce Weller, an active duty Navy student, is the 2013 recipient of the South Carolina
Student Service Achievement Award, the award honors community service efforts.
Weller is a senior psychology major with a minor in applied physics. A resident of Suisun
City, Calif., he led groups of cadets and graduate students in fine-tuning a curriculum
aimed at Lowcountry students who have a high risk to drop out of school or be expelled.
Weller has invested hundreds of hours in replicating and evaluating programs, developing
manuals and training his sophomore and junior successors to insure that this program will
carry on after he graduates.
Cadet James Robert Daniell III is the recipient of the 2013 Newman Civic Fellows Award,
which honors college student leaders who have invested time through service, research
and advocacy in finding solutions for obstacles communities face.
Daniell, a psychology major from Greer, S.C., was recognized for his work developing a
psychology-based curriculum in some of Charleston's most challenged middle and high
schools.
James Robert Daniell
The Palmetto Award
The Palmetto Medal Award was created by the college's Board of Visitors to recognize
cadets, faculty, staff or alumni for exceptional performance that reflects great credit on the
college or the state of South Carolina. The Palmetto Medal is the second highest honor
bestowed by the college. The first is an honorary degree.
Cadet Capt. Julia Mary-Louise McCullohs, a Criminal Justice major, has distinguished
herself through extraordinary leadership and academic achievement throughout her college career at The Citadel.
A native of Peyton, Colo., McCullohs has achieved academic and professional excellence
with multiple Gold Stars and Dean's List recognitions. She has also earned placement on
the President's List and the Commandant's List. McCullohs has a full academic scholarship from the Department of the Army and, after being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at graduation, will begin her Army career as a Signal Officer.
Julia McCullohs
She has served as a Human Affairs Corporal and Sergeant, commander of Papa Company in Fifth Battalion and,
as a member of the women's varsity rifle team, serving as captain for the last two years.
History Department
Travel
Visiting
Knapp
Professor Keith
In January, Professor Knapp presented his paThe Mark W. Clark
Professor of History
is Donald Hickey.
The author of eight
books and thirty
scholarly articles. He
is the premier authority on the history of
the War of 1812.
per “Noble Creatures: Filial and Righteous Animals in Early Medieval Chinese Thought,” at
the Animals in Asian History, Society, Thought
conference at the University of Manchester, in
the United Kingdom. His participation was entirely funded by the University of Manchester.
He was also invited to participate in University
of Virginia's Filial Piety in Chinese History
Workshop. The paper he presented there was
“Daughter-in-law, There is a Maggot in My
Soup! Medieval Accounts of Unfilial Children.”
Downtown Manchester
In early March, he was invited to Washington
D.C. to evaluate the nationally funded Boren Fellowships that allow undergraduate and
graduate students to study abroad for a year in exchange for a year of national service.
In late April, Keith was invited to participate to participate in Rutgers University's China
Humanities Seminar. His seminar was entitled "Death Ritual, Ancestral Worship and
Memory in Medieval China." His paper was "Clay Roosters Cannot Lord over Mornings:
The Religious Aspects of Austere Burails (bozang) in Early Medieval China."
Donald Hickey
Events
Organized by Don
Hickey, Amanda
Mushal, and David
Preston of The Citadel
Department of History,
in partnership with the
Old Exchange Building, sponsored "The
War of 1812: A Bicentennial Symposium," on Saturday,
February 9, 2013.
The symposium featured a distinguished
panel of preeminent
historians of the War
of 1812 from the
United States and
Canada.
Katherine Grenier
In March, Katherine presented “The Sunday Train Wars: The Scottish Debate over Sunday Travel”, at “Loco/Motion”, Nineteenth Century Studies Association conference in
Fresno, California.
In April, Professor Grenier presented, ‘Public Acts of Faith and Devotion’: Pilgrimages in
late nineteenth century England and Scotland”, at the Midwest Victorian Studies Association meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.
Joseph Renouard
In April, Joseph attended the annual conference of the Midwest Science Association in
Chicago, Illinois. He presented a paper and served as a commentator on a separate
panel, while he was there.
Joelle Neulander
In April, Professor Neulander attended the annual meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies and he Executive Council Meeting in Boston, MA.
Amanda Mushal
This spring, Professor Mushal attended the annual conference and business meeting of
the South Carolina Historical Association at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. Amanda
serves as the Treasurer.
David Preston
David traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to conduct archival research for his second
book manuscript at the Special Collections of the University of Virginia. He also conducted fieldwork along traces of the historic Braddock Road near Cumberland, Maryland.
History Department
Oral History Archives
Mayor Joe Riley on Hurricane Hugo
History major, Steven Foster recently interviewed Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, '64, for a
senior capstone paper on the recovery efforts after Hurricane Hugo devastated the Lowcountry in 1989. The interview will become part of the archives of The Citadel's Oral History Program.
In his interview, Riley discusses the region's recovery and his own role in guiding the city
through the disaster. The long-time mayor describes the 135 mph storm as it crossed over the
city: "The eye was big, 25 miles in diameter, so it was quiet for about 30 minutes, really eerie,
eerily so."
Founded in 2008 as an initiative of The Citadel Department of History, the Oral History Program seeks to deepen understanding of the Lowcountry's rich history and culture through the
gathering and presentation of recorded memories from area residents.
Cadet Steven Foster
Latinos in the Lowcountry
With support from The Humanities Council of South Carolina, The Citadel Oral History Program has embarked
on an effort to spotlight the diverse experiences of Latinos in the Charleston-area.
"Las Voces del Lowcountry" will include interviews with Latinos on Johns Island, where Mexicans and Central
Americans have worked as farm laborers since the 1980s. Other interviews will document the experiences of
smaller communities of South Americans and Puerto Ricans living in the region.
The project is designed to raise the profile of the nearly 36,000 Latinos who call the Lowcountry their home and
to promote rational and humane conversation regarding immigration, education and employment policies.
The interview transcriptions and audio recordings will be deposited with The Citadel Archives and Museum and
exhibited online through The Citadel Oral History Project's partnership with the Lowcountry Digital Library at the
College of Charleston.
Oral History Workshop
The Lowcountry Oral History Alliance hosted a oral history workshop on April 27.
The interactive workshop covered each aspect of the oral history process, including project planning, interviewing, technology, and archiving.
The workshop was led by Dwana Waugh of the Avery Research
Center at the College of Charleston, Mary Jo Fairchild of the
South Carolina Historical Society and Kerry Taylor of The Citadel Oral History Program.
The workshop is part of the alliance's ongoing efforts to promote
best practices in oral history. Alliance-affiliated oral historians
have offered eight community workshops in South and North
Carolina over the past four years.
Workshop attendees participating in interviewing exercises
Political Science
Outstanding
Faculty
Scott E. Buchanan, associate professor of political science, has been named to the
editorial team of the
"American Review of Politics." He joins professors
from the University of Oklahoma and the University of
Georgia on the editorial
board. Buchanan has served
as guest editor in previous
years.
Scott also attended the executive committee meeting of
the Southwest Political Science Association in New Orleans this March.
Jack Porter, attended the
2013 Annual Convention of
the International Studies Association in San Francisco,
CA. There he had two papers
accepted. He also participated on panels entitled,
“Counterinsurgency: CivilMilitary Dynamics Within and
Between Allies as They Intervened in Afghanistan. He
was also the Chair of the
panel, “Military Strategy:
Case Studies.”
Jack who is the faculty advisor for The Citadel Model
NATO delegation also accompanied six cadets to
Washington D.C. for a four
day Model NATO conference
in February.
Faculty Travel
Dr. Terry Mays conducted research at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies located in Germany
during Spring Break. The formal
post-Cold War transformation of
Irish political policy from strictly
United Nations peacekeeping to
participation with regional international organizations operating
under a United Nations mandate George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.
is one of his research interests. As part of this transformation, Irish soldiers have participated in three
North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations (Kosovo; Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Afghanistan) under the Partnership for Peace program.
Student Travel
Cadets Wesley Cannon (Senior, West
Palm Beach, FL) and Barron Windham
(Senior, Hartsville, SC) attended a conference at Berry College in Rome, Georgia
this spring, along with assistant professor
of Political Science, Brad Collins. They
were invited to participate with students
and faculty from nine other colleges
across the southeast at a conference on
Higher Education and Liberal Education
hosted by the Departments of Government, International Studies, and Philosophy at Berry. Cadets Cannon and Windham shared their experiences of how the
Corps of Cadets' dedication to honor and
vigilance in holding one another accountable to an ethical code of conduct gave
them a unique advantage INSIDE the
classroom. While acknowledging the importance of the vocational and humanistic
concerns of higher education, cadets Cannon and Windham credited The Citadel's
commitment to educating principled leaders for their openness to the most noble or
higher aspects of a traditional liberal arts
education. Cadets Cannon and Windham
graduated in May.
Cadets Wesley Cannon and Barron Windham
at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.
Political Science
Visitors
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Hal Johnson (Class
of 1988) visited the Political Science Department’s
International Political Economy class to discuss international foreign direct investment and its contribution
to economic development in South Carolina.
As President and CEO of the Upstate SC Alliance,
Johnson has been deeply involved in the effort to attract foreign business to South Carolina. Prior to joining the Upstate SC Alliance in 2005, he served six
years as Executive Director of the Orangeburg
County Development Commission and three years
as a Project Manager at the South Carolina Department of Commerce. In 2003, he was named Economic Developer of the Year by the National Rural
Economic Developers Association.
Hal Johnson with cadets from the International Political Economy class.
After graduating from the Citadel in 1988 with a BS in
Business Administration, Johnson attended the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma.
He is a South Carolina Certified Economic Developer and serves on the Boards of the Southern Economic Development Council and the South Carolina Economic Developers Association.
Peter Harrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions in the
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the US Department of State visited The Citadel on Wednesday, April 17.
Mr. Harrells met with the Political Science honor society for lunch. While there, he discussed with students careers within the US Department of State.
He also spoke with the International Political Economy class about US foreign policy priorities in the current global financial crisis.
Peter Harrell
Student Travel
On Wednesday, March 13, a group from The Citadel’s
Department of Political Science attended the South
Carolina Dialogue Foundation’s presentation of the
Sema Ritual by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi. The
Cadets Hampton Cokeley, Charles Stewart, and Nick Juliano along with
ritual is a meditation in motion, in which the dervishes
are accompanied by mystical music consisting of flutes, Assistant Professor Sarah Tenney.
strings, chorus, percussion, and poems by Rumi. By revolving in harmony with all things in nature and transcending ego, the dervishes symbolize a spiritual journey to Divine Love. The performance was part of an educational
program by the South Carolina Dialogue Foundation on Turkish Sufi customs, history and culture.
Political Science
Awards
James K. Coleman Award
The James K. Coleman Award is presented by the Political Science
department to the senior with the highest GPA in Political Science.
This year it was received by cadet, Micah Moore.
The award is given annually in honor of Dr. James Karl Coleman,
‘1919, 1941-1963, Founder and Chair of the Department of Political
Science.
Cadet Micah Moore received a gift from the department as well as a
monetary award at the ceremony.
Front: Dr. Jack Porter. Center (L-R): Michael Brady, Dr.
Sarah Tenney, cadet Micah Moore, Dr. Gardel Feurtado.
Back: Scott Buchanan.
In Class
Students in PSCI 431 US Foreign Relations participated in a
special seminar during Spring Semester. The course,
taught by Dr. Terry Mays, examined the formulation and
conduct of US foreign policy with an emphasis on President
Obama’s Administration. Each student reviewed the open
news and government sources of a different country to determine how it viewed US foreign policy under a second
Obama Administration. Students were required to utilL-R: Cadet Trevor Kuroczka, Tara McNealy (Office of the Provost), ize sources that originated only in their particular country
Cadet Drake Kosmoski, Cadet Eugene Claypool, and Elise Wallace between the election and approximately one month after the
inauguration. As part of the exercise, students compared
(Daniel Library).
the results to their first course paper where they analyzed
the country’s views toward US foreign policy early in the first Obama Administration. The exercise helped the
participants understand that the formulation of US foreign policy includes a comprehension of expectations and
views of other countries to that policy. The seminar also provided them with the opportunity to gather foreign
source material and develop their own analyses of how other states view our policies rather than rely on material
and opinions published by American scholars and pundits. Under these conditions the students participated in
keen debate and discussion as they compared the opinions of their respective countries. Many were surprised
to see how the material they gathered changed in content between the first and second elections. The seminar
applied three of The Citadel’s four pillars of general education into a single project that leads students to consider US foreign policy formulation from a “different” perspective – that of the recipient of US foreign policy decisions. The project incorporated written and oral communication skills (through written papers and oral seminar
discussion), critical thinking (through the ability to acknowledge and state the positions of other countries to US
foreign policy) and quantitative reasoning (through the collection and interpretation of foreign news and government sources). The project also directly linked the students to the Daniel Library as a holistic element of their
academic education. Elise Wallace of the Daniel Library assisted the students by presenting a class on research into foreign news sources. Captain Wallace and Tara McNealy, the Associate Provost for Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation, attended and participated in the seminar discussion with the students.
Political Science
Model Arab League Awards
The Citadel's Model Arab League delegation brought
home three awards at this year's Model Arab League
meeting held in March at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C.
The delegation included Nick Slater, Ryan Trenck, Jennifer Burch, Hampton Cokeley, Nick Juliano, Charles
Stewart, Baron Windham, Joseph Hoffman and Mike
Lacey along with faculty advisor Sarah Tenney, assistant
professor of political science.
In addition to an honorable mention award for the overall
delegation's representation of Saudi Arabia, Ryan Trenck
received an honorable mention for his contribution to the
Council on Palestinian Affairs, and Nick Slater won an
Outstanding Delegate Award for his work on the Council
of Arab Environmental Ministers.
Model Arab League with Professor & Faculty Advisor, Sarah Tenney
Sponsored by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, the Model Arab League (MAL) program provides students across the United States an opportunity to learn about the politics and history of the Arab world, and the
arts of diplomacy and public speech. The "mock" conference of the Arab League helps prepare students to be
knowledgeable, well-trained, and effective citizens as well as civic and public affairs leaders.
South Carolina Student Legislature
The Citadel Delegation of South Carolina Student Legislature provided a lot of
good debate on the floor, and many good bills which were passed. The cadets
have enjoyed being a part of this educational and interesting opportunity.
Cadets at the SCSL meeting.
Some of the members of the Northeast Asia Security Issues class, PSCI
433-04, Spring 2013 in front of Capers Hall
Front L-R: Marine SGT Christopher Fox, Dr. Gardel Feurtado, cadet
David Smith, cadet Joseph Hoffman, cadet Harry Edelman. Back L-R:
cadet Terri Craig, cadet Collin Hicks, cadet Charles Stewart, cadet
James Rhodes
Criminal Justice
Published
Catherine Burton, associate
professor of criminal justice, is
co-author of an American Journal of Criminal Justice article
examining the National Rifle Association's proposal to place
armed guards in every U.S.
school. "The Only Thing That
Stops a Guy with a Bad Policy
is a Guy with a Good Policy: An
Examination of the NRA's
'National School Shield' Proposal" appears in the March issue.
Students &
Faculty
In March, Professor Ashley
Wellman and Catherine Burton attended the annual conference for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Dallas,
Texas with cadets, Martin Butler and Michael Whelan. Together they presented, “Home is
Where the Harm is? Male Criminal Justice Students’ Perceptions of Violence in the Home”
Faculty Travel
Matthew Zommer
In March, Professor Zommer conducted research on the law of the armed conflict at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
In May, he attended the National Security Law Workshop at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas.
Ashley Wellman
In March, Professor Wellman attended the annual conference for the Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences in Dallas, Texas. She was the Chair of a panel titled, “Types & Effects of Domestic Violence.”
Ashley also spoke at the Sara Schu Child Abuse Conference in April. She presented, “Best Practices for Addressing the Needs of Child Victims of Human
Trafficking.”
Martha Hurley
In March, Dr. Hurley attended the annual conference for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Dallas, Texas to present, “Exploring the Need for Nationally Credentialing Criminal Justice Candidates.”
Dr. Hurley has also made several trips this spring to Washington, D.C. to conduct meetings for the Southeast Region Security & Intelligence Conference in
Charleston this fall.
Martha also spoke at the Sara Schu Child Abuse Conference in April. She presented, “Best Practices for Addressing the Needs of Child Victims of Human
Trafficking.”
Brian Norris
In March, Brian traveled to Mexico City, Mexico to conduct research for
“Governing Prisons in Mexico,” supported by The Citadel Foundation.
In April, Professor Norris attended the Chicago Midwest Political Science Association annual conference. He presented a paper titled: “Effects of Culture, Institutions and Contingent Factors on Long-term Crime Rates in Mexico & the US.”
He also served as both discussant and chair of the panel, “Bureaucratic Capacity and Democratization.”
Brian also, presented “Mexican Politics Today: Democratic Dinosaurs & Beatific
Bureaucrats,” at three Committee Foreign Relations Meetings in: Birmingham,
Alabama; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Casper, Wyoming this spring.
David Hurley
In February, David attended the Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop & Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia to discuss The Citadel’s gaining status as a
Center for Academic Excellence in the Intel community.
Dr. Ashley Wellman
Criminal Justice
Outstanding Welcome
Students
Citadel Fellow of Criminal Justice
Cadet Regina Maxwell
who graduated in May was
offered a job from the FBI
following an internship she
will be completing.
Awards
Cadet John Shoemaker
was the recipient of the
Joseph D. Aiken Award
given to the Criminal Justice student with the highest GPA.
Evening Undergraduate
Studies (EUGS) student,
Heather Love, was the
Criminal Justice EUGS
first graduate. She also
received a trophy from
the South Carolina Correctional Association recognizing her as an
“Outstanding Criminal
Justice Student.”
Faculty
Adjunct faculty member,
Ed Lugo, taught the
Criminal Investigation
course, Innovation: Crime
Scene Set up, for students to solve a case
through the entire setup.
Adjunct faculty member,
Janet Ward, planned a
mock trial set-up for students this spring.
Randy Deitering has more than
three decades of experience in U.S.
national security and intelligence, including 15 consecutive years on the
White House Staff. He served with
the President’s Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board during the Ronald
Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush adminiFormer President, Bill Clinton & Randy Deitering
strations. Before his service at the
White House, Deitering spent more than a decade at the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) as an analyst and operations officer. Deitering spent the spring lecturing and helping develop a course in Intel Analysis. He also has been vital in assisting with the planning of the Southeast Region Intelligence & Security Conference and with other program development.
Randy attended the Five Eyes Analytic Training Workshop & Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia this February to help boasts The Citadel’s gaining status as a
Center for Academic Excellence in the Intel community.
Adjunct Faculty
We welcomed Michael Ricks this spring as our newest adjunct faculty member in
Criminal Justice. He will be teaching courses in Evening Undergraduate Studies.
Happenings
This spring, the Criminal Justice Society visited The Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers (FLETC) headquartered in Glynco, Gaeorgia. FLETC serves as
an interagency law enforcement training organization for 91 federal agencies or
Partner Organizations. The FLETC also provides training to state, local, rural, tribal,
territorial, and international law enforcement agencies.
The Criminal Justice Society also visited the North Charleston offices of the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is the principal investigative
arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government.
In March, guest speaker, Richard Brewer, a former Marine who has formed an organization to help educate society about combat veterans and work with those who
suffer from PTSD came to The Citadel. He presented a lecture titled, “PTSD in
Combat Veteran & Law Enforcement.”
In March, Matthew Richardson came to The Citadel to lecture on the future of the
EU, in a presentation titled, “ Discussion on UK & EU and the future of the EU.”
Modern Languages
Literatures & Cultures
Faculty
Dr. Zane Segle
In March, Dr. Segle attended the International Congress of Hispanic
Literature in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic to give a paper
titled “The Many Deaths of King Rodrigo, the Last Visigothic King:
Cultural Hybridity and the Formation of Early Modern Spanish Identity.”
In April, he also attended a Department of Defense conference
through the Institute of International Education held at Texas A&M
University in College Station, Texas. As a part of the Conference, Dr.
Segle participated in Oral Proficiency Interview training through the
American Council on the Teaching of foreign Languages. During the
same conference, Dr. Segle also gave a presentation about The
Citadel’s Chinese program to leaders from 25 other universities as a
part of an annual meeting for participants in the Department of Defense’s Project Global Officers (Project GO).
Zane Segel
Dr. Amy Emm
In April, Dr. Emm presented a paper, “Productive Processes: Nature
in Zacharias Werner’s Romantic Plays,” at The Languages, Literatures and Cultures Conference at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.
In a ceremony on May 1st, Dr. Amy Emm was recognized by the
NROTC Command as a professor who made a “significant impact.”
Dr. Caroline Strobbe
Dr. Strobbe published an article, “Concierge : La Difficile Reconnaissance de la Femme”, in the peer-reviewed journal Romantisme
(available on paper and online).
Maria Hellin-Garcia
Maria presented research at the Southeast Coastal Conference on
Languages & Literatures in Savannah, Georgia in April.
Guy Toubiana
Guy wrote an encyclopedia entry on the French revolutionary, Louis
Antoine de Saint-Just, for the online encyclopedia,
www.enlightenment-revolution.org.
Guy Toubiana, Amy Emm & Elba Andrade of Modern Languages
Caroline Strobbe
Modern Languages
Literatures & Cultures
German
Study Abroad
Cadets Raymond Rice and Brett Meese studied abroad
this semester on the German Section’s exchange with the
University of the German Armed Forces, Helmut-SchmidtUniversität, in Hamburg.
This semester, The German Section also received a donation of $1,000 from the German Friendly Society to provide more opportunities with a study abroad stipend.
Events
Cadets Raymond Rice and Brett Meese on Study Abroad in Hamburg.
The German Honor Society Spring Speaker Series was to
feature Antonia Uffenheimer Morse, speaking about her
family’s persecution in Austria during WWII. When Mrs.
Uffenheimer Morse was unable to make it to campus due
to health issues, her grandson, Cadet Spencer Chambless, spoke on her behalf to a group of 30 German students and presented documents and photographs from
his family’s archives.
On April 23rd, a large contingent of German students attended a German performance by advanced students at
the College of Charleston, arranged by Dr. Skow.
Cadet Spencer Chambless addresses German students in the Delta
Phi Alpha Spring Speaker Series.
Awards
The German Section
presented the 2013 German Award to Cadet
Harry Edelman V at the
Modern Languages Student Awards Banquet on
April 10th.
Professor Frenzel and Dr, Skow with German Award recipient Harry Edelman (second from left) and other German
students.
Psychology Department
NASP Conference
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Convention was held in Seattle, WA in February of this
year. The students who presented research from the
School Psychology Program were Kenzie Benthall, Maria
Cooper, Courtney Jordan, Coral Magner, Lauren Pegg,
Sarah Sharpe, Lauren Singleton, and Megan Zalla. Professors who also presented were Drs. Timothy Hanchon
and Lori Fernald.
Kenzie Benthall and Maria Cooper
Courtney Jordan
SEPA Conference
Steve Nida, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, recently completed his year of service as the
President of the Southeastern Psychological Association
Sarah Sharpe
(SEPA). He thus delivered the Presidential Address, titled
“Social Psychology as Empowerment,” at the organization’s annual meeting in Atlanta in March.
Also at this 59th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), Dr. Al Finch presented a
paper titled “Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Online Instruction”; and Dr. Mike Politano presented a paper titled
“A History of the Department of Psychology at The Citadel: An Update,” co-authored by Drs. Steve Nida and Al
Finch.
Psychology cadet majors that participated in the convention were Scott Edelson, James Daniell, Carl Harris,
Terrance Martin, Brillyance Gilchrist-Poteat, and Lisa Dolle. Graduate students who presented research at
SEPA were Jennifer Meehan and Kristina Kenny.
Undergraduate Research Conference
At the Citadel Undergraduate Research Conference in March, Chelsea Marsh placed second; Brandon Shuey
and Liz Waggoner (Clinical Counseling student), placed third.
Psychology Department
Events
Leverett Lecture
Dr. Dennis C. Russo, Head of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Family
Medicine of the Brody School of Medicine, presented the Psychology Department’s
annual Leverett Lecture, titled “The Patient, The Psychologist, and Integrated
Healthcare: The Future of Behavioral Health?” This event honors the late Dr. Pat
Leverett, who was a faculty member in the department from 1995 until his death in
2005.
The Leverett Lecture is an annual event held in honor of Dr. Pat Leverett, Associate Professor and esteemed colleague in The Citadel’s Department of Psychology.
Dr. Leverett died tragically in a plane crash in Alaska in the summer of 2005. He
was much loved by students and colleagues alike.
The Valentine’s Buddy Dance
This year’s dance was on February 11 and was one of the largest on record, bringing more than 200 adults with disabilities to the Alumni Center for an evening of
dancing and refreshments. Over 100 cadets and graduate student volunteers insured that our visitors would have a safe and happy night.
Dr. Dennis Russo
Published
Dr. Al Finch was published in PsycCRITIQUES 58. 2 (2013). A review of the book, Specialty Competencies in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology by Alfred J. Finch Jr.,
John E. Lochman, W. Michael Nelson III, and Michael C. Roberts. This is the newest addition to the series in specialty competencies in professional psychology published by Oxford University Press. The book, authored by four experts instrumental in developing this
specialty, succinctly describes the evolution, theoretical background, special competencies, and core foundations of this exciting and growing area of professional psychology.
Faculty Travel
Al Finch
Dr. Darin Matthews
In January, the professor of Psychology, attended the 35th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology held in St. Pete Beach, Florida. This conference is designed as a forum for new and innovative teaching
techniques and technologies.
Dr. Genelle Sawyer
Assistant Professor of Psychology, attended the 26th Annual Update in Psychiatry: Disaster, Trauma & Recovery;
sponsored by the Medical University of SC. This event focused on understanding approaches to treating survivors of disasters and other traumatic events.
Dr. Julie Lipovsky
Chair of the Research Committee for the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA). Dr.
Lipovsky made a presentation with coauthor, Dr. Erica Gergely at EAGALA’s 14th annual conference in Franklin,
TN. The presentation, entitled, There is no “I” in research: Getting started with a team approach to studying EAP/
EAL, was very well-received.
Dr. Lipovsky also presented Movies and “madness”: An undergraduate course. At the annual meeting of the SC
Psychological Association in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Psychology Department
Awards
The Bowman Award
The D. Oliver Bowman Award is presented annually to the outstanding graduating senior
in Psychology. The 2013 recipient of the Bowman Award is Cadet Pierce Weller.
Research Awards
Two Psychology seniors were presented research awards at the annual Senior Banquet
that the department sponsors in honor of the graduating class of 2013. Rebecca Walls
was recognized for her “outstanding breadth of service and research contributions;” and
Scott Edelson for his “outstanding depth of service and research contributions.”
J. Patrick Leverett Award
This award honors Professor Pat Leverett, a beloved faculty member and a devoted mentor whose 10-year service to the department of psychology ended abruptly when he died
in a plane crash in Alaska.
Pierce Weller
This year’s award was presented to Ashley Gruber for her outstanding graduate
work in the clinical counseling program. Gruber brought a high level of maturity,
motivation, and intellect to every project and assignment. Her perfect 4.0 grade
point average across her program of study exemplifies her dedication and commitment. With a warm approach with a solid understanding of the principles and
procedures of psychology and counseling, Gruber’s sensitivity, strong interpersonal skills, grasp of theory, and attention to her work made her most deserving
of this award.
Cadet Scott Edelson
Aline M. Mahan Award
This award honors Aline Mahan, the college’s first full-time
female professor, who taught at The Citadel from 1974 to
1991. Through her leadership as founder and coordinator of
the school psychology program, the program first achieved
official approval by the National Association of School Psychologists.
Jennifer Meehan
The award is presented annually to a graduate who has
demonstrated an outstanding record of scholarship, technical skill, and community service in the School Psychology
program. This year’s recipient was Jennifer Meehan.
Meehan has consistently been lauded by faculty and peers for her level of conscientiousness, her work ethic, and
her commitment to service in the classroom as well as within the school systems she has served while training to
become a school psychologist. As a student at The Citadel, Meehan has made an impact in the lives of children
through her work at Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health and the Carolina Youth Development Center.
English Department
Outstanding Faculty
Sean Heuston
Sean Heuston's book “Modern Poetry and Ethnography: Yeats, Frost, Warren, Heaney, and the Poet as Anthropologist” received a “Choice Outstanding Academic Title” award. Heuston also had articles accepted for publication in the journals “College Teaching and Notes & Queries.”
Scott Lucas
The English professor was an invited speaker at Oxford University’s “Writing the History of Parliament in Early
Modern England” colloquium in April, 2013. Lucas was one of only two American scholars invited to address
this gathering. He spoke on the parliamentarian and historian Edward Hall, who was a member of the famous
Reformation Parliament of Henry VIII’s reign. Lucas argued that in writing his famous chronicle Hall intentionally
obscured the role Henry VIII’s desire for a divorce played in the English Church’s repudiation of papal authority. He did so in order both to celebrate the work of his own fellow parliament members in breaking with Rome
and also to strive to ensure that the English Reformation would be remembered as originating in something
other than the king’s embarrassing and widely denounced drive to put away his wife and marry Anne Boleyn.
Lauren Rule Maxwell
Professor Maxwell had two publications come out this year, including her monograph, Romantic Revisions in
Novels from the Americas, published by Purdue University Press as part of the Comparative Cultural Studies
Series, and her chapter entitled "Consumer Culture and Advertising" published in the Cambridge University
Press volume F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context.
Kate Pilhuj
Professor Pilhuj presented, “Mapping Queenship: Geographic Perspectives on the Political Personae of Anna of
Denmark,” at the Twentieth Annual Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Symposium at the University of Miami
in Coral Gables, Florida.
Kathryn Strong Hansen
Professor Hansen presented, “Nature Vs. Artifice: Katniss as New Philomela in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger
Games” at the annual College English Association conference in Savannah, GA in April.
Kathryn also published an article entitled “Inviting
Twenty-First-Century Students to the EighteenthCentury Party” that appeared in Aphra Behn Online:
Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 16401830 (Volume 3, Number 1), in April.
Grant Goodrich
Dr. Goodrich coaches The Citadel’s Ethics Bowl
Competition Team and traveled with them to the national Ethics Bowl in San Antonio, Texas this February.
Thomas Thompson
Professor Thompson presented a session at South
Carolina Council of Teachers of English conference
in Kiawah Island, South Carolina this spring.
Cadets from The Citadel’s Ethics Bowl Competition Team
English Department
Students & Veterans
Citadel graduate students in Dr. Lauren Rule Maxwell’s Advanced Composition class conducted oral history interviews with a diverse group of area veterans regarding their military experiences during World War II, the Korean War,
and the Vietnam War. In addition to conducting interviews, the students incorporated the veterans’ stories into a range of writing exercises, including feature
articles. In organizing the project, Maxwell teamed up with Fred Lesinski of the
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston. The digital recordings and
transcripts are part of The Citadel Oral History Program Collection at The Citadel Archives & Museum and also are housed in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. By capturing these histories, the interviews aim to do justice to the veterans’ stories while paying homage to their legacy and the principled leadership they inspire.
Maxwell’s undergraduate Advanced Composition class also completed an oral
history service learning unit. These veteran interviews will be posted to The
Citadel's website and are being archived in the Library of Congress Veterans
History Project. To view these interviews and their transcripts, as well as feature articles the cadets wrote about their veterans visit: http://www.citadel.edu/
root/veterans-interviews.
Students & Shakespeare
Photography student, Norris Evans takes
photos of veterans for a future exhibit in the
English department hallway.
Professor Kate Pilhuj brought seven cadets to present a panel on Shakespeare and Film at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference in Washington, D.C. 30 this March. The English 303 students
submitted abstracts to the conference and all were accepted. Students and their presentations were:
Samuel Baker: The Timelessness of Shakespeare Through Julie Taymor’s Character Young Lucius
Caleb DuBose: Erotic Violence: a Marriage of Carnal Sensations in William Shakespeare’s The Most Lamentable
Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, and Julie Taymor’s Cinematic Depiction of the Play
Donald Hipps: Making Connections Between Today’s Culture and Volumnia’s Dominion Over Her Son as Presented
in Ralph Fiennes’s 2011 Film Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
Franklin McGuire: Shakespeare and Britannia in Modernity: What Different Film Interpretations of Henry V Reveal
about British Self-awareness, from World War II to the London Olympics
Katherine Player: The Tiger and
the Doe: The Power Shift in Titus
Andronicus
Christopher Sakmar: “Climb to
the Very Pinnacle of Evil”: Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and Supernatural Violence
Cadets presenting on Shakespeare and Film
English Department
Fine Arts
Awards
Factor Citadel Prize
In support of the growing arts program at The Citadel, local art patrons Elizabeth & Mallory Factor established the
Factor Citadel Prize to be awarded each semester to a promising student in the Art Appreciation
classes. This year’s recipients are:
Spring 2013 Winner: Austin Caverly
Fall 2012 Winner: Dustin Bright
Spring 2013 Honorable Mention: Taco Gilbert
Fall 2012 Honorable Mention: Rebecca Walls
Stacy Pearsall Citation for Photographic
Excellence
This award celebrates outstanding photographic
vision and aptitude of the students in Tiffany
Silverman’s Photography class. The award is
given by veteran combat photographer, Stacy
Pearsall, who is the owner of the Charleston Center of Photography and member of the School of
Humanities & Social Sciences’ advisory board.
This year’s recipients are:
Spring 2013 Winner: Norris Evans
Fall 2012 Winner: Steve Weippert
L to R: Taco Gilbert , Gary Cagle , Austin Caverly , Steve Weippert, Rebecca
Walls , Greg Philipkosky , Tiffany Silverman (Instructor of Fine Arts), Andy
Chiu , Norris Evans & Dustin Bright
Spring 2013 Honorable Mention: Greg Philipkosky
Spring 2013 Honorable Mention: Andy Chiu
Fall 2012 Honorable Mention: Gary Cagle
Student Art Exhibit
The Spring 2013 Student Art Show opened on Friday, May 3rd in Capers Hall lobby with an open reception to the public and was attended
by faculty, staff, special guests, students and their families and
friends. The new exhibit had student’s unique photography, paintings,
printmaking, sculptures and drawings on display from students in Instructor Tiffany Silverman’s art courses. The show is currently on display in Capers Hall.
Student Art Exhibit reception
Fine Arts Minor
This spring a minor in Fine Arts was approved. Students can begin working towards the minor this fall. Minors are
programs within a recognized area of knowledge offering students more than a casual introduction to the area
but less than a major in it. Each minor includes at least 15 credit hours. Minors may be combined with any departmental major. A student who completes all designated courses in a minor with a grade point average of at
least 2.0 will have the minor entered on the transcript at the time of graduation. This is a great accomplishment
for the arts at The Citadel.
School of Humanities
& Social Sciences
Diversity at The Citadel
Dr. Julie Lipovsky has led a number of programs that are part of The Citadel’s
effort to reinforce the Core Value of Respect and, in particular, respect for diversity.
To that end, she has directed The Citadel’s National Coalition Building Institute
(NCBI) team, which this year offered the Institute’s “Welcoming Diversity” workshop to over 40 faculty, staff, and students. This leadership development program
is designed to engage members of the campus in meaningful dialogue about diversity and inclusion.
Dr. Julie Lipovsky
Dr. Lipovsky also collaborated with SC Equality in bringing two “Safe Zone” workshops to Citadel faculty, staff, and students. Presented by current students and alumni, these workshops offered
personal insights, information, and guidance for facilitating a supportive environment on The Citadel campus for
members of the LGBT community.
In collaboration with many people across campus, Dr. Lipovsky also helped organize this year’s celebration of
Women’s History Month. The centerpiece of the program was a month-long tribute to Distinguished Women of
SC, highlighting a number of Citadel “firsts”. In addition, The Citadel’s chapter of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology, sponsored a presentation by Dr. Kristy Center and Dr. Anna Birks about mental health
issues facing women veterans. Finally, the Daniel Library sponsored a panel discussion entitled “Women at The
Citadel: History in the Making” that featured Dr. Jane Bishop, Dr. Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook, and Dr. Martha Hurley, discussing their experiences at The Citadel.
Leadership at The Citadel
The 6th Annual Principled Leadership Symposium was held at The Citadel this spring and featured: Greater
Issues Speaker, Lt Gen Michael Ferriter, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Class of 1979.
The Core Values Keynote Speakers featured: Lt Col Nicole Malachowski, First Female Thunderbird Pilot
Commander, 333d Fighter Squadron; Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor Recipient for actions in Vietnam; & Eric
Greitens, Navy Seal and Author: The Heart & The Fist.
The Distinguished Leaders Panel included Moderators:
Martha Henderson-Hurley, Criminal Justice Department Chair on Public Service Leadership.
Julie Lipovsky, Psychology Professor on Women in Leadership.
Conway Saylor, Psychology Professor on Service Learning Leadership.
Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski, commander, 333rd Fighter
Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.—
Malachowski was the first female Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
School of Humanities
& Social Sciences
Celebration for a Cause
“Celebration for a Cause” was held May 1st in the
Johnson Hagood Stadium’s 4th Floor Pearson
Lounge, to celebrate SHSS Advisory Board member,
Stacy Pearsall, receiving her honorary doctoral degree from The Citadel during this year’s commencement. The decorated combat photographer and author, hosted the fundraising party to support the Lt.
Dan Weekend Retreat, a part of the Independence
Fund, which benefits severely wounded soldiers and
their families. Recently named a “Champion of
Change” by President Barack Obama, Pearsall
shared her story of heroism under fire as well as the
continuing challenges of survival and recovery.
Wounded veterans and family members of wounded
veterans also shared their stories and how the Lt. Dan
Aariel Vanderlind, Alex Duffield, Tiffany Silverman, Michael Shere and
Weekend Retreat impacted their lives. The event inGary Cagle at the Celebration for a Cause to benefit the Independence
cluded a live auction and all proceeds went to the Independence Fund. The event also served as a precursor to a September visit and performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to be held at The Citadel’s
Johnson Hagood Stadium.
Champion of Change
Stacy Pearsall sharing her story at the “Celebration for a
Cause” event at Johnson Hagood Stadium’s Pearson Lounge.
Stacy Pearsall, a guest lecturer and member of the advisory board for the School of Humanities, was recently selected a Women Veterans Champion of Change by the
White House and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
Pearsall is a former Air Force combat photographer and a
disabled veteran and the owner and operator of the
Charleston Center for Photography. At The Citadel, Pearsall is a member of School of Humanities and Social Sciences Advisory Board, a frequent guest lecturer and
namesake for the Stacy L. Pearsall Citation for Photographic Excellence given each semester to top photography students. Her photography is on permanent exhibit on
the fourth floor of Capers Hall. Pearsall was recognized
recently in Washington, D.C., for her work with veterans. In
conjunction with the White House award ceremony, Pearsall's story will be featured on the White House Web site.
School of Humanities
& Social Sciences
SHSS Study Abroad Awards
For the fourth consecutive year, the School of Humanities & Social Sciences offered financial assistance to
four students studying abroad this summer. To receive the $5,000 award, the students had to be pursuing a
major or minor in the SHSS, have a cumulative GPA above a 3.0 & have financial need as determined by the
Financial Aid office of The Citadel. The four qualified applicants were selected by department heads & the
dean of the SHSS. We cannot wait to follow these students this summer on their travels.
Nolan Moore
History Major
Studying in Sri Lanka
Benjamin Gordon
Psychology Major
Studying in Ecuador
Welcome Artie Richards
Jennifer Burch
Poli-Sci & Criminal
Justice Major
Studying in Ecuador
Brenn Ritchie
Political Science Major
Studying in France
We welcomed our newest School of Humanities and Social Science’s Advisory Board member this semester.
Artie Richards is originally from Dalton, GA and moved to Charleston two years ago after living on the Georgia coast in St. Simons Island. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in Finance in
1989. She formally worked at SunTrust Banks, Inc. as a Commercial Lender, Senior Recruiter, and eventually managed Employment for the Atlanta organization. In addition, she worked for Wachovia Bank as the
Manager of Employment for the Corporate Bank and Senior Recruiter. She was also, Human Resources
manager for epipeline, inc, an internet start-up company. She has served on the boards of Alice's House
Children's Home, the Community Foundation of West Georgia, the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation. We are thrilled to have her as our newest member and think she will be a great compliment to our
Board.
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