November 24, 2025

We’re kicking off the Christmas and Holiday shopping season by highlighting CAA/Citadel-licensed businesses whose products make great gifts for your Citadel friends and family. First up is Senior Private Shop, operated by Tom Churchill, ’91. Tom offers a fun selection of t-shirts, cups and mugs, and other Citadel accessories that make perfect gifts and stocking stuffers. You can find Senior Private Shop on Etsy here: etsy.com/shop/SeniorPrivate

November 21, 2025

November 21, 2015: The Citadel Football beats the University of South Carolina, 23-22. https://youtu.be/i3m5CPqX6Aw

The first cadets graduated from The Citadel Academy on November 20, 1846, with six cadets receiving diplomas.

The Citadel Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Highlight Lt Gen Hussein al- Majali, Jordanian Army, '81 Majali served Jordan with distinction in both military and diplomatic roles. His military career included leadership positions such as Commander of the Jordanian Security Forces, Commander of the Royal Guard Brigade, and Commander of the Royal Military Academy. He later represented his country internationally as Jordan’s Ambassador to Bahrain (2005–2010) and served in government as Interior Minister and Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (2013–2015). Learn more about distinguished alumni at citadelalumni.org/news-stories/distinguished-alumni/dcal/.

Rev. Paul T. Sizemore, ’13, served as deacon at the Canonization Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 19, 2025, in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City.

On November 16, 2009, Space Shuttle Atlantis, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 2:28 p.m. EST, on a utilization and logistics flight and arrived at the International Space Station on the afternoon of November 18, making Col Randy Bresnik, USMC, Ret., '89, the first Bulldog in space! Go Dogs!