January 24, 2010: The movie, Dear John, which shot in the Infirmary on The Citadel's campus and other locations around town, premiered in Charleston at the Hippodrome (formerly located at the Charleston Aquarium) and unseated Avatar as the No. 1 movie in America when it was released nationwide in February 2010. The Infirmary served as the German hospital in which Channing Tatum's character, John, recovered. https://www.sceen-it.com/…/Dear-John/The-Citadel-infirmary

January 23, 2026

On January 23, 1931, The Citadel was admitted to membership in the Association of American Colleges.

January 22, 2026

Rev. Karen Lewis Crawford, CGC ’04, received her Master of Divinity degree with an emphasis in Christian theology from Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University on Dec. 13, 2025. She serves as an assistant pastor of discipleship at Illuminate Church in Ladson.

On January 5 the Thailand Citadel Club delegation, led by Gen. Jedsada Premnirundon, ’84, and Cadet Aaron B. Yarnell, ’27, visited Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, touring their facilities, sharing leadership insights, and connecting with cadets there. They later honored the late Queen Sirikit at the Grand Palace.

January 20, 2026

CDR Thomas L. (Lamer) Kellner, USN, ’07, assumed command of the Eagles of Training Squadron SEVEN (VT-7) onboard NAS Meridian, Miss., on Nov. 21, 2025. VT-7 flies the T-45C Goshawk and trains students in the fundamentals of Naval strike aviation, preparing them to earn their Wings of Gold.

Austin Gray, '13, was featured in a Virginia Tech news article about his work on microplastics. https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/science-gray-the-why.html Photo by Ray Meese for Virginia Tech.