Local students earn Gold Stars for outstanding academic achievement at The Citadel

Release, The Citadel:

CHARLESTON, SC (01/26/2012)(readMedia)-- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, honored the following cadets and active duty military students with Gold Stars for academic excellence during the fall semester of the 2010-2011 academic year.

Gold Stars are awarded to students that achieve a 3.7 grade point average or higher.

Cameron Wesley Dyson of Hanahan, SC -- Civil Engineering major. (29410)

Michael Cain Griffin of Hanahan, SC -- Civil Engineering major. (29410)

Dallas Marie Sewell of Goose Creek, SC -- Psychology major. (29445)

Parker James Singletary of Goose Creek, SC -- Electrical Engineering major. (29445)

William Richard Singletary of Goose Creek, SC -- Business Administration major. (29445)

The Gold Stars are worn on the collars of the full dress and dress uniforms and above the right shirt pocket of the summer leave uniform. Students who earn Gold Stars are also placed on the Dean's List, which recognizes students registered for 12 or more semester hours whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

Gold Star and Dean's List students will be recognized during The Citadel's Jan. 27 military dress parade, which begins at 3:45 p.m. on Summerall Field.

The Citadel, founded in 1842, is a public, coeducational military college in Charleston, S.C., that offers a classic military education for young men and women seeking a college experience that is intense, meaningful, academically strong and is focused on educating principled leaders for a strong military and a global workforce.