Capt. Warren A. Frank, Citadel Class of 2004, died Nov. 25 while conducting combat operations in Ninewa province, Iraq. He is the 13th Citadel graduate to die in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Citadel Biology Professor Alix Darden has been named South Carolina Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She was selected from nearly 300 top professors in the United States.

The Citadel Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) donated $10,000 to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department to purchase equipment that will help instructors improve how they teach.

The South Carolina Corps of Cadets will present its Christmas Candlelight Service for the Lowcountry at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 7 and 8 in Summerall Chapel on The Citadel campus. The hour-long program is free and open to the public.

During Homecoming 2008, The Citadel received $3.53 million in charitable contributions from alumni celebrating class reunions, marking the first time that seven-figure reunion gifts have been given to The Citadel by a returning class.

The Citadel Department of English in December will host author and Medical University of South Carolina physician Qanta A. Ahmed, who will discuss her memoir entitled "In the Land of Invisible Women," which is about her experience working for two years in the top hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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