Alex Yurchak Graduates from The Citadel

2012 May 21

Alex Jordan Yurchak of Mount Arlington, NJ, graduated May 5, 2012, from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

Yurchak earned a bachelor's degree in History .

In addition, Yurchak earned a Gold Star and Dean's List honors for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester.

Gold Stars are presented to students who achieve a 3.7 grade point average or higher during a semester's course work. Gold Stars also qualify students for placement on the Dean's List, a recognition that is given to those cadets and active duty military students whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

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 meaningful, academically strong and is focused on educating and developing principled leaders for a strong military and a global workforce.