John Shoemaker Honored for Outstanding Academic Achievement at The Citadel

2012 May 21

John Robert Shoemaker of Fairfax, VA, was recently honored for outstanding academic achievement at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, during the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year. Shoemaker earned one of the college's top academic honors, a Gold Star.

Gold Stars are presented to students who achieve a 3.7 grade point average or higher during a semester's course work. In addition, Shoemaker also will be placed on the Dean's List, a recognition that is given to those cadets students whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

Shoemaker is a Cadet seeking a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Modern Language .

Gold Star and Dean's List students will be recognized during a military dress parade in the fall.

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.

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