Papa Company and Citadel Cadet Rice awarded 2016 President’s Cup
CHARLESTON, S.C. Papa Company has been awarded the President’s Cup for the 2015-16 school year. The President’s Cup was established by General Hugh P. Harris, president of The Citadel from 1965-70. It is awarded annually to the cadet company that establishes the highest combined score in academic achievement, military performance, extracurricular participation and fourth class retention during the previous academic year and is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a cadet company.
Michael Rice of Darlington, South Carolina was among 67 other cadets in Papa Company that were recognized for their contributions to the company’s success during the 2015-16 school year.
For the year following the company’s achievements this group of cadets is designated as the honor company for the Corps of Cadets, serving as ambassadors of The Citadel at special functions.
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The Citadel, with its iconic campus located in Charleston, South Carolina, offers a classic military college education for young men and women profoundly focused on leadership excellence and academic distinction. Graduates are not required to serve in the military but about 30 percent of each class commission as officers in every branch of U.S. military. Citadel alumni have served the nation, their state and their communities as principled leaders since the college was founded in 1842. The Citadel Graduate College offers 26 graduate degree programs with 42 concentration options, 24 graduate certificate programs, and seven evening undergraduate programs, through an all-evening schedule, with many programs now fully online. The Citadel has been named Best Public College in the South by U.S. News and World report for five consecutive years and #3 Best College for Veterans in the South.