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Winter Weather Updates
Due to expected hazardous icy road conditions, Charleston Southern University will extend online learning and remote work for Thursday, January 23. The CSU Emergency Management Team strongly advises our campus community to stay off the roads until conditions have improved. Temperatures will stay below freezing today and what will melt is likely to refreeze overnight. […]
| READ MORE: Winter Weather UpdatesDr. Chelsea Rogers receives MLK Jr. Humanitarian Award
This year’s recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian award is Dr. Chelsea Rogers. “It’s such an honor not only to serve as a professor of English at Charleston Southern but also to receive an award in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr., someone who fought for the idea of peace and unity and […]
| READ MORE: Dr. Chelsea Rogers receives MLK Jr. Humanitarian AwardMonty Self named new Director of Dewey Center for Chaplaincy
Charleston Southern University has named Chaplain Monty Self the new director of the Dewey Center for Chaplaincy. Prior to CSU, Self served at Baptist Health, a 12-hospital system in Arkansas, where he was a senior staff chaplain and a board-certified healthcare ethics consultant. With over 33 years of ministerial experience, Self has also contributed to […]
| READ MORE: Monty Self named new Director of Dewey Center for ChaplaincyCSU mourns Shirley Whitfield, longtime supporter
Charleston Southern University is deeply saddened by the death of Shirley Davis Whitfield on December 24, 2024, in Charleston. She was 94 years old when she made her journey to Heaven to meet our Savior. She is survived by her two sons, Bill (Marcy) and Tim (Alina), as well as four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. […]
| READ MORE: CSU mourns Shirley Whitfield, longtime supporterCharleston Southern holds Fall Commencement
More than 370 doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees were conferred during Charleston Southern University’s fall commencement Dec. 19 and 20. Elizabeth England, president of the Student Government Association, addressed the undergraduates. She said, “Each person sitting here came to Charleston Southern as a version of themselves that is different from the one in front of […]
| READ MORE: Charleston Southern holds Fall CommencementStudents eligible for $1500 after a CSU campus visit
Prospective students now have an opportunity to receive $1,500 after touring Charleston Southern University, the Lowcountry’s only Christian higher education institution. The $1,500 Tour Treasure Grant is provided to a student if they attend an official visit such as a personal tour, A Day in the Life, or First Look event with the Office of […]
| READ MORE: Students eligible for $1500 after a CSU campus visitInaugural DPT graduates chart the course at CSU
Charleston Southern University graduated its inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy class on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Forty-five students were commissioned after successfully completing the 2.5-year intensive medical program at CSU. This is the second doctoral program at Charleston Southern, the fourth DPT program in South Carolina, and the only university in the state to offer […]
| READ MORE: Inaugural DPT graduates chart the course at CSUCSU’s STEM-program growth prompts building expansion
Charleston Southern University will complete its second construction phase to fill out the 28,000-square-foot science and engineering building. In conjunction with CSU’s rapid growth in engineering and aeronautics, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved the next phase of the project with completion expected in summer of 2025. “We are thrilled to continue building—both figuratively […]
| READ MORE: CSU’s STEM-program growth prompts building expansionMorrison leading Charleston Southern Financial Services
Charleston Southern University recently welcomed Shannon Morrison as vice president for finance and chief financial officer. She is impacting life at CSU with streamlined processes in the areas of human resources, student financial services, business office practices, and more. President B. Keith Faulkner said, “We are fortunate to have someone with Shannon’s expertise in finance […]
| READ MORE: Morrison leading Charleston Southern Financial ServicesCSU extends qualifications for Minister’s Dependent Scholarship
Charleston Southern University has extended the Minister’s Dependent Scholarship to include dependents of all ministers affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, no matter where they serve in the world. Missionary dependents of North American Mission Board and International Mission Board missionaries are now eligible also. Previously, the $1,000 per year scholarship was available to dependents […]
| READ MORE: CSU extends qualifications for Minister’s Dependent Scholarship