Campus Events
Charleston Southern sets a 10k shoebox goal
For two years in a row, Charleston Southern University has packed more Operation Christmas Child boxes than any other college or university in the nation. Students, faculty and staff packed 5,249 boxes in 2019 and more than 7,100 boxes in 2020. Thousands of items are donated throughout the year to this cause through student-led initiatives, […]
| READ MORE: Charleston Southern sets a 10k shoebox goalCSU class ring event offers special discount this week
Charleston Southern University students will have the opportunity to order class rings at a discounted rate this week at the Jostens Ring Event. Interested students may stop by the Jostens booth in the Student Center lobby on October 4-6 and again November 15-17 to take advantage of the special pricing of $354 per ring. Participants […]
| READ MORE: CSU class ring event offers special discount this weekSweet 16 line-up for 2021-22
Charleston Southern University Office of Student Life has unveiled the upcoming academic year’s Sweet 16 events. Last year, the student body voted for new events and chose their favorites from previous years too. New events include a Fall Dance, Oyster Festival, outdoor concerts and more! Registration for events open as early as midnight on July […]
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In a private ceremony on Friday morning, representatives from Charleston Southern University and Sharing Hope SC shared testimonials and support of organ donation. CSU staff, faculty and students from nursing, physician assistant and public health programs attended. Current CSU public health major Laura Shelanskey, who serves as vice president of the Public Health Club and […]
| READ MORE: CSU holds ceremony supporting organ donationHeart Health Week kicks off Feb. 22
February is often considered the month of love, with couples sending heart emojis and sharing a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day. But did you know that February is also American Heart Health Month? That’s right. And although it may sound like an annual campaign, heart health is more important now than ever before. Not […]
| READ MORE: Heart Health Week kicks off Feb. 22CSU celebrates Black History
The celebration of Black History in America has changed drastically over the past century. In 1926, only half a century after the 13th Amendment abolished U.S. slavery, Dr. Carter G. Woodson coined the second week of February as Negro History Week. The week lines up with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass—one a presidential […]
| READ MORE: CSU celebrates Black HistoryCSU breaks another OCC national record
The challenges of the year 2020 did not hold the Charleston Southern University campus back from achieving another record-setting goal. Last night, students, faculty and staff packed Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes until every last stuffed animal, pencil, jump rope and toothbrush had a home. This year’s goal was set at 7,000 packed boxes. CSU packed […]
| READ MORE: CSU breaks another OCC national recordCSU sets OCC packing goal to 7,000 boxes
With the end of the fall semester in short range, students, faculty and staff sets sights on an exciting opportunity to give during the holiday season. Last year, the Charleston Southern University campus broke the national record for the most Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes packed by a university: 5,249 boxes. CSU’s goal this year? […]
| READ MORE: CSU sets OCC packing goal to 7,000 boxesBig South Virtual 5K begins Oct. 18
The Hercules Tires Big South Virtual 5K race, which serves as a fundraising opportunity for youth athletics programs, will be held virtually from Oct. 18 through Nov. 15. Participants will have four weeks to complete the 5K–at home, on a track, on a trail, in a park or on a treadmill. They record and submit […]
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Charleston Southern University’s Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership (WCCL) will host an Engage Event on Thursday, September 10 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. to examine the media’s role, function and activity in presidential elections. CSU alumna Danielle Hensley of WCBD News 2 will interview Shannon Bream of Fox News. Bream will help CSU students understand a broad […]
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