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Hurricane Ian Update – Campus Offices Closed
The National Weather Service has issued a Hurricane Warning for the Charleston area. As a result, Charleston Southern University offices and buildings will close on Friday, Sept. 30, with the exception of the Dining Hall and Residence Life. Rivers Library will also close on Friday. In accordance with the CSU Emergency Plan, essential staff will […]
| READ MORE: Hurricane Ian Update – Campus Offices ClosedHurricane Ian Update – Move to Virtual Learning
Due to Hurricane Ian’s potential impact to the Charleston region this week, Charleston Southern University will move to virtual learning on Thursday and Friday. Though the storm’s path isn’t currently projected to be a direct hit on the South Carolina coast, tropical storm conditions are expected. What to Expect Currently a Category 4 storm, Hurricane […]
| READ MORE: Hurricane Ian Update – Move to Virtual LearningPresident Costin to serve on Big South Conference Executive Committee
Charleston Southern University President Dr. Dondi Costin is the new vice president of the Big South Conference Executive Committee for 2022-23. The Big South Conference Executive Committee has the authority to make decisions, when necessary, for the Big South Council of Chief Executive Officers. Additionally, the Executive Committee hears any appeals regarding penalties imposed by the […]
| READ MORE: President Costin to serve on Big South Conference Executive CommitteeMonitoring Hurricane Ian
The Charleston Southern University Emergency Management Team is monitoring the path and projected impacts of Hurricane Ian. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm will rapidly intensify as it heads toward Cuba and the western Florida coast this week. It’s likely the storm will lose strength as it approaches the United States later in […]
| READ MORE: Monitoring Hurricane IanCSU view: A brief history of the CSU Women’s Council
In 1966 there was a group called Baptist College at Charleston Women’s Club. The founding members were: Charlene Kirk, chairman; Mary Dobbins, Mattie Leigh Francese, Faye Hester, Margaret Mack, Epsie Reeves, Judy Stewart, and Marcia Wilson. Those eight women had concern for scholarships for students in need as well as beautification projects for the university […]
| READ MORE: CSU view: A brief history of the CSU Women’s CouncilCSU partners with Roper St. Francis Express Care
Charleston Southern University has partnered with Roper St. Francis Express Care to provide convenient access to healthcare for full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Roper St. Francis Express Care on University Boulevard is less than one mile from residential students on CSU’s campus. All full-time […]
| READ MORE: CSU partners with Roper St. Francis Express CareCSU named to U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges List
U.S. News & World Report has once again named Charleston Southern University to its Best Colleges list for 2022-2023 in the Best Regional Universities in the South category. In the Best Colleges category, CSU is ranked No. 49, up from No. 57 last year; in the Best Colleges for Veterans, CSU is ranked No. 23, up […]
| READ MORE: CSU named to U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ListBaldwin wins national award
Amy Britt Baldwin ’00 describes seventh grade, especially math, as her worst year in school growing up. Ironically, she spent 13 years teaching seventh grade mathematics and a few years in seventh grade science at Oakbrook Middle School before assuming the Gateway to Technology position in 2013. Baldwin said, “It was one of the hardest […]
| READ MORE: Baldwin wins national awardCSU mourns beloved former provost, professor
The CSU family is mourning the loss of former provost and professor Dr. A. Kennerley “Kenny” Bonnette Jr., who died Monday, Sept. 5 in Summerville. He was 77 years old. Bonnette began his career at Charleston Southern University, then Baptist College at Charleston, in January 1971. He earned a PhD in nuclear chemistry at Clemson […]
| READ MORE: CSU mourns beloved former provost, professorCSU view: herbarium celebrates 10 year anniversary
It’s been 10 years since the Charleston Southern Herbarium was registered with the New York Botanical Garden. Curator Kevin Jones says the herbarium started as a project of Dr. Jim Barrier and Professor Steve Best in 1994. In recent years, Jones has worked with students and research assistants in his Plant Taxonomy class to expand […]
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