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Connecting through creative arts
Catherine Compton Nielsen, MT-BC ‘03 and her entrepreneurial husband, Chris Nielsen, started The Palm Beach Music Therapy Institute, LLC in 2007. In 2019, they changed the name to Creative Arts Therapies of the Palm Beaches. Cat and Chris and their three children, Penelope, Grover, and Heidi, live in Palm Beach County, Florida. She said, “I am […]
| READ MORE: Connecting through creative artsSweet 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 […]
| READ MORE: Sweet 16 line-up for 2021-22Gaming in the classroom
On the first day of her Technology for Teachers class, Dr. Jennifer Zakrzewski greeted her students dressed as a computer nerd and welcomed them to their technical support role for a fictional tech company. Zakrzewski, assistant professor of education, said the students had no idea what was going on at first. Concerned about her students […]
| READ MORE: Gaming in the classroomAlumna brings beauty to her world
Taylor Irby ‘09 runs East of These, a nonprofit; Courtney Taylor Styled, an interior design business; co-founded June Taylor Shop, a home brand, and is mom to 10-year-old Inslee and 8-year-old Anderson. She has lived in Lakeland, Florida, for eight years and uses her creativity to write and style for local publications through Courtney Taylor […]
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Recent grad Sydney Kinard has made it her mission to get the word out about completing the Medical ID function on smart phones. When her cousin, Parker Robinson, was in a terrible car accident last summer, it was hours before his family was notified that he was in the hospital because he had not completed […]
| READ MORE: Graduate shares importance of phone med IDsCSU sophomore awarded prestigious DOD scholarship, job
The Department of Defense has awarded a SMART Scholarship to Logan Ferguson, a sophomore cybersecurity major, with a focus on information systems. Ferguson is the first Charleston Southern student to win the Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship. The SMART Scholarship will provide Ferguson with full tuition, summer internships, a stipend and full-time […]
| READ MORE: CSU sophomore awarded prestigious DOD scholarship, jobMonitoring TS Elsa
Charleston Southern University is closely monitoring weather conditions as a result of Tropical Storm Elsa. Tropical storm conditions are possible tonight, with thunderstorms and winds of up to 35 mph and possible 45 mph gusts. There is a slight chance of tornado watches later this evening. To ensure the safety of our campus community, the […]
| READ MORE: Monitoring TS ElsaMusic camps back at CSU
Charleston Southern University’s Horton School of Music sponsored the 10th annual Summer Music Camp during the last two weeks of June. Two hundred campers attended from every region of South Carolina and five neighboring states, and performed in the areas of band, orchestra, piano and voice. After a one-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSU […]
| READ MORE: Music camps back at CSUUpdated BUCSAFE protocol for Summer II
Summer is here and things are looking up in the fight against COVID-19! As more of our fellow neighbors are seeking vaccination, we have seen a downward trend in our state and nation in the number of positive COVID-19 cases. Looking forward, the University Pandemic Task Force and senior leadership have discussed changes in current […]
| READ MORE: Updated BUCSAFE protocol for Summer IIFoundation supports Nigerian orphans
Paul Gombwer ‘15 is an assistant store manager for Home Depot and runs The Alice Gombwer Foundation. He and his wife, Kayla, have a son, Braxton. His parents are deceased, and he has five siblings in his native Nigeria, four brothers and one sister. He said, “Most of the money to help run the foundation […]
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