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CSU names Spring 2021 Dean’s List
Congratulations to the 843 undergraduates named to the Dean’s List for spring 2021. To qualify for the Dean’s List, undergraduates must earn a 3.5 GPA or better and earn 12 or more credit hours for the semester.
| READ MORE: CSU names Spring 2021 Dean’s ListFirst aeronautics student takes solo flight
Harrison Hunt made history a few days ago, making his mark as Charleston Southern University’s first aeronautics student to take a solo flight. The flight—in a Diamond DA-20 aircraft—was next level for Hunt in what he recounted as a liberating experience. “I was a bit anxious at first because I knew I would be by myself with […]
| READ MORE: First aeronautics student takes solo flightShuler continues archeological research
When senior history major Ethan Shuler conducted an archeological dig at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville in 2019, he never dreamed that internship would lead to conducting an archeological dig on Charleston Southern’s campus. While at Colonial Dorchester, Shuler examined an already completed excavation of a house foundation belonging to the Izard family. […]
| READ MORE: Shuler continues archeological researchInterwoven: Williams finding commonalities that unite
It’s an unlikely story – how a young white man brought the Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Educational Center, a project started by the last living people who attended the school, to life. But, maybe not, when you consider that Will Williams, a Charleston Southern junior marketing major, says that God made His presence […]
| READ MORE: Interwoven: Williams finding commonalities that uniteThe eternal impact of a Lowcountry chaplain
Last summer, the Rev. Rob and Kathy Dewey made a multimillion-dollar commitment to create a center for chaplaincy at Charleston Southern University. Their generosity, represented as one of the largest philanthropic gifts in the history of CSU, was honored at a celebratory luncheon on May 14. “Rob puts the ‘do’ in Dewey,” President Dondi Costin […]
| READ MORE: The eternal impact of a Lowcountry chaplainCSU signs first student to clay target team
A signing ceremony for Reagan Graham Martin, the first member of the newly formed Clay Target Team at Charleston Southern University, was held at Barnwell High School in Barnwell, South Carolina, May 19. Martin is an incoming freshman. Coach Thomas Cousins said, “Reagan is probably the best shooter in the state right now and is […]
| READ MORE: CSU signs first student to clay target teamGil Truesdale ’86 finds balance
It was Christmastime 2016 when Gil Truesdale’s youngest daughter, in her early 20s, said, “This is the longest you’ve been home since I was born.” Truesdale calls it a gut-wrenching moment. He was at home for a 10-week stretch across 2016 and 2017, not because he took a break from traveling for his corporate job […]
| READ MORE: Gil Truesdale ’86 finds balanceNursing instructor advocates for rare disease bill
In April, nursing professor Kerri Nelson testified in a subcommittee within the House of Representatives, pushing for House Bill 3956—a bill that would establish the South Carolina Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The bill passed through the subcommittee, the full committee and passed the majority vote in the House of Representatives. Nelson’s next […]
| READ MORE: Nursing instructor advocates for rare disease billAthletic training students win regional quiz bowl
Students from Charleston Southern University’s athletic training program earned a first-place win in the 2021 Mid Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association (District 3) Quiz Bowl on Friday, May 14. Students Devynn Galloway, Lauren Holliday and Megan O’Dell represented Charleston Southern and beat out teams from Towson University (Maryland), Western Carolina University (North Carolina), University of Lynchburg […]
| READ MORE: Athletic training students win regional quiz bowlAthletic training alum hailed as local hero
On Valentine’s Day this year, Marlin Brown ’08, ‘11 began his Sunday at church and followed it with lunch. He looked forward to spending the rest of the day with his girlfriend, but wanted to make a stop at Northwoods Mall in search of the perfect Valentine’s gift. As he walked past JCPenney with his […]
| READ MORE: Athletic training alum hailed as local hero