Student Life
CSU announces first doctoral program
Charleston Southern University announced that its first doctoral program – the Doctor of Education (EdD) with an emphasis in Leadership – will accept applications starting July 1, 2018. The inaugural cohort of 20 students will begin in January 2019, with completion in December 2021. The program will consist of 60 semester hours. Courses will be […]
| READ MORE: CSU announces first doctoral programA mission trip that planted seeds
Almost 14 years ago, Dr. Charles Smedley and Dr. David Naylor took some CSU students on a mission trip to Romania. They would work with orphan children and with poor people in the community. Daniel Puiu, a Romanian working in ministry at that time, clearly remembers watching the CSU group teaching and singing with the […]
| READ MORE: A mission trip that planted seedsWhat do you treasure?
To fully embrace the most important week of the year for Christians, international students and faculty started chapel by reading scripture in nine different languages. Korean, Mandarin, Catalan, Italian, Afrikaans, Serbian, Spanish, Finnish and Hindi gave the student body a clear understanding of God’s message and reach beyond CSU’s campus. The guest speaker for the […]
| READ MORE: What do you treasure?Good news, financially, for CAPS students
The S.C. Tuition Grants Commission has approved Charleston Southern University’s College of Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS) as an eligible program for receipt of the S.C. Tuition Grant. CAPS is an affordable, flexible and fully online program offering both bachelor’s and master’s degrees for working adults. The awarding of the grant will begin with the […]
| READ MORE: Good news, financially, for CAPS studentsCSU voice students competing in regionals in Virginia
(left to right, back row): Lyricc Jenkins, McKayla NeSmith, Kaegan Fitzherbert, Reece Nix, Justin Borak, Braxton Barnett and Jean-Claude Davidson(left to right, front row): Jairus McClanahan, Ciara Wallace, Rachel Hiester, Timmi Winston and Zach Patton Fourteen Charleston Southern University Horton School of Music students are competing at the Mid-Atlantic Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Student […]
| READ MORE: CSU voice students competing in regionals in VirginiaIndian culture featured in annual event
Students, faculty and staff were treated to free Indian food and entertainment as part of the school’s annual Culturefest yesterday. In the serving lines, vegetable Samosa, Basmati rice and chicken Tikka Masala found its way to their plates and then their palates. While the food was consumed, the various aspects of Indian culture were shared […]
| READ MORE: Indian culture featured in annual eventNo accounting for too much knowledge
“I just enjoy what I do,” said Liz Niblett Thornton. The question, though, is how does she do it all? Thornton graduated from Sam Houston State University in 2002 with a bachelor of music degree. She spent three years in the Army, and when that hitch ended, the Texas native decided to teach English in South Korea. Along […]
| READ MORE: No accounting for too much knowledgeCSU student honored as 2018 Newman Civic Fellow
Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 268 students who will make up the organization’s 2018 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows, including Charleston Southern’s own Princeton McBride. Pictured: Princeton McBride, junior, with CSU Dean of Students Clark Carter. McBride is a junior from Sumter, S.C., […]
| READ MORE: CSU student honored as 2018 Newman Civic FellowFriendship and a CSU diploma reconnect alums
After long careers working at Westvaco, what many refer to as The Paper Mill, three Lowcountry women embraced something else they shared in common. All three were graduates, at different times and under individual circumstances, from Charleston Southern. Meet Esther Wilkins, class of ’91; Victoria Montgomery, an ’04 AND ’09 MBA graduate, and Shellie Snider, […]
| READ MORE: Friendship and a CSU diploma reconnect alumsTakin’ it to the streets
Friday nights are valuable to most college students. It’s a springboard to the weekend and a break from the classroom until Monday. A group of CSU students heads to downtown Charleston every Friday night with a different objective. The goal is to share Jesus with people they don’t even know. Hayden Jacobs, a Christian Studies […]
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