B. Keith Faulkner

President
Jones Hall
P843-863-7502 / Epresidentsoffice@csuniv.edu

CREDENTIALS

Baylor University School of Law - Waco, TX: LL.M. Litigation Management

Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law - Buies Creek, NC: Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration, 2001

Campbell University, Lundy Fetterman School of Business - Buies Creek, NC: Master of Business Administration

Charleston Southern University - Charleston, SC: B.S. Business Administration, Finance Emphasis, cum laude 1998 Outstanding Business Administration Student Award

Naval Nuclear Power School and Training Pipeline - Charleston, SC: Certificate of Completion
Courses and topics covered in Nuclear Power Program included: Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Reactor Technology; Nuclear Reactor Principles; Chemistry; Electrical Power Theory and Generation; Health Physics; Materials Science and Metallurgy; Mechanical Theory; Thermodynamics

B. Keith Faulkner was appointed the fourth President of Charleston Southern University on July 26, 2023.

Faulkner earned his Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Business Administration from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. He also holds an LLM in litigation management from Baylor University School of Law. In 1998, he graduated with honors from Charleston Southern University, with a BS in business administration-finance emphasis—where he won the Outstanding Business Administration Student Award that same year. He served in the U.S. Navy where he worked as a nuclear power plant operator and technician. For four of those years, his responsibilities were aboard a fast-attack nuclear powered submarine—the USS Billfish. Already built to be a CSU Buccaneer living on the high seas, his longest stay under water was almost two months.

Before being selected president of CSU, Faulkner had 20 years of higher education experience; he served as president and dean of Appalachian School of Law in Virginia. Prior to this, he served as the dean of Liberty University School of Law and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at Campbell University. He also served as interim dean at Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. Over his career, he and his teams have launched online programs, developed innovative partnerships with industry, enjoyed success in fundraising, and many other notable accomplishments. 

A native of Montgomery County, North Carolina, Faulkner and his high school sweetheart, Patty, have been married for 31 years. They have three children: Hannah, Erin, and Ryan.

Your Purpose. Our Mission.

It is a privilege and honor to serve as president of my alma mater. CSU is a great story of a university doing more than they had to. This institution changed me and transformed me. I look forward to what the Lord has in store as we work together to change lives and deliver excellence in everything we do.

Keith Faulkner

2010 President’s Award of Excellence, Wake County Bar Association Honorary Member of Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity

Navy Achievement Medal

Sailor of the Quarter – Awarded at Two Commands
• USS Billfish SSN 676
• Naval Prototype Training Unit Charleston

Submarine Squadron Four Letter of Commendation

Neil Emory Leadership Award, Leadership Harnett

2019 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Charleston Southern University

Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges (CARC), Board Member, 2021 - Present

Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia, Board Member, 2021 - Present

Virginia State Bar Section on Education of Lawyers, Chair, Member Section on Education of Lawyers July 2021 – June 2022, Chair Member, October 2015 - Present

Professionalism Committee, Member, North Carolina Bar Association July 2019 - Present

THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION Board of Governors, Law School Representative January 2022 - Present

Future of Law Committee, Member, North Carolina Bar Association Jul 2019 - Jun 2020