Centers and Institutes

Enhance Your Skills With Training and Development from CSU's Centers and Institutes

Are you a current student looking for help with classes or career advice? Maybe you’re a recent college grad looking to develop your leadership skills, or perhaps you’d like training in the discipline of Chaplaincy? You can do all of this and more with CSU’s robust network of centers and institutes designed to develop you as a person and enrich your education no matter what stage of life you’re in or your degree level.

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Student Success Center

CSU offers academic student services to help you succeed in college. These services include academic advising, disability services, student-athlete success, the Writing Center, and the Testing Center.

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Career Center

The Career Center at CSU can help you discover your purpose with career counseling, networking events, job fairs, and more. Get help with your resume, or schedule a mock interview to prepare yourself for what’s next.

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Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership

Looking for additional biblical training that relates to your field of study? Check out the WCCL’s four institutes: the Biblical Worldview Institute, Faith and Learning Institute, Marketplace Ministry Institute, and Leadership Institute.

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Strack Center for Global Leadership and Ministry

CSU, partnered with Dr. Jay Strack’s Student Leadership University, offers students a chance to earn credits toward their degree by taking SLU classes in global leadership, biblical worldview, and more with SLU’s world-class leaders and speakers.

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Center for Personal Financial Management

The Center for Personal Financial Management at Charleston Southern University trains and equips CSU students and the campus family with biblical principles of financial wisdom and money management.

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Dewey Center for Chaplaincy

The Dewey Center for Chaplaincy at Charleston Southern University offers academic programming for students seeking to enter the chaplain ministry as well as training for current chaplains.

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Community Research Institute

The Community Research Institute is a partnership of the CSU Nielsen College of Business and Abbey Research to conduct academically sound research to provide evidence-based solutions to the community.

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Center for Global Education

The Center for Global Education works to prepare every CSU student to be ready to thrive in the culturally diverse, global marketplace.

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Certificate Programs

Did you know that CSU has certificate programs in personal financial counseling and nursing education? These programs offer students the opportunity to sharpen their existing skills and develop new ones too. It is the chance to further your professional development and propel your career with new insights and practical skills.

Certificate in Personal Financial Counseling Postmaster's Certificate in Nursing Education

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Centers and Institutes

Enhance Your Skills With Training and Development from CSU's Centers and Institutes

Student Success Center

Career Center

Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership

Strack Center for Global Leadership and Ministry

Center for Personal Financial Management

Dewey Center for Chaplaincy

Community Research Institute

Center for Global Education

Certificate Programs

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