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Gil 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 heroCSU announces tuition insurance partnership
Charleston Southern University students and families will have the option to protect their investment with the launch of a partnership with GradGuard™ and its Tuition Protection Plan™ beginning this fall. The plan provides reimbursement for tuition if a student is unable to complete an academic term due to sudden illness, a flair up of a chronic illness, […]
| READ MORE: CSU announces tuition insurance partnershipBookstore partner changes name to Slingshot
Today, Tree of Life Bookstores and its Textbook Butler service announced its renaming to Slingshot. “We have renamed our company Slingshot because we want the campus store to be the hero, to defeat the giant that is standing in the path to student success,” said CEO and Founder Darren Campbell. Charleston Southern University partnered with the […]
| READ MORE: Bookstore partner changes name to SlingshotCharleston Southern celebrates Classes 2020 and 2021
The Charleston Southern University Class of 2020 members had their chance to walk the stage April 30 on CSU’s Buccaneer Field, and the Class of 2021 walked May 1. COVID-19 disrupted the traditional May graduation for the Class of 2020. CSU held a virtual graduation for the class last May and an in-person diploma pick-up […]
| READ MORE: Charleston Southern celebrates Classes 2020 and 2021CSU to host two commencement ceremonies
Charleston Southern University will host two commencement ceremonies this weekend on CSU’s Buccaneer Field. The in-person graduation events will celebrate the Class of 2021 on Saturday, May 1 and the Class of 2020 on Friday, April 30—both at 6 p.m. More than 700 will graduate on Saturday, with 534 participating. Approximately 150 alumni from the […]
| READ MORE: CSU to host two commencement ceremoniesAlumni Spotlight: Dennis Greene ’86
Dennis Greene spent 32 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Colonel. He retired from a second career as a Federal Investigator with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Denver Oct. 31, 2020, and serves as Executive Director of the Denver Technological Center/Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce, located in one of the nation‘s top 30 economic zones […]
| READ MORE: Alumni Spotlight: Dennis Greene ’86New VP of enrollment and marketing chosen for CSU
After a nationwide search this spring, Charleston Southern University is pleased to announce Dr. Anthony Turner as its new vice president of enrollment and marketing. “The Lord has answered our prayers in sending us a highly experienced professional to lead CSU to new heights in Enrollment and Marketing,” Interim VP of Enrollment Services and Marketing […]
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