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Hurricane Florence Updates

Campus officials continue to monitor the track of Hurricane Florence. The safety of our campus community is of paramount concern. While no official evacuation has been issued to date, should campus officials determine that Hurricane Florence may threaten CSU directly, residential students may be required to evacuate the campus. Only essential personnel will be allowed […]

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Rest assured, CSU has an emergency plan

Did you know CSU has an Emergency Operations Plan to guide the response of CSU personnel and resources during an emergency? The plan is designed to protect the health and safety of the campus population. If an emergency arises, you will be notified through Buc Alert. If you haven’t already signed up for Buc Alert, […]

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Updates on campus construction projects

As you’ve noticed there is a lot happening on campus. Luke Blackmon, vice president for business affairs and athletics, has provided an update on the projects.  “We are happy to announce that both resident students and faculty and staff will benefit from the additional spaces created with the redesign of the Thurmond Center parking lot,” […]

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Semester begins with Prayer First

The campus community is invited to Prayer First on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 11 a.m. in Lightsey Chapel Auditorium. The Reverend Jon Davis, associate dean of students for Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership, said, “Students can expect to be prayed for, see our CSU leaders demonstrate their faith in the Lordship of Jesus, and be encouraged that […]

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Get to know CSU’s new president – Dr. Dondi Costin

Did you know? His name really is Dondi. His parents named him for a movie about a comic strip character, a war orphan named Dondi. He came to CSU from the Pentagon where he was Air Force Chief of Chaplains and a two-star general. He was the Parade Grand Marshal for the North Carolina Azalea […]

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New president holds prayer service on first day

Dr. Dondi Costin began his first business day as Charleston Southern University’s third president with a corporate prayer service. Faculty, staff, students, trustees, alumni and community members joined Dr. Costin and his wife, Vickey, for a morning of worship and prayer. “We have not because we ask not. We must ask more,” Dr. Costin shared. […]

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CSU honored among national Colleges of Distinction

Charleston Southern University has proven itself to be at the forefront of American higher education with a modern, student-centered approach to teaching. With a unique learning environment, its programming engages students with character-building first-year seminars, community-based learning programs, service-learning programs, diversity and global learning programs, collaborative assignments and projects, undergraduate research, common intellectual experiences, capstone […]

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CSU announces spring 2018 Dean’s List

Charleston Southern University had 869 students on the Dean’s List for spring 2018. In order to be named to the Dean’s List, students must have earned a 3.5 GPA or better, and have earned 12 or more credit hours for the semester. For the full list of spring 2018 Dean’s List students, click here.

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Faculty, staff and students featured at Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2018

The Piccolo Spoleto Festival features many of CSU’s finest in a variety of events each year.  Several faculty members were part of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for the popular Sunset Serenade Concert on the steps of the Custom House on Friday, May 25. This concert also featured the Lowcountry Voices choir directed by CSU alumnus Nathan L. […]

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Business student rides with vets, meets President

Matthew Shelton is a regular at the gym, but he isn’t ordinarily a cyclist. But that didn’t stop him from cycling 30 miles over two days in late April. Shelton, a junior majoring in management, and a Marine Corps veteran, was one of 70 veterans selected to participate in the 15th Annual Wounded Warrior Project White […]

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