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DAR providing scholarships for students

Dr. Mark Williams, chair of the history department, and Dr. John Kuykendall, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, accept a scholarship check from the Daughters of the American Revolution, represented by Maggie Adams and Angie Cease ’92.

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Pinnell breaks barriers in insurance field

National events changed the trajectory of my life. The shocking assassination of President Kennedy paved the way for Lyndon Johnson to assume the office, and in a very short time the campus of the University of Tennessee was consumed with the Vietnam War. Deferments for male students being drafted into the military ended upon graduation, […]

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Shuler continues archeological research

When senior history major Ethan Shuler conducted an archeological dig at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville in 2019, he never dreamed that internship would lead to conducting an archeological dig on Charleston Southern’s campus. While at Colonial Dorchester, Shuler examined an already completed excavation of a house foundation belonging to the Izard family. […]

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Shuler digs through 300 years of history

The most interesting items Ethan Shuler has found in his archaeological dig at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville are a musket ball and a red glass jewel bead. He’s also found mounds of broken bricks, but that hasn’t dimmed his enthusiasm. “I wanted to get out and find history,” said Shuler. “It’s awesome […]

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