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Jessica Kolp at the basketball field
“I forgive him”

A freshman’s miraculous journey to CSU, and her testimony of forgiveness after a near-fatal car accident. Textbooks, d...

December 15, 2022
Abigail Barnett and Deymon Fleming Jr.
Campaigns and Elections

In the Charleston Southern political science department, there is a class that is only offered every two years in the fa...

November 28, 2022
Caroline Home visit to a child
Physician assistant students planting seeds of service in Dominican Republic

The Charleston Southern Physician Assistant program sent a group of students and faculty to the Dominican Republic on th...

October 7, 2022
Heather Carver working with aeroponics
Carver delves into aeroponics

Heather Carver, a senior biology major from Waynesville, North Carolina, discovered a love for aeroponics in a class in...

August 16, 2022
Maddy Parsons writing on a chalkboard
Parsons exploring world of mathematics through research

As a Campus Ambassador, Maddy Parsons gives tours to prospective students and their families. She is honest and tells he...

August 16, 2022
Peggy Pinnell, Photo by Tumbleston Photography
Pinnell breaks barriers in insurance field

National events changed the trajectory of my life. The shocking assassination of President Kennedy paved the way for Lyn...

July 15, 2022
David Greenwood for Operation Christmas Child
They call him Mr. OCC

When David Greenwood was sentenced to 46 hours of community service helping with Operation Christmas Child his sophomore...

June 24, 2022
Nursing student publishes Christmas book

For the plethora of individuals who have bought one of over six million copies of The Polar Express since 1986, the tr...

November 8, 2021
Overcoming homelessness: how two Bucs defied the odds

Homeless. It is a word packed with stereotypes and visuals of tent cities, stranded shopping carts by the woods, or card...

September 21, 2021
Caroline Grace is a freshman at Charleston Southern University majoring in instrumental music education
CSU freshman saves drowning child

Caroline Grace is a freshman majoring in instrumental music education; she is also a courageous local hero. Last summer...

June 21, 2021
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