By Mona Prufer
“Wood, Paper, Canvas,” an exhibition featuring new work by painters Dan Powell and John Schiro, photographer Easton Selby and sculptor Chris Todd will be displayed from Thursday, May 13 through Friday, June 18 in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery at Coastal Carolina University. The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, [...]
By Mona L. Prufer
Coastal Carolina University Theatre will present “The Will Rogers Follies, A Life in Revue,” a musical based on the life and career of the famed humorist. Performances will run through Saturday, April 24 in Wheelwright Auditorium. All performances will be held at 7:30 p.m.
“The Will Rogers Follies, A Life in Revue” recreates [...]
By Mona Prufer
Plans to establish a campus chapel at Coastal Carolina University are now under way as a result of the commitment—and the dream—of a local family.
Sarah and A. Edward Jackson III of Myrtle Beach and officials of the Coastal Educational Foundation have signed a memorandum for the construction of a non-denominational chapel “to serve [...]
Coastal Carolina University has chosen “The Brief History of The Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier for its 2010 Big Read program. Incoming freshmen will be assigned to read the novel this summer, and Brockmeier will visit the University in the fall to speak to the freshman class.
“The Brief History of The Dead” is a fantasy novel [...]
By Mona Prufer
Coastal Carolina University students placed third in the Big South College Quiz Bowl Tournament held recently at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. The academic tournament is held annually at one of the Big South Athletic Conference schools for students from member schools.
Competing were CCU students Seth Morgan of Myrtle Beach, a senior seeking [...]
By Martha Hunn
Pierre Henry Valdema of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a junior computer science major at Coastal Carolina University, has been awarded a full scholarship that will enable him to complete his degree at CCU.
While Valdema’s family and home survived the Jan. 12 earthquake, the collapse of the economy in Haiti has made it impossible for his [...]
By Mona Prufer
Coastal Carolina University names career center director Tom Woodle has been named the director of the Career Services Center at Coastal Carolina University.
Duties of the position include the day-to-day management of the center, coordination of an advisory board, planning and implementation of career counseling and assessment, and representing the University at state, regional [...]
Novelist and short story writer Hannah Tinti will give a reading at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4 at Coastal Carolina University. The event is free and open to the public.
The reading, which will be held in Wall Auditorium, is a part of the Words to Say It Visiting Writers Series, which is supported by [...]
“Textural Tracings,” an exhibition of the work of three sculptors from the Washington, D.C., area, will open with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The reception and exhibit in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery at Coastal Carolina University are open to the public. The show continues through Friday, March [...]
Coastal Carolina University biology professor Chris Hill has discovered that the Saltmarsh Sparrow, a shoreline bird that populates the eastern coast, exhibits “extreme levels of multiple mating,” making it probably the most promiscuous bird in the world.
The remarkable findings of the new research have been published in The Auk, the journal of the American Ornithologists [...]
By Martha Hunn
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the bond rating for Coastal Carolina University’s Revenue Bonds. This upgrade paves the way for the University to acquire loans at lower interest rates, resulting in savings for taxpayers.
According to Moody’s Investors Service analyst Lori Schomp, the University was upgraded to A2 from A3. The rating upgrade [...]
By Martha Hunn
Coastal Carolina University will begin the new year with the addition of more than 1,000 beds for student housing as a result of the recent acquisition of CampusEdge by the CCU Student Housing Foundation, an apartment complex located on U.S. 544 near its Conway campus.
The transaction was completed on Dec. 30, 2009, according [...]
Coastal Carolina University, Francis Marion University, The (Florence) Morning News, WBTW News 13 and scnow.com will sponsor a series of political debates during the upcoming election season. Two gubernatorial primary debates will be held in June. Nominees for state superintendent of education, lieutenant governor and governor will debate prior to the November general election.
Republican and [...]
Coastal Carolina University Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek announced on Thursday morning that head women’s soccer coach Rohan Naraine’s contract will not be renewed.
“I want to thank Rohan Naraine for his years of dedicated service to Coastal Carolina, both as a head coach and assistant coach,” Yurachek said. “He has had many positive accomplishments on [...]
Coastal Carolina University President David DeCenzo has named Hunter Yurachek director of athletics. Yurachek will take over in January and replaces Warren “Moose” Koegel, who is moving into a fundraising role at the Chanticleer Athletic Foundation, which directly supports Coastal Carolina Athletics.
“First I would like to thank Dr. DeCenzo and (search committee chair) Charles Hodge [...]
The New World Performance Laboratory (NWPL), a professional theatre company based in Ohio, will present its production of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5 and Friday, Nov. 6 at Coastal Carolina University’s Black Box Theatre, located in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
General [...]
Local students attending Coastal Carolina University will have more opportunities to study abroad thanks to a new grant from the Horry County Higher Education Commission.
The $20,000 annual grant, called the Horry County Higher Education Commission International Awareness Award, will become available to students for the spring 2010 semester. The awards will be given in increments [...]
A rare musical and cinematic experience is in store at Coastal Carolina University on Monday, Nov. 9. “The Clown Princes,” a program of films starring the supreme artists of silent cinema—Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton—will be presented accompanied by a live ragtime orchestra performing the original, synchronized musical scores. The event is scheduled for 7:30 [...]
“The Spitfire Grill,” a heartwarming American musical, will be performed by Coastal Carolina University Theatre starting Thursday, Sept. 24 and running through Oct. 3.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 27 and at 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday, Sept. 30 [...]
Coastal Carolina University’s Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is Oct. 16.
Five alumni awards are presented annually, recognizing outstanding alumni from each of the four colleges (E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration, the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, the Spadoni College of [...]
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September 15, 2009 0By Corrie Lacey
For nine years, the University of Cambridge’s most talented directors, producers, actors and technicians have traveled 3,500 miles across the Atlantic to bring Shakespeare to American universities and theatres. And for the first time, the University’s leading student theatre company, Cambridge American Stage Tour (CAST), will include a stop in South Carolina to [...]
By Mona Prufer
Coastal Carolina University has been awarded its first grant from economic stimulus funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The University will receive a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Recovery Program grant award of $138,807 to fund one sworn officer position in the Department of Public Safety for three years. [...]
Coastal Carolina University is completing the first phase of its 18-month statewide marketing initiative aimed at enhancing and promoting the institution’s identity. The campaign was unveiled at a “Brand Roll-Out” event at Brooks Stadium on June 23.
“The University is moving forward with these creative efforts that will establish the Coastal Carolina University brand in the [...]
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May 22, 2009 0PRESENCE (ATALAYA) is the third project in artist Cynthia Farnell’s South Carolina series of site-specific photographic installations.
PRESENCE (ATALAYA) consists of delicate photographic transfers on white panels, placed in selected rooms of Atalaya, the former Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington residence at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. [...]
Coastal Carolina University will host the Third Annual Coastal Honor Band and Scholarship Festival on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. in Wheelwright Auditorium. The festival concert is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
The event featuring regional high school instrumental band students, is a culmination of four days of rehearsal, [...]
