Pelvic relaxation may sound like something pleasant but that is definitely not the case. The phrase is another way of describing pelvic organ prolapse, a condition that occurs when the pelvic floor– the muscles, ligaments, connective tissue and nerves that support and control the bladder, ut…
As a result of the pandemic, commencement ceremonies at Coastal Carolina University for Spring and Summer graduates were virtual. CCU promised that graduates could walk during an in-person ceremony at some point in the future. That took place on Saturday, December 12 in Brooks Stadium. The e…
Several hundred Coastal Carolina University students participated in the in-person fall commencement ceremony held Friday, Dec. 11, in Brooks Stadium. More than 689 students were eligible to participate. On Saturday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m., CCU will hold an in-person ceremony in the stadium for …
During the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees meeting on Dec. 11, board vice chairman H. Delan Stevens read a resolution that recognized the service of David A. DeCenzo, who is retiring as the University’s second president. To honor his more than 13 years of leadership and service…
Veterans and their families can participate in Wreaths Across America in national cemeteries, but there will be restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Coastal Carolina University’s Grant Center for Real Estate and Economics is a lead sponsor for the 39th FIABCI Leadership Summit titled “REimagining the Future.” Every year, FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, organizes two global events – the World Real Estate Congress in May …
Longs, S.C. - American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers are assisting a person whose home, located on Water Tower Rd in Longs, was damaged by a fire yesterday. Horry County Fire and Rescue responded to the blaze. The Red Cross is helping one adult by providing financial assistance for f…
Coastal Carolina University is hosting an Horry County Application Drive-Thru Week Dec. 7-10. Each day from 3-4:30 p.m., Horry County high school students and Horry-Georgetown Technical College students will have the opportunity to easily apply to CCU and receive a $45 application fee waiver…
Columbia, SC – In an effort to provide families and individuals with the tools they need to navigate challenging times during COVID-19 and beyond, Duke Energy has partnered with the United Way Association of South Carolina providing $200,000 to assist utility customers with their bills and e…
Loris, S.C. - American Red Cross disaster-trained volunteers are assisting a family whose home, located on Meadow Dr in Loris, was damaged by a fire last night. Horry County Fire and Rescue responded to the blaze. The Red Cross is helping eight people by providing financial assistance for …
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Herbert L. “Laurie” Newton has joined the United Bank Center for Military and Veteran Studies advisory board at Coastal Carolina University. He is the former commander of the U.S. Army’s 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command within the South Carolina National…
Coastal Carolina University is planning to hold two in-person commencement ceremonies in December, one for students graduating this fall and one for students who graduated in virtual ceremonies during the 2020 spring and summer semesters.
Aurion Cox, a public health major from Andrews, S.C., is the first Coastal Carolina University student to hold a virtual international internship during the 2020 Fall semester. The internship is being conducted in cooperation with Kaya Responsible Travel, which offers volunteer and internshi…
Several Coastal Carolina University administrators, faculty, and staff were honored at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Sino-American Cooperation in Higher Education and Professional Development (CHEPD) 1+2+1 Transfer Articulation Program, which was broadcast virtually from Beijing, C…
During the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees meeting on Oct. 23, Michael T. Benson was formally introduced as the University’s next president. He begins his tenure as CCU’s third president on Jan. 2, 2021.
Two Coastal Carolina University juniors have been selected as Kenneth E. Swain Scholars for the 2020-2021 academic school year. Alyssa Simpson, a biology major and chemistry minor from Charlotte Hall, Md., and Casey Sullivan, a sociology major and a criminology minor from Walpole, Mass., wer…
The system – a series of sizable concrete blocks housing environmental sensors – will be lowered onto and installed on the much larger Ron McManus Memorial Reef system, located approximately five nautical miles from the south jetty at Little River inlet. The surface-to-reef installation will…
Congratulations to Michelle Anderson, school nurse at Kingston Elementary, for being named a 2020 Palmetto Gold Award Winner by the South Carolina Nurses Foundation, Inc.!!!
Five finalists have been named in Horry County Schools’ Support Staff of the Year recognition program. The announcement, which is usually made in the spring, was postponed due to the pandemic. The HCS Support Staff of the Year recognition program celebrates the contributions of exemplary emp…
Coastal Carolina University is restructuring the Spadoni College of Education to become the Spadoni College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, effective July 1, 2021, according to Daniel Ennis, CCU’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.
The Coastal Carolina University (CCU) board of trustees today named Michael T. Benson, D.Phil., the next president of CCU. He will begin serving as the University’s third president on Jan. 2, 2021.
Since 2016, Coastal Carolina University has been an academic member of FIABCI, a leading international real estate organization devoted to all real estate specialties and activities. A new agreement with CCU’s Grant Center for Real Estate and Economics, located in the Wall College of Busines…
The Coastal Carolina University Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts is getting ready to develop more, and better prepared, global citizens.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that Ocean Drive Elementary School is among the winners earning National Blue Ribbon Schools designation for 2020. This designation is the highest honor a school can receive from the U.S. Department Education.
CMC provides necessary care, resources to patients with heart attack symptomsThe American College of Cardiology has recognized Conway Medical Center (CMC) for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain. CMC was awarded Chest Pain Center Accreditation based…
Coastal Carolina University has launched a public health education campaign, titled “We Will (Why Will You?),” as part of its ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The campaign has been developed by students in conjunction with the Coastal Comeback Plan, which details how the Un…
Career Services at Coastal Carolina University is inviting all CCU students and alumni seeking internships and job opportunities to attend its free Virtual Career Week events from Sept. 14-17. A Virtual Career Fair with CareerEco will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, from noon to 4 p.m. To regist…
Coastal Carolina University placed on seven U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2021, including No. 6 in Best Value Schools (South). The Best Value category calculation takes into account the school’s academic quality and net cost of attendance. This is the fourth consecutive year CCU …
SAT results released for the senior class of 2020 show that Horry County Schools (HCS) continues to outpace the national average, even with an increase in the percentage of seniors taking the SAT over the previous year’s class.
Sept. 8 marked the first day of simultaneous streaming and face-to-face classes for the fall semester at Coastal Carolina University. The semester began with all online instruction on Aug. 19. Students have the option to continue with online learning for the duration of the semester. On-camp…
A Coastal Carolina University theatre professor has gone viral. A short video of Robin Edwards-Russell teaching from home on the first day of class has been viewed millions of times. The exposure draws attention to CCU and how instructors are teaching with passion and enthusiasm even from a …
The Green Sea Floyds Middle & High School Beta Club competed in the Virtual National Convention and placed in the top 10 in two competition events.
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Coastal Community Foundation is proud to share that Veronica Hemingway, our Director of the Southern Lowcountry, was recently appointed to the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission by the U.S. National Park Service in partnership with the South Carolina State Historic Preserva…
Leaders from Coastal Carolina University, Florence-Darlington Technical College, Francis Marion University, and Horry-Georgetown Technical College recently signed a mutual assistance compact, which is the first of its kind in the state.
Myrtle Beach, SC – McLeod Health has announced its intention to build a new hospital in the Carolina Forest area of Horry County.
When the Coastal Carolina University Fall 2020 semester begins on Aug. 19, many faculty members will be using new iPads to deliver their digital learning courses. The University recently purchased 1,000 10.5-inch Apple iPad Airs using a portion of its allotted CARES Act funds. They come with…
Coastal Carolina University’s E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration recently delivered a virtual business course for 14 students from its partner universities in Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain. Six CCU professors, as well as two partnering professors from Germany, led the w…
Coastal Carolina University held its first official Fall 2020 move-in day for new students on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Coastal Carolina University’s Grant Center for Real Estate and Economics has selected four students for its Real Estate Scholars program for the 2020-2021 academic year. The students are Shane DeThomasis, a finance major from Albany, N.Y.; Lionel Martin, an MBA student from Charlotte, N.C.; …
Paul T. Gayes, Ph.D., a professor of marine science and executive director of the Burroughs & Chapin Center for Marine and Wetland Studies at Coastal Carolina University, is using a new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanner to conduct research on long-term beach erosion and renouri…
The E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University has awarded professorships to faculty members who exemplify excellence in teaching, research, and service. The following professorships have been awarded for 2020-2021: The Vereen Teaching Impact Award to…
During the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees meeting on Aug. 7, the board approved granting authority to the administration to enter into four-month leases, each with renewable terms, with off-campus student housing properties near campus, effective Aug. 15 through Dec. 14, 2020.
In her remarks to graduates during Coastal Carolina University’s summer virtual commencement ceremony on Aug. 7, speaker Carolyn Dillian, a professor of anthropology and recipient of CCU’s 2020 HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award, encouraged them to be prepared to face various c…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it will begin awarding more than $400 million in grants under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF) to 266 non-profit organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico an…
Coastal Carolina University will hold its Summer 2020 virtual commencement ceremony on Friday, Aug. 7, at 6 p.m., featuring a recorded message from Carolyn Dillian, a professor of anthropology and recipient of CCU’s 2020 HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award.
Columbia, S.C.—The American Red Cross of South Carolina is pleased to announce a new Regional Chief Executive Officer after the departure of longtime CEO, Louise Welch Williams. Rod Tolbert, who has been with the organization for over 20 years, will assume the roll effective July 27th, 2020.
HCS offers NO COST BREAKFAST and LUNCH to children 18 years old and younger and special needs children up to age 21 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Pick up on Tuesdays, will consist of 2 breakfast meals and 2 lunch meals. Pick up on Thursdays, will consist of 3 breakfast…
E. Mitchell Church, associate professor in the Department of Management and Decision Sciences in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University, has been appointed to interim department chair.
Coastal Carolina University launched a 30-day video campaign on July 20 to visually communicate the multiple aspects of what life on campus will be like for the Fall 2020 semester as safety measures have been implemented in response to the global pandemic.
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