More than 2,000 undergraduate students at Coastal Carolina University were named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2022 semester. Students who make the Dean's List have achieved a grade point average between 3.5-3.99 for the semester.

Nearly 1,000 students earned a spot on the President's List for the Spring 2022 semester at Coastal Carolina University. Students who made the President's List have achieved a 4.0 grade point average during the semester.

Coastal Carolina University recognized more than 1,200 students during its in-person Spring 2022 commencement ceremonies, held May 6-7, 2022.

Lewis Lambert received the 2021 S.C. Tourism Student Award. The award was presented by S.C. Governor Henry McMaster at a ceremony at the governor's mansion in March. Lambert is a hospitality, resort, and tourism management major with a 4.0 GPA. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society and the Student Executive Leaders. He is also currently enrolled in the PGA Golf Management program and has completed internships at Carolina Lakes Golf Club, 521 BBQ & Grill, and the Hackler Course at CCU. Lambert was nominated unanimously by the CCU hospitality, resort, and tourism management faculty.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement and Leadership Awards (SILA) ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at Wheelwright Auditorium. During this year's ceremony, outstanding students, faculty, and staff, as well as groups, were recognized and received a plaque, certificate, or a coveted Chanticleer rooster trophy.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement and Leadership Awards (SILA) ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at Wheelwright Auditorium. During this year's ceremony, outstanding students, faculty, and staff, as well as groups, were recognized and received a plaque, certificate, or a coveted Chanticleer rooster trophy.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement and Leadership Awards (SILA) ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at Wheelwright Auditorium. During this year's ceremony, outstanding students, faculty, and staff, as well as groups, were recognized and received a plaque, certificate, or a coveted Chanticleer rooster trophy.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement and Leadership Awards (SILA) ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at Wheelwright Auditorium. During this year's ceremony, outstanding students, faculty, and staff, as well as groups, were recognized and received a plaque, certificate, or a coveted Chanticleer rooster trophy.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement and Leadership Awards (SILA) ceremony on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at Wheelwright Auditorium. During this year's ceremony, outstanding students, faculty, and staff, as well as groups, were recognized and received a plaque, certificate, or a coveted Chanticleer rooster trophy.

Catherine Johnson, a senior marketing major at Coastal Carolina University, has been hired as a winter student intern by Tind-All Creative Marketing based in New Hartford, Conn. She will conduct her internship remotely from South Carolina.

Hannah Rowell majored in psychology and graduated in December 2012 from Coastal Carolina University. She then went on to UNC at Charlotte to get her master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Currently, she is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and works at McLaughlin Young EAP Group. She is a member of the Critical Incidents Team Lead. Hannah says, "I love the work environment at this job! We really work as a team and lean on each other for support. I also love working in crisis management and assisting people when they are in such a high state of need. It is rewarding to be able to assist in such a high-stress situation as a crisis, provide support, and let them know they are not alone." Hannah's career journey has been paved with many different learning experiences. She states, "The mental health field is always changing, and each job has taught me different lessons and challenged me in different ways. I love the versatility of my degree. I have always hoped to make a difference in at least one person's life during my career. I think it is important to help those that are struggling." Hannah did an internship during her senior year working with children with autism. She explains it was a fantastic experience. She states, "I found a passion for working with children with autism. The professor that was my mentor guided me and provided me with so much support. It was a great opportunity to get some experience in the field before going on to graduate school." Her advice to CCU students, "enjoy the journey. I know you may laugh at that right now as you are in it and bogged down with work and stressed out. But I encourage you to take a minute and enjoy the environment, the learning, and the people around you. College is a unique time and experience. I also encourage you not to limit yourself. Think outside the box in terms of careers. I have learned so many different career paths since I have gotten into my field that I never knew existed. My current job, doing crisis management, was a part of my field I knew very little about. Each job is a learning experience and stepping stone towards where you are meant to be."

Bessie Wilson graduated in May 2018 with a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Public Relations, and triple minored in Spanish, Marketing & Journalism. She was also a student in the Honors Program. Currently, she is the Digital Marketing Specialist at Waccamaw Publishers/My Horry News. She states, "I work for an amazing company with great co-workers. I'm extremely blessed to have been offered this job right out of college. I was very lucky to get offered a job in my field straight out of college. I think I graduated on a Friday and I started working a week later. Naturally, I was nervous to begin working "in the real world," but the classes I took while attending CCU successfully prepared me for my future. I did not do an internship while I was at CCU for undergrad. However, I utilized Career Services when they held their LinkedIn seminars and Resume workshops. Both of which were super helpful! I love being able to apply what I learned in college every day at work. I feel like sometimes, while in college, students think, "when am I ever going to use this in the real world?" Trust me you'll use the skills and lessons that you learn throughout school in your career, so listen to your professors!" Bessie made sure to utilize the resources available to her at the CCU Career Services Center. She has this to say to current students and graduates, "Career Services offers amazing resources for students that are about to make the transition from college to the real world. They are there to help and assist in any way possible. My advice to current CCU students would be to make connections and network. Make connections with your professors. They are there to help you and teach you. All of the professors live locally so more than likely have connections within the community that could lead to a possible job or internship. I would also suggest going to the career fair. That's how I found my job. The career fair is an opportunity to hand out resumes and do an impromptu interview. My last piece of advice would be to not settle. Don't settle on the first job offer you receive. Keep your options open and accept a job that you want and that you'll enjoy doing. If I accepted my first job offer, I would not be working at a great company that I'm with now."

Brianna Fleming was awarded the PGA Golf Management WORKS scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year by the PGA REACH Program. The PGA WORKS initiative is designed to evolve the demographic composition of the golf industry's workforce and the PGA of America's Membership. Scholarship recipients will pursue full-time undergraduate studies at one of the 18 accredited PGA Golf Management universities during the 2020-2021 academic year, with the ultimate goal of obtaining PGA Membership.

The Coastal Carolina University Wind Ensemble presented the "Well-Aged" music performance on March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wheelwright Auditorium on CCU's campus. The program included Ten Masterworks for Woodwind Choir, arranged by William Pelz; "Finlandia," by Jean Sibelius; "Old Wine in New Bottles," by Gordon Jacob; "Invictus" by Karl King; "Savannah River Holiday by Ron Nelson; and "First Suite in E Flat" by Gustav Holtz.

More than 80 Coastal Carolina University students were inducted into Phi Eta Sigma during the 2018-2019 academic year. Phi Eta Sigma is the honor society for freshmen and was founded in 1923 at the University of Illinois.

A dozen Coastal Carolina University students participated in the Field Methods in Oceanographic Analysis: Study Abroad at the Scottish Marine Institute faculty-led program for three weeks, studying at the Scottish Marine Institute (SMI) in Oban, United Kingdom. SMI is a world-class research and teaching center with areas of emphasis in Arctic Seas, Dynamic Oceans (climate research), and Marine Renewable Energy. Students completed a 3/1 credit MSCI laboratory course while abroad, learning how to work with oceanographic data: how to acquire data (online or shipboard sampling), process data using appropriate software, and present data to a scientific audience. Each student chooses a type of data to process, interpret, and display in an oral presentation at the end of the course. This program leverages the local setting by inviting guest lecturers to introduce students to the types of data they use. The group compared and contrasted data from Long Bay with data from SMI, and students took a sampling cruise aboard one of the Scottish Association for Marine Science research vessels to participate in the collection of physical measurements in Loch Etive for analysis.

The Coastal Carolina University Honors Class of 2019 is the largest in history, with 83 graduates earning a total of 89 degrees. Each student has completed a rigorous curriculum consisting of at least 24 credit hours of honors courses while maintaining at least a cumulative GPA of 3.5. The average GPA of this spring's graduating class is 3.72. Each honors student also completes a final honors thesis or project which is presented in a public forum.

Coastal Carolina University held its annual Student Involvement Leadership Awards ceremony on April 29, 2019. The event recognizes students and student organizations who have excelled at leadership and service throughout the academic year. Eight students were awarded and seven organizations were recognized.

On March 7-9, several Coastal Carolina University math students attended the Southeastern Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn. The students gave talks, presented posters and participated in math competitions. Two of the students won awards for their research presentations. Jeremiah Dunivin won an award for his presentation titled "Nevanlinna-Pick Interpolation on Certain Subalgebras of Bounded Analytic Functions."

Sixteen Coastal Carolina University students walked away with cash prizes after the annual Undergraduate Research Competition in April. More than 120 students submitted their work, illustrating the research talents of CCU students and the wealth of experiential learning opportunities at Coastal Carolina University. Presentations at the CCU Undergraduate Research Competition were judged by more than 80 faculty judges. Prizes were awarded for first ($150), second ($100), and third ($50) place in four award categories.

Several students who are members of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society at Coastal Carolina University organized a food donation drive to benefit Churches Assisting People in Conway, S.C.

The Equestrian Team at Coastal Carolina University has 12 students competing for the 2019 season.