Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach, S.C. CCU offers baccalaureate degrees in 94 major fields of study. Among CCU's graduate-level programs are 27 master's degrees, two educational specialist degrees, and doctoral degrees in education and in marine science: coastal and marine systems science. The most popular undergraduate majors are marine science, management, exercise and sport science, communication, and psychology. More than 10,000 students from across the country and the world interact with a world-class faculty, and enjoy a nationally competitive NCAA I athletic program, an inspiring cultural calendar, and a tradition of community interaction that is fueled by more than 120 student clubs and organizations. Visit coastal.edu to learn more.
(see more)Coastal Carolina University is a dynamic, public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, just minutes from the resort area of Myrtle Beach, S.C. CCU offers baccalaureate degrees in 94 major fields of study. Among CCU's graduate-level programs are 27 master's degrees, two educational specialist degrees, and doctoral degrees in education and in marine science: coastal and marine systems science. The most popular undergraduate majors are marine science, management, exercise and sport science, communication, and psychology. More than 10,000 students from across the country and the world interact with a world-class faculty, and enjoy a nationally competitive NCAA I athletic program, an inspiring cultural calendar, and a tradition of community interaction that is fueled by more than 120 student clubs and organizations. Visit coastal.edu to learn more.
CCU students volunteer with Public Health Reserve Corps
Two students from Coastal Carolina University have distinguished themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic as Public Health Reserve Corps volunteers and staff. Haley Rissell, majoring in public health, began as a volunteer, then took a temporary position with SC DHEC to coordinate volunteer recruitment and placement for drive-through testing events. Lauryn Johnson, a biology major, has worked as a volunteer from dawn to dusk during many drive-through events. She has been on-site at venues as thousands of people streamed through to get the swab test for COVID-19.
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2020 Jun 24
Intelligence studies students at CCU participate in airline crash drill
On Oct. 5 at the Myrtle Beach International Airport, eight Coastal Carolina University students, all intelligence and national securities studies majors, took part in an exercise that simulated an airline crash and involved multiple city and county municipalities. The simulation takes place every three years and involves the Myrtle Beach Police Department, the Horry County Fire and Rescue, Horry County Emergency Management, Horry County Police Department, and Myrtle Beach Airport Fire and Rescue.
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2019 Dec 4
Solar ambassadors crowdfund to put solar array on VFW Post
The Coastal Carolina University Solar Ambassador student team is working with Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 10420 in Murrells Inlet to prevent 456,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions by installing solar panels on the facility. Students are raising $35,000 through crowdfunding to pay for the installation of a solar system on Post 10420, which will divert 65 energy of the total energy used. The clean energy produced by this solar system will prevent 456,000 pounds worth of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere, the equivalent of preventing the emissions from approximately 44 passenger vehicles. The Solar Ambassador program at CCU is a year-long program organized through San Francisco-based nonprofit Re-volv, whose goal is to empower local communities by providing solar to nonprofit organizations.
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2019 Apr 30
CCU math majors volunteer at local tech fair
Nine current and former mathematics majors at CCU volunteered to help with a recent Rubik's Cube challenge. The fifth annual Rubik's Cube Challenge was a Rubik's Cube-solving competition that took place at the Horry County Tech Fair on April 10, 2019. The challenge involved both team solving (eight team members solve 25 cubes) and solo competitions. This year, there were competitors for both 2x2 and 3x3 cubes. The competitors were primarily from Horry County schools and ranged across all grade levels from first to 12th grades.
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2019 Apr 17
CCU student-athletes read to area kindergartners
On Tuesday, Feb. 19, more than 100 Coastal Carolina University student athletes spent the morning reading stories to 16 Horry County elementary schools as part of the United Way of Horry County Caring for Kindergartners program. Upon completing the book "How Full Is Your Bucket?", the young students were able to put the lessons they learned on display by drawing pictures and creating their own greeting cards to be distributed to elderly, homebound citizens throughout Horry County.
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2019 Mar 14
CCU's Public Health Honor Society host a health and hygiene drive for local homeless shelter
Twenty-eight students in the Delta Zeta Chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma, the Public Health Honor Society at Coastal Carolina University, hosted a health and hygiene drive to collect items and raise awareness about the homeless population in Horry County.
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2018 Dec 10
CCU students organize benefit for Hurricane Florence relief
Seventeen Coastal Carolina University students held a Hurricane Florence relief event on Monday, Nov. 12, at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach that raised $1,000. "We were excited to partner with House of Blues on obtaining a bit of relief for those affected by Hurricane Florence and its aftermath," says Deborah Breede, a professor of communication at CCU who teaches a communication activism course. "This disaster has impacted our community, our campus, and our students. My students stand 'Carolina Strong' with House of Blues and Horry County in order to raise funds for hurricane relief."
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2018 Nov 15
Students join Rotaract Club at CCU to make a difference
The Rotaract Club at Coastal Carolina University has more than 20 regularly attending members who participate in a variety of events, including beach cleanups every two weeks and packaging weekend meals for elementary school-age students in the area in conjunction with Conway Medical Center's Smart Snacks program. The club also participated in CCU's Relay for Life event in March and the Carolina Forest Sunrise Rotary Club's Putting for Pupils Golf Classic on April 14.
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2018 Apr 30
Coastal Carolina community service club inducts 15 new members
The Rotaract Club at Coastal Carolina University welcomed 15 new members this month. The Rotaract Club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carolina Forest-Sunrise in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Club members participate in an array of community service events, from road cleanups to donation drives.
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2018 Oct 22
CCU student mentors host TEAL Youth Day
Coastal Carolina University student mentors of the Dalton and Linda Floyd Family Mentoring Program hosted their mentees on CCU's campus on Friday, March 23, to give a real college experience to Horry County elementary and middle school students. The day was also meant to motivate those students to consider higher education in their own futures.
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2018 Mar 28
CCU student club teaches local children how to fish
Carolina Kids Fish, a student organization at Coastal Carolina University, is dedicated to educating elementary and middle school students about fishing, from fish identification, tying knots, casting, hook safety and environmental stewardship. Events are planned each semester to provide free fishing lessons to local children.
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2018 Feb 28
CCU students participate in Tim Tebow Foundation's "Night to Shine"
Numerous Coastal Carolina University student-athletes participated in "Night to Shine," a red-carpet event held at The Rock Church in Conway in conjunction with the Tim Tebow Foundation. "Night to Shine" is a unique prom night experience for people with special needs. More than 200 "Kings and Queens" from ages 14 to 83 participated the event Feb. 9. CCU players from the volleyball team, lacrosse team and football team participated in the event.
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2018 Feb 14
CCU students fundraise and fill backpacks for Fostering Hope
Coastal Carolina University students in the First-Year Experience (FYE) class and business management courses raised more than $34,260 and collected 236 backpacks and care packages full of hygiene and beauty products, toys and supplies for the children of Fostering Hope in Conway. Students in CCU's University College and the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration filled 110 backpacks with items and two large vans full of extra supplies. The University College students assembled 126 care packages, each filled with a specific set of items for the children and teens. Fostering Hope is a nonprofit organization that aims to aid children in crisis situations.
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2017 Dec 18
CCU student club raises money for children in Philippines
The Rotaract Club of Coastal Carolina University recently raised money for the Rotary Smiles Project to help children in need of cleft palate surgery in the Philippines. The club donated $202 that benefitted more than 70 children by providing fruit, water, books and toys to the children. The club also contributed handmade cards and a banner with encouraging messages.
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2017 Apr 12
CCU students travel to Atlanta for community service
Eleven Coastal Carolina University students in sororities and fraternities spent their Spring Break volunteering in a homeless shelter in downtown Atlanta, Ga., doing service for the estimated 14,000 homeless in the city. The Greek student volunteers worked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily in the Central Night Shelter, assisting as needed.
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2017 Apr 12
CCU students travel to Asheville for community service
For Alternative Spring Break, five Coastal Carolina University students and a staff adviser traveled to Asheville, N.C., to help the homeless there. Through partnership with the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, the group will have the opportunity to work with the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry's Veteran's Restoration Quarters, Steadfast House, Crisis Ministry, Black Mountain Children's Home, Bounty & Soul and the MANNA FoodBank.
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2017 Mar 10
CCU students travel to Florida for community service
For Alternative Spring Break, four Coastal Carolina University students traveled to Jacksonville, Fla., to help out at the Children's Home Society of Florida, a center dedicated to "offering hope, happiness, stability and opportunity to children and families." The students are doing whatever possible to help out with the upkeep of the facility. The group has also spent time at the Quigley House, a center providing advocacy and empowerment to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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2017 Mar 9
CCU students help HUD count homeless population
Nearly 50 Coastal Carolina University students have volunteered to help count the local homeless population for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier in the spring semester 2017. The Point-In-Time (PIT) count helps to identify needs and allocate federal resources. The students, mostly from CCU's social inequality and race and ethnicity classes, visited 12 different shelters and places where the homeless gather, according to Stephanie Southworth, Ph.D.
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2017 Jan 30