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Coastal Carolina University welcomes more than 3,000 new and transfer students for the Fall 2018 semester.

Coastal Carolina University welcomes more than 3,000 new and transfer students to campus for the Fall 2018 semester.

More than 380 students were eligible to participate in commencement ceremonies at Coastal Carolina University on Aug. 3, 2018. English professor Jen E. Boyle, Ph.D., was the commencement speaker.

The Zeta Xi Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity at Coastal Carolina University was recognized at the Fraternity's 2018 National Convention on July 28, 2018.

Twenty-Eight Coastal Carolina University students in the Coastal in Tuscany study abroad program spent the month of May in Arezzo, Italy, learning about Italian history and culture.

Twenty Coastal Carolina University students spent nearly a month on a study abroad program in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Athens, Greece, to study culture, history and security in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Spring 2018 semester.

The University of South Carolina Aiken was well represented on the 2017-18 PBC Presidential Honor Roll, which was released late June.

Kennesaw State University congratulates the more than 5,600 students named to the Spring 2018 Dean's List. Students enrolled at least 9 credit hours and with a grade point average of at least 3.5 were named to the list.

More than 2,000 Coastal Carolina University students were named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2018 semester. Students who make the Dean's List have achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher during the semester. CCU has a student population of 10,600.

The Elections and Nominations Committee of Campus Union announces the election of officers.

Approximately 1,183 students were eligible to walk in Coastal Carolina University's graduation exercises, held on campus at the HTC Student Recreation Center and Convocation Center in three separate ceremonies May 4-5.

Eighty-one Coastal Carolina University students are graduating from the institution's Honors Program. Each graduate has completed a rigorous curriculum composed of at least 24 hours of honors work, including a final honors thesis/project achieving a cumulating grade point average of at least 3.50. The cumulative GPA of the spring graduating class is 3.79. Students presented their work in public forums more than 75 times at conferences or research competitions and have earned numerous awards.

Each academic department at Coastal Carolina University selects one student to win the departmental award each year, and that student is recognized at Honors Convocation, this year held on May 3. This year, more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students were recognized with this honor. Departmental awards recognize outstanding academic accomplishments by students as well as contributions to the academic quality of the department. Candidates are nominated and selected by the college faculty.

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.

This year, 48 students were inducted into Coastal Carolina University's chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, a social service fraternity. Phi Sigma Pi is a gender-inclusive fraternity that focuses on scholarship, leadership and fellowship. The organization was founded in 1916 and has more than 125 chapters in the United States.

Musical theatre students at Coastal Carolina University brought "35MM," a musical exhibition, to the stage April 19-21. The production was billed as "a groundbreaking reimagining of what the modern American musical can be," and was directed by Robin Edwards Russell.

More than 15 Coastal Carolina University students have been inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta English honor society, which is dedicated to fostering literacy and all aspects of the discipline of the English language. The induction ceremony was held on Feb. 22, 2018.

The Student Government Association (SGA) at Coastal Carolina University recently elected the new officers for the 2018-2019 academic year. The positions include president, executive vice president, finance officer and public relations officer, as well as senators for each college.

Eleven Coastal Carolina University students were inducted into the university's chapter of Eta Sigma Gamma, an honor society that promotes academic achievement and research in the field of health education.

Phi Eta Sigma, a prestigious national honor society for freshmen, inducted 135 Coastal Carolina University students on Tuesday, April 3, in the Johnson Auditorium in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. Membership celebrates outstanding academic performance after the completion of one full semester of college work. The society is chartered on 378 different campuses across the nation.

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.

One hundred and six students out of 210 enrolled in the PGA Golf Management Program at Coastal Carolina University currently have GPAs above a 3.0. The minimum GPA to remain eligible for the program is a 2.0.

More than 40 Coastal Carolina University students volunteered during the eighth annual Women's Leadership Conference and Celebration of Inspiring Women Feb. 5-6 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Nearly 800 women attended the conference to hear keynote speakers Jenna Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, author Cara Brookins, Boeing's Joan Robinson-Berry and NASCAR driver Julia Landauer. The conference is presented by Women in Philanthropy and Leadership (WIPL) at Coastal Carolina University.

Clemson University has announced the Dean's List for the fall 2017 semester.

More than 30 Coastal Carolina University students will be performing in the Wind Ensemble concert "Reflections" on March 1, directed by T. Andre Feagin, CCU director of bands. The program features the music of Ron Nelson, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Frank Ticheli and David Maslanka.

Coastal Carolina University is now home to the Gamma Mu chapter of Chi Omega, established in Fall 2017. The founding members are already laying a foundation of philanthropy across the community for future members to build upon.

A total of 12,594 students enrolled during the 2017 fall semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean's List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President's List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). The UA Dean's and President's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.

The University of South Carolina Aiken congratulates those students who made the Dean's List for Fall 2016. To earn this distinction, students must be enrolled full-time and maintain a GPA of at least 3.5.

The Dean's List is a recognition given to cadets and students who are registered for 12 or more semester hours and whose grade point average is 3.20 or higher, with no grade of I (Incomplete) and no grade below C for work in a semester.