CCU in the News

Coastal Carolina University’s new center for applied intelligence gives students a hands-on approach to learning. Jonathan Smith, the director for the Center of Applied Intelligence at CCU, explained more about what exactly the intel program is.

The single-use plastic bottles of water sold at Coastal Carolina University have been replaced with recyclable aluminum cans.

Yoav Wachsman, Ph.D., professor in CCU's E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration, shares expert insight on the benefits of green personal finance - cost savings, reduced waste, improved well-being, and a positive environmental impact.

Sourav Batabyal, Ph.D., assistant professor in CCU's E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration, shares expert insight on when to buy rental car insurance, cost-effective options, and common mistakes.

Dozens of competitors took on a grueling test Sunday morning, competing in Coastal Carolina University’s annual triathalon.

Homelessness is an issue that affects communities on the Grand Strand and beyond. Two Coastal Carolina University sociology professors, Stephanie Southworth and Sara Brallier, have been studying and advocating for those facing homelessness in Horry County for nearly a decade.

The way people buy and sell homes with a real estate agent could soon change for buyers, sellers, and agents. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed Friday to pay a lawsuit settlement of $418 million to home sellers across the country. So, what could that mean for all parties involved? Coastal Carolina University Economics Professor Robert Salvino said the biggest motivation for this shift is that people aren't comfortable with the commission, and as home prices have increased because of inflation, so have commission percentages.

Emma Romito has never been in a sucking pluff mud grip or hammered apart oyster clusters on the public shellfish beds in Murrells Inlet. She doesn’t track the tides, know it’s important to rinse mud from boots and buckets before it dries harder than cement or get a homecoming feeling when she inhales the salty marsh. There aren’t coastal oyster beds in Cincinnati, Ohio. But she spent a day of her spring break with her sister and mother shoving oyster shells in a wire box they’d built with other volunteers gathered in the back parking lot of the Coastal Carolina University Science Center.

TikTok is facing a potential ban in the U.S. if the Senate takes up and passes a House bill that passed with broad bipartisan support and a pledge from the president to sign it as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warn about the threats it poses to national security. “It is the access to the data, and the data we're talking about is your personal data. So if, if China so wanted, they could access your data and then do an influence campaign against you,” said Mark Chandler, a professor of practice in Coastal Carolina University’s department of intelligence and security studies and a former senior Defense Department executive.

It's a sign of the changing seasons. As we spring forward this weekend, you may also start noticing other signs of spring like bugs. There are tens of thousands of insect species in the Palmetto State, and they all form a vital and complex ecosystem that sometimes gets overlooked. Some are often labeled as pests. Yet, they all serve a purpose.

Coastal Carolina University will develop a mini-satellite as part of a new space program that will be the first of its kind in South Carolina.

It all started during the 2011 college football season when the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Coastal Carolina University hatched a plan: they’d get a live rooster mascot to show off at their tailgate. The Japanese Shamo they found for sale was just right—a fighting rooster like the Chanticleer, complete with feathers the same shade of teal as the school’s colors. But caring full time for a chicken, it turns out, isn’t exactly what frats do best. Enter Melissa Stalvey. Her husband’s family had been raising chickens in Myrtle Beach for a generation, and although she’d grown up in Indiana as a Notre Dame fan, she’d come to “bleed teal” in support of her husband’s alma mater. An arrangement was made whereby she would keep Maddox (named after the CCU English professor who picked the school’s mascot in the 1960s), allowing the Kappa Sigs to pick him up on game days.

High school students across the state participated in Coastal Carolina University's 43rd annual Dr. Subhash Saxena High School Math Contest on Friday. The event aims to stimulate and promote interest in math among high schoolers.

The spring semester is well underway and we’re catching up with our Hometown Chants on what’s going on. We have updates on academics, upgrades to campus and our Sports Director Dave Ackert has the scoop on what to look forward to with spring sports this semester.

Coastal Carolina University’s new $29 million Thompson Library is nearing completion. Crews have been hard at work making sure the library is ready just in time to welcome students for the fall semester. The project earned approval back in February 2021. The new library will include more space, natural light, a virtual reality and data visualization lab, 3-D printers, individual studios for video and audio production and a new Starbucks.

Coastal Carolina University’s Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies will host the International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora (IGGAD) 2024 Conference. The conference focuses on oral Gullah Geechee language traditions. Additionally, there will be art, fashion, and performances to celebrate the culture.

Presidents Day occurs at a crucial moment this year, with the presidency on the cusp of crisis as we inexorably shuffle toward a rematch between the incumbent and his predecessor. It’s the sort of contest we haven’t seen since the 19th century, and judging by public opinion of President Biden and former President Trump, most Americans would have preferred to keep it that way. But the third installment of our Presidential Greatness Project, a poll of presidential experts released this weekend, shows that scholars don’t share American voters’ roughly equal distaste for both candidates. Justin Vaughn is an associate professor of political science at Coastal Carolina University. Brandon Rottinghaus is a professor of political science at the University of Houston.

A Tuesday murder in Myrtle Beach is putting a spotlight on the dangers that people who experience homelessness face every day. Coastal Carolina University professor Sara Brallier said Robert Khattar's murder is a nightmare for many sleeping on the street. Khattar was sleeping in front of 1526 Plaza Place where he was assaulted and killed on Wednesday. The coroner said he had multiple blunt force and chopping injuries on his face.

A cryptic request to declassify sensitive information regarding a national security threat set Washington abuzz on Wednesday after the leader of the House Intelligence Committee released a vague statement that raised more questions than answers. “We could be on the threshold of a space arms race, which actually, the United States is running about third in that behind China and Russia,” said Mark Chandler, a professor of practice in Coast Carolina University’s department of intelligence and security studies and a former senior Defense Department executive. “You could have a space arms race, if you will, if this becomes operationalized, and that's the key word.”

A Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office program has always been focused on inmates working towards their GEDs, but now they’re encouraging higher education as well. The program is partnering with Coastal Carolina University and associate professor Jennifer Schlosser to offer a sociology class for a handful of men.