Remembrance Events

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Unity is the theme for the Charleston Southern MLK event. Martin Luther King, with his commitment to end racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent means, would agree with such a theme. Our school will be hosting a Candle Light Vigil around the Reflection Pond on Monday, January 16 from 5-5:45 pm to honor our fallen warrior for Christ. Please stop by to pay your respects to his memory and unite with others of like minds who desire to see unity of all kinds.

The Annual MLK Holiday Parade will also be on Monday Jan. 16th. It begins at 11am in front of Burke High School. It will run from Fishburne Street to Ashley Avenue then to Sumter Street and King Street and ends at Marion Square.

Another way to pay tribute is to donate to an MLK book drive. There is a drop box located outside of the campus bookstore. Needed are books suitable for 5th-9th grade students.

This is a federal holiday.  All public offices will be closed. All banks, post offices and public school will also be closed in remembrance.

Charleston Southern will be holding classes and all offices will be open.

 

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Basketball in the Buc Dome…”Pack the House Night” this Saturday

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Buc Dome is getting alot of action from our basketball teams right now. It’s the student bodies job to go out and support our teams of all kinds. Below are some upcoming home games for Men’s and Women’s Basketball.

Wednesday, January 12th @7:30pm men vs PC

Saturday, January 14th @ 2:00pm women vs Radford. This is our NCAA ” Pack the House Night”.

In an effort to highlight women’s basketball the NCAA started “pack the house nights” to get more people out to enjoy and support the sport. Our school will be up againt other private inistiutions in our conference to see who can pack out their home game choice the best. This is our time to shine!! See you there.

Monday, January 16th @7:00pm women vs Liberty

Saturday, January 21st @ 5:30pm men vs Winthrop

 

 

 

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Charleston Men’s Chorus Awards Music Scholarships

January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Using proceeds from its annual concerts, the Charleston Men’s Chorus awards a total of $10,000 in music scholarships each year to students pursuing a degree in vocal music or choral conducting at Charleston Southern University and the College of Charleston.

 Two students from Charleston Southern received scholarships.

 Aaron Cates of Charleston (below right) is a sophomore majoring in music education with a choral emphasis. Cates is a tenor in the Singing Buccaneers and Concert Singers and recently joined the Palmetto Vocal Project, an acapella men’s barbershop group in Mount Pleasant. Cates plans on looking for a job as a choir director for a few years, attending graduate school to obtain his master’s degree in choral conducting and conducting choirs on the high school or collegiate level.

Robert “Tanner” Nix of Goose Creek ( above left) is a junior majoring in music. He is a member of the Singing Buccaneers, Concert Singers,Charleston Southern Lyric Theatre and the Summit Church worship team. He has been in a number of musicals including HelloDolly and Little Shop of Horrors. After graduating he plans on teaching music in a public school and eventually getting a master’s in administration. With a passion for music and the people of God, his purpose has been to use his talents to make Christ evident in every avenue of his life with an emphasis on teaching and leading worship.

 Jordan Dean Boyd and Garrett Campbell of the College of Charleston also received
scholarships.

The Charleston Men’s Chorus is a nonprofit 70-man ensemble devoted to entertaining the tri-county area with the striking harmonies of its male
choral music.  The group has been singing under the direction of Lon H. Shull III since 1994, and is under the direction
of Interim Director Ricard Bordas, of the CSU Horton School of Music, for the current performance season.

 

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Charleston Southern packing Operation Christmas Child Shoebox

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Charleston Southern University family will host a Packing Party for Operation Christmas Child Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in the dining hall and Charleston Room of the Strom Thurmond Center during Elevate, the University’s weekly campus worship experience.

 Because the national collection week was the third week in November, Charleston Southern’s Dec. 1 Packing Party is the Charleston community’s last chance to participate in this year’s gift-giving project for children around the world.

The public has also been invited to the Packing Party.

“CSU’s students are committed to extending God’s Love to children who face significant challenges daily,” said Dr. Rick Brewer, vice president for student affairs and athletics. “One of the numerous opportunities our students participate in annually is Operation Christmas Child, a strategic ministry providing assistance to children worldwide. CSU’s students are passionate about transformational leadership opportunities such as Operation Christmas Child given the specific, strategic nature of this global ministry outreach.”

Operation Christmas Child, a worldwide Samaritan’s Purse project, plans to take 8 million shoe boxes to children in 100 countries this Christmas.

For more information about gift suggestions for children between the ages of 2 and 14, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.

 Images Courtesy of Operation Christmas Child

 

 

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