Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Aynor High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Aynor High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
(see more)Colleges across the country are recognizing students from Aynor High School for their on-campus success. Click any achievement to discover alumni from Aynor High School, view their personalized Merit pages, and learn about what they are accomplishing.
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.
Community Service -
2018 Mar 28
CCU chapter of Phi Eta Sigma honor society inducts new members
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.
Honor Society -
2018 Apr 3
Coastal Carolina students visit Boeing South Carolina
Students from the Grant Center for Real Estate and Economic Development at Coastal Carolina University have been invited to visit Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston on March 5, 2018. The trip will showcase a major industrial facility and provide real estate students and faculty a tour. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of industrial real estate and its dynamic impact on the regional and state economy.
Business/professional -
2018 Mar 2
CCU students volunteer at women's leadership conference in Myrtle Beach featuring the Bush sisters
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.
Volunteer -
2018 Feb 21
CCU students perform in Wind Ensemble concert "Reflections"
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.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2018 Feb 16
Fall 2017 Dean's List
USC Sumter congratulates the students who were named to the Fall 2017 Dean's List.
Honors List -
2018 Jan 24
Wofford College announces Fall 2017 Dean's List
Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Fall 2017 semester.
Honors List -
2018 Jan 23
Coastal Carolina University announces Dean's List for Fall 2017
Approximately 2.419 students have made the Fall Semester 2017 Dean's List for academic achievement at Coastal Carolina University. To qualify for the Dean's List, freshmen must earn a 3.25 grade point average, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 grade point average.
Honors List -
2018 Jan 17
Coastal Carolina University announces Fall 2017 President's List
Coastal Carolina University has announced that 814 students made the President's honor list for high academic achievement for the 2017 Fall Semester. To qualify for the President's List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and must be enrolled full time.
Honors List -
2018 Jan 16
CCU students study abroad for Trinidad Carnivale
Fourteen Coastal Carolina University students and two faculty members spent their winter break watching preparations for Carnivale in Trinidad, playing and listening to calypso music and attending a Hindu wedding ceremony. The group had just returned to the area the night before classes resumed on Jan. 8, and spirits were still high from the Wintermester study abroad trip to the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tabago. Students were able to earn three credit hours for successfully taking World Music, Understanding Other Cultures and Independent Study. Gillian Richards-Greaves, assistant professor of anthropology, and Jesse Willis, assistant professor of music and director of percussion studies, accompanied the students, instructed them and gave hands-on assignments.
Study Abroad -
2018 Jan 10
CCU Concert Choir performs annual holiday concert
Coastal Carolina University Department of Music presented its 18th annual Choral and Holiday Concert recently at the First United Methodist Church of Conway. Directed by Timothy Koch, teaching associate in the Department of Music at CCU, students performed classic Christmas pieces as well as international pieces including Italian, Nigerian, French and Moravian carols.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2017 Dec 18
CCU commencement honors fall 2017 graduating class
A total of 718 students were eligible to walk in Coastal Carolina University's fall commencement, held in two ceremonies in the HTC Center on campus on Dec. 15. In his talk to Coastal Carolina University's fall 2017 graduation candidates, commencement speaker Luke Rankin shared advice given to him by his father. "As the years have gone by," said Rankin, who has served Horry County in the South Carolina State Senate since 1992, "I have learned that my father's three-word mantra is a profound philosophy of life. It's expressed in three simple words: observe, record and correlate. "Observe. Pay attention to the world.... Carefully observe the people you interact with every day, from the highest to the most humble, paying particular attention to the latter. Record. Remember what your observations have taught you. Note how can the mistakes you've made be avoided. Correlate. Weave those experiences, lessons and observations into your philosophy and the values you live by. Use that philosophy to forge your path through life to inform the way you treat others." Rankin was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Public Service at the ceremony. Area physicians Charles G. Sasser and Covia L. Stanley were both awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Science. Two graduating students received the President's Award for Academic Achievement, which recognizes students with the highest cumulative grade point averages. The recipients of the award all had perfect 4.0 grade point averages, graduating summa cum laude: Hattie Adeline Jordan, an economics major of Conway, S.C. and Madeline Anne Lee, a marine science major of Fredericksburg, Va.
Graduation -
2017 Dec 18
CCU percussion ensemble performs fall concert
Coastal Carolina University's Percussion Ensemble performed its fall concert on Nov. 7 at Wheelwright Auditorium. Sixteen studens in the ensemble performed a wide variety of music composed specifically for percussion instruments under the direction of Jesse Willis, associate professor of music. The group's repertoire includes 20th-century works by composers including John Cage, Edgard Varese and Steve Reich as well as recent composers such as David Gillingham, Bob Becker and John Psathas. The ensemble also performed pieces composed by CCU faculty, students and local composers.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2017 Nov 13
CCU music students perform with steel pan artist
Coastal Carolina University's CalypSamba world music percussion ensemble performed a concert with guest steel pan virtuoso Aldwin Albino on Nov. 3 at Wheelwright Auditorium. CalypSamba collaborated with Albino to present high-energy interpretations of music styles from around the world under the direction of Jesse Willis, associate professor of music. CaylpSamba was created 13 years ago and has since performed music styles from Africa, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, India, Cuba and Brazil. The ensemble recently won the prestigious Percussive Arts Society World Percussion Ensemble Competition and was invited to perform at PASIC 2015 in San Antonio, Texas.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2017 Nov 7
USC Sumter Students Receive Scholarships
More than 50 USC Sumter students received merit scholarships.
Scholarship -
2017 Oct 30
CCU saxophone and low brass ensembles team up for fall concert
Ten student musicians with Coastal Carolina University's Saxophone Ensemble and Low Brass Ensemble presented an annual fall concert Oct. 17 in the Edwards Recital Hall. With Daniel O' Reilly, lecturer of music, directing the Saxophone Ensemble, and Chris Connolly, lecturer of music, directing the Low Brass Ensemble, the concert included a wide variety of music ranging from jazz to classical to rhythm. Musical selections came from composers such as Scott Joplin (ragtime), Franz Biebl (classical), Kai Winding (jazz), and American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement -
2017 Oct 26
Coastal Carolina University welcomes Class of 2021
Coastal Carolina University welcomes 2,373 first-time freshmen as its Class of 2021 for Fall 2017. Go, Chants!
Enrollment -
2017 Sep 11
Coastal Carolina University gives shout out to newest Chants
Coastal Carolina University welcomes its newest class of 762 first-time transfer students.
Enrollment -
2017 Sep 8
Coastal Carolina University welcomes Class of 2021
Coastal Carolina University welcomes 2,373 first-time freshmen as its Class of 2012 for Fall 2017. Go, Chants!
Enrollment -
2017 Sep 8
Welcome to USC Sumter!
The University of South Carolina Sumter is excited to welcome you to our campus and family. Your class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from across the state, the nation and even the world. You are now part of the Gamecock nation AND are officially a Fire Ant!
Enrollment -
2017 Sep 1
Coastal Carolina University honors Summer 2017 graduates
Coastal Carolina University's held a commencement ceremony for an estimated 390 candidates for graduation Aug. 4, 2017, at the HTC Student Recreation and Convocation Center on campus. In his remarks, commencement speaker John Hutchens, biology professor and ecologist, encouraged graduates to take time in the future to interact with nature and with other people. "In today's high tech world we are often racing along at breakneck speed, but being outside slows you down and allows you to experience the rhythms of nature," said Hutchens. "You can actually hear yourself think and you can be a part of something bigger than yourself."
Graduation -
2017 Aug 7
Welcome to USC Sumter!
The University of South Carolina Sumter is excited to welcome you to our campus and family. Your class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from across the state, the nation and even the world. You are now part of the Gamecock nation AND are officially a Fire Ant!
Enrollment -
2017 Jul 28
Wofford College announces Spring '17 Dean's List
Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Spring 2017 semester.
Honors List -
2017 Jun 6
Wofford College confers degrees to 367 graduates
Wofford College conferred degrees to 367 graduates at the 163rd Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 21, 2017
Graduation -
2017 Jun 1
Coastal Carolina University announces Dean's List for Spring 2017
Approximately 1,920 students have made the Spring Semester 2017 Dean's List for academic achievement at Coastal Carolina University.
Honors List -
2017 Jun 1
Coastal Carolina University announces President's List honors
Coastal Carolina University has announced that 745 students made the President's honor list for high academic achievement for the 2017 Spring Semester. To qualify for the President's List for high academic achievement, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and must be enrolled full time.
Honors List -
2017 May 25
Phi Beta Kappa inducts 37 students, recent graduates
Wofford College initiated 37 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 9.
Honor Society -
2017 May 19
Wofford holds Honors Convocation 2017
Wofford College held its annual spring Honors Convocation on Tuesday, May 9.
Academic Award -
2017 May 15
Coastal Carolina University honors Spring 2017 graduates
Coastal Carolina University's held commencement ceremonies for an estimated 1,145 candidates for graduation May 5 and 6, 2017, at the HTC Student Recreation and Convocation Center on campus. In her remarks to Coastal Carolina University's Class of 2017, commencement speaker Amber J. Campbell encouraged graduates to be true to themselves and their own course in life instead of relying too much on conventional wisdom. "Don't listen to 'they,' because 'they' will tell you all kinds of things," said Campbell, an Olympic athlete and 2004 CCU graduate. " 'They' don't always have your best interests at heart. 'They' will try to talk you out of your dream. 'They' will tell you that what you're pursuing doesn't make sense or that the career you chose is too obscure. Meanwhile, you might end up a three-time Olympian and travel the world!"
Graduation -
2017 May 8
UPDATE: CCU students inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma Spring 2017
UPDATE: Seventy-one top business students at Coastal Carolina University were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), the premier honor society for business majors at colleges and universites accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools fo Business (AACSB).
Honor Society -
2017 May 1