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N EWS BRIEFS It’s been an eventful semester for Coker College. With continued growth in all areas of campus, the college is making headlines. Here are just a few of the highlights. For full stories and more up-to-date Coker news, visit us online at coker.edu/news-stories
AT UPCOMING
COKER SOCIET Y E VENTS
INCLUDING: Hall of Fame reception during Homecoming (tickets to Hall of Fame induction and dinner sold separately)
M en's Vocal Ensemble concert and reception
VIP seating and reception at the spring play
M onthly breakfasts with President Robert L. Wyatt
Reception at the Celebration of Academics Performing Arts Showcase
C oker Chamber Series event
1. New Faculty Coker College welcomed nine incoming full-time faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year: Dr. Julie Bryant, Kyria Flynn, Dr. Casey Gilewski, Dr. Valerie Granger, Nate Gulledge, Dr. Brian Heslop, Danny Malone, Dr. Dustin Ousley and Alyssa Reiser Prince.
2. Record Enrollment
Betty and Charles Sullivan chat with President Wyatt during a reception in the Black Box Theater on December 2, 2016.
Dr. Ryan Smith and Dr. Graham Wood at the December 9, 2016 piano concert
Michael and Carol Atkinson ‘73, are joined by Board of Trustees member Gayle Sawyer ‘70 and her husband, George, at the Black Box Theater.
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Enrollment for the fall of 2016 is the largest in Coker College’s 108-year history. The four traditional undergraduate classes are the largest the school has ever enrolled (811 students) with total enrollment at an impressive 1,186 students.
4. Criminology Bridge Program with NETC
7. Princeton Review - Best Southeastern Colleges
Coker College has partnered with Northeastern Technical College (NETC) in Cheraw, S.C., to offer a Criminology Bridge Program for NETC students.
Coker College has been named in the Princeton Review’s “2017 Best Colleges: Region by Region” web feature for the 12th consecutive year. Coker is one of just 139 schools in the Southeast awarded this distinction, which identifies “academically outstanding” colleges and universities.
5. US News & World Report America’s Best Colleges, 2017 For the 21st consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named Coker College one of America’s Best Colleges in its 2017 rankings. Coker ranks as the sixth best in regional colleges in the south.
6. Welcoming New Board Members
3. Washington Monthly - Top 100 Issue
Coker was happy to welcome two additions to our Board of Trustees this year:
Washington Monthly’s September/October 2016 issue ranks Coker College No. 19 among national universities offering bachelor’s degrees. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Coker has been ranked in the magazine’s top 100.
John Cerasani, a senior vice president with Risk Strategies Company, and Eliza Ingle, a professor of dance at the College of Charleston, who has been elected for a second time to the Coker College Board of Trustees.
8. Lewis Sharp Hosts Atlanta Alumni Social Lewis Sharp hosted a Coker alumni social at his home in Atlanta. Here at the event, Lewis is pictured (center) with Student Government Association President Jamez Taylor and men’s basketball coach Aric Samuel.
THE OFFICIAL M AG A ZINE OF COKER COLLEGE
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