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“A Gift that Means Something”
Carolyn continues to regularly invest in CIU, which has produced Bible Teaching graduates on the college and graduate level for over 60 years.
July 30, 2025
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Impacting the SC Department of Corrections with the Message of Christ
December 17, 2024 By Bob Holmes This was not your typical university commencement ceremony, starting with location — within the razor-wire fences of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). Also, not typical, at front of the room where the
December 17, 2024
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CIU Prison Initiative Credited for Suicide Prevention
Prison Initiative students at commencement exercises inside Kirkland Correctional Institution. The week of Sept. 8 is Suicide Prevention Week and a Columbia International University program that serves behind the walls of the South Carolina Department of Corrections is credited for
September 10, 2019
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Lehigh Hanson commits up to $500,000 in support of CIU’s revitalization efforts along Monticello Road
CIU President Dr. Mark Smith (third from left) accepts donation for Monticello Road revitalization from Scott Dickson, Vice President & General Manager for Hanson Aggregates Southeast LLC. They are flanked by CIU CFO Rob Hartman and Diane Mull, Executive Director
August 20, 2019
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CIU Prison Initiative plays vital role in preventing inmate suicides
South Carolina inmates enrolled in the CIU Prison Initiative provide an important listening ear to fellow inmates on suicide watch. The student-inmates have become known as Health Companions who routinely check on their peers who are going through significant challenges
June 18, 2019
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CIU students excited to meet their scholarship donors
CIU students (left to right) Joseph Knight, Romulo Barreto and Thomas Izaguirre meet scholarship donor H.L. Allen.CIU students excited to meet their scholarship donors Annual luncheon brings students and donors face-to-face By Bob Holmes David Wolff calls it “one of
April 15, 2019
