Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054
(843) 448-1481

Coastal Carolina University, a public, comprehensive liberal arts institution, offers baccalaureate degree programs in 36 major fields of study and 33 undergraduate minors. The university also offers master's degree programs in education, including a master's of education in Educational Technology; and a master's degree in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies. The university also offers seven cooperative degree programs with other South Carolina universities, and a growing array of international programs that take students to places such as Australia, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Germany, India, Japan and Russia.

Coastal's main campus is located in Conway, S.C., nine miles west of Myrtle Beach. The Coastal campus comprises 41 buildings on 272 acres including the Center for Marine and Wetland Studies in the Atlantic Center on Highway 501. The university also offers courses from the Coastal Carolina University Higher Education Center in Myrtle Beach and a campus in Georgetown. The Waccamaw Higher Education Center will open in late 2004 to serve the people of the Litchfield, Pawleys Island, and Murrells Inlet area. Waites Island, 1,062 acres of pristine barrier island on the Atlantic coast, provides a natural laboratory for extensive study in marine science and wetlands biology.

Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent, public university in 1993 following nearly 30 years as a branch campus of the University of South Carolina. Today, Coastal provides educational services to more than 6,780 undergraduate and graduate students from 48 states and 45 countries.

Following are other data based on the fall 2003 enrollment:
South Carolina residents: 64 percent
Out-of-state residents: 33 percent
International students: 3 percent
Male students: 42 percent, Female students: 58 percent
Average SAT score for first-time freshmen: 1,045
Average high school GPA for first-time freshmen: 3.27

The University anticipates its anniversary in 2004 with plans for the 50th Anniversary Initiatives, an ambitious campaign to raise private funds to support the academic, physical and athletic needs of the University. A recent $1.5 million gift from Burroughs and Chapin Company, Inc. will support the construction of an education and research facility at the university's Waites Island/Tilghman Point property. A $2 million gift from Loris native Bob Brooks marked the largest single gift in the history of Coastal Carolina and places the Brooks name on the brand new football stadium.

The University comprises the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the Thomas W. and Robin W. College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and master's degrees. The Wall College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB-The International Association for Management Education. The College of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The Department of Computer Science is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Coastal Carolina University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Coastal Carolina University's men's and women's athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division I level. A founding member of the Big South Conference, Coastal fields varsity teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball, and the inaugural season for Coastal's NCAA I-AA football began September 2003. The mascot/nickname for the University is the Chanticleer, the crafty quick-thinking rooster from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

A student life program supports student development and includes cultural programs, more than 80 clubs and organizations including social sororities and fraternities, and award-winning student publications.

The public is welcome to attend the events of a full cultural calendar and the annual Kimbel Distinguished Lecturer Series, which featured Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1999.

Public service is a central component of Coastal Carolina University's mission. Each of the University's four colleges operates an outreach organization, or Center, designed to provide the local and regional community with a wide range of programs and services.

The Center for Economic Development is the outreach center for Coastal's Wall College of Business Administration. Led by Gary Loftus, the center serves as a bridge between the local community and the university, providing faculty and students with opportunities to conduct applied research for local businesses and agencies, and to develop information and strategies for private and public organizations. The center has conducted more than 120 projects including surveys, feasibility studies, impact studies, and strategic business plans and is now focusing on the gathering and analysis of data to support the state's largest industry, tourism.

The Center for Marine and Wetland Studies in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences is recognized nationally for its comprehensive research on beach erosion and marine geology. The College of Natural and Applied Sciences also houses Coastal's Environmental Quality Lab, which is engaged in continuous water quality monitoring projects of the coast and the river systems of Horry and Georgetown counties. These and other center-related projects are made possible partly through funds provided through a $500,000 grant award from the National Science Foundation; Coastal was one of only 10 universities to receive the prestigious award.

Coastal's other outreach centers are the Waccamaw Center for Cultural and Historical Studies in the Edwards College of Humanities, which has brought dozens of important writers and historians to Coastal for lectures and conferences including William Styron, C. Vann Woodward, David Hackett Fischer and Josephine Humphries; and the Center for Education and Community, which sponsors many programs such as America Reads, Jump for the Sun, and the nationally recognized Calling All Colors conference, all of which are designed to encourage learning at all levels and across cultural barriers.

One of Coastal's most popular community education programs is its Lifelong Learning Society, which is administered through Coastal's Division of Continuing Studies. The award-winning program, created for people age 50 and older, offers approximately 50 courses each semester covering a wide range of topics including computers, history, the arts, health, finance and more.

In order to keep pace with Coastal's growth in enrollment and academic programs, more than 30 percent more building space has been added to the main campus in recent years. New buildings include the $16.4 million Thomas W. and Robin W. College of Humanities and Fine Arts Building, the Welcome Center/Bookstore, a 350-bed Residence Hall and a new Student Health Center which Coastal shares with Conway Hospital, and Brooks Stadium, which serves as the home field for the Chanticleer football team.

For more information, contact Anne Trainer Monk
Assistant Vice President for Marketing Communications
P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054
843.349.2017, monk@coastal.edu
Web Site: www.coastal.edu

Horry-Georgetown Technical College
P.O. Box 261966, Conway, SC 29528
(843) 347-3186

A technologically skilled workforce is a major factor contributing to the attraction and success of new regional businesses. These, as well as expanding businesses in the area, depend on a local pool of technically skilled workers to remain competitive. Horry-Georgetown Technical College continues to play a major part in this process through its many educational programs and services. The College offers 80 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs in areas of study ranging from industrial and engineering technology to healthcare, public service technology and business. In addition, the College provides a host of customized training options through the Division of Economic & Industrial Development and Corporate Outreach.

• Now celebrating its 35th year of excellence, Horry-Georgetown Technical College has been the fastest growing higher education institution in the State for the past decade, growing more than 165% in student headcount enrollment since 1989.


• The College has three campuses throughout its two-county service area: Conway, Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, and also boasts an Off-Campus Site at North Myrtle Beach High School, which opened for classes in Fall 2003.


• The College is a leader in providing innovative education delivery, offering courses via the Internet and other Distance Learning options, and featuring more than two dozen "smart classrooms" made possible in part by a $1.75 million Title III Instructional Technology grant.


• The Grand Strand Campus is an approved Cisco Regional Training Academy; the Conway Campus and Georgetown Campus for Higher Education are approved Cisco Local Training Academies.


• Each year, more than 17,000 students are educated and trained through the College's division of Economic and Industrial Development and Corporate Outreach, which provides a broad array of customized training programs, classes, services and developmental opportunities for business, industry, government, and the general public, including mobile computer training through the Computers To Go! Program.


• The College features a lengthy list of education, certification and training partners, including: Cisco Systems, Inc., New Horizons, Georgetown Steel, Honeywell, Allied Signal, AVX, The Disney Institute and Fortune Academy.


• The EIDCO Division of HGTC is a full-service training partner, offering a comprehensive training needs assessment and training programs tailor-made to suit the specific needs of business, industry and government.


• The College is an approved ACT WorkKeys Service Center, providing job profiling, worker training needs assessments, and customized, targeted training through the KeyTrain program, designed to maximize employee effectiveness and efficiency, while minimizing training costs.

The Centered for Accelerated Technology Training

The Centered for Accelerated Technology Training focuses on the training needs of new and existing business and industry in South Carolina. They provide recruiting, assessment training development, management and implementation services to customers who are creating jobs with competitive wages and benefits. These services are provided through state funds at minimal or no cost and training is developed to meet the specific requirements of each customer. Training may be delivered through pre-employment or on the job activities dependent on the time frames and individual need of the customer.

The Center for Accelerated Technology Training has been in the industry of training businesses since 1961 and their customers reflect the global market place. Their professional staff brings to each project a level of experience and knowledge of training that customers find invaluable.

South Carolina's Center for Accelerated Technology Training has been rated by Expansion Management magazine as the nation's number one work force development program.

Source: "The South Carolina Technical College System" 2002

Webster University
Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Campus
4589 Oleander Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 497-3677

Welcome to the World of Webster University! Webster University was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1915 and enjoys an international reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Webster is a global leader in graduate education and has led the way in higher education for working adults for more than 30 years. From our home campus in St. Louis, the University reaches across a network of more than 79 campuses in the United States, London, Leiden, Vienna, Geneva, Bermuda, Thailand, and Shanghai. The Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Campus is one of eight campuses in South Carolina.

Today, Webster University continues to provide outstanding graduate education to South Carolina and is preparing students to meet the global challenges of the 21st century. The Myrtle Beach campus serves over 400 graduate students from Horry, Georgetown, Florence, Marion, and the many surrounding counties in the state as well as a major area of North Carolina. Webster University is licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

Our graduate programs provide career-minded adults with knowledge and skills to advance their career, enhance their professional development, or embark on a whole new career direction. The graduate program is actually designed with the working adult in mind or those students who have family obligations or travel commitments and cannot meet the traditional structure of most colleges and universities. Many of our students are able to earn their degrees in fifteen months based upon an enhanced program.

Graduate course are conveniently offered in five, nine-week terms each calendar year to accelerate completion of coursework. Weekend and weekday evening formats are available to accommodate the working adult. Classes meet every other Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the weekends while weekday evening classes meet one time weekly for nine consecutive weeks from 5:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Campus offers the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) degree are offered in Business, Management, Human Resources Development, Counseling, and Computer Resources and Information Management. The Master of Arts degree has a qualitative orientation and is offered as a 36- credit- hour program. The M.A. in Counseling requires 48 credit hours.

Students who have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university are eligible to apply for admission to Webster University. We invite you to call or visit us to learn how the Myrtle Beach campus of Webster University can meet your educational needs and goals and how you can earn your degree at the beach!

For more information, contact Dr. Tommy Burbage
Community Resources Coordinator
4589 Oleander Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29777
(843) 497-3677

North American Institute of Aviation
P.O. Box 680, Conway, SC 29526
(843) 397-9111

Located at the Conway-Horry County Airport, The North American Institute of Aviation offers a six-month program consisting of 620 clock hours of training.

Fortune Academy
951 Shine Avenue, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 839-1131 - info@FortuneAcademy.com
www.FortuneAcademy.com