Alumni
| Hard work pays off with monumental achievement
After more than 20 years out of the classroom, Karina Yakimovich was ready to embrace a mental challenge. She found what she needed at Southern Wesleyan University’s North Augusta location. Read More | |
| Barton in Summer leadership program
(5-31-2010) Brett Barton, who graduated in May, has an opportunity with Ernst & Young in their summer leadership program. The program is focused on giving top students the chance to grow and succeed in building leadership, teamwork and communication skills. Read More | |
| Oliver co-authors paper
Laura Oliver (’00) co-authored a paper in the Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Leadership Education entitled “Serving the Once and Future King: Using the TV Series ‘Merlin’ to Teach Servant-Leadership and Leadership Ethics in Schools.“ Read More | |
| Rainey earns master's degree
(7-19-2010) Erica Rainey, a 2005 business graduate of Southern Wesleyan University, daughter of Rev. Glenn and Sherry Rainey (’74), recently graduated with a master of library and information science degree from Valdosta State University. Read More | |
| Teacher of Year at Airport High encourages freshmen
Airport High School saluted Ruth Anne Potts, a 2004 Southern Wesleyan University graduate, as Teacher of the Year for 2010-2011. Read More | |
| Dr. Bradford Fipps - 2010 Alumnus of the Year
(4-17-2010) Dr. Brad Fipps has been known by many as a soldier – an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, mobilized for Operation Desert Storm and serving stateside as a chaplain. Twenty years ago, Dr. Fipps put his doctoral dissertation on hold to serve his country in wartime. Read More | |
| Karen Young Watts Professional Excellence - School of Education
(4-17-2010) Karen Watts has distinguished herself educationally. She is a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University (formerly Central Wesleyan College), where she graduated Cum Laude in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in church music. Read More | |
| Rev. James Michael Hilson - Professional Excellence - College of Arts and Science
(4-17-2010) James Michael Hilson is the grandson of one of Southern Wesleyan University’s former presidents. Having studied music education and business administration at Appalachian State University, he transferred to Southern Wesleyan (formerly Central Wesleyan College) and received a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry. Read More | |
| Charles Tegen - Professional Excellence - School of Business
(4-17-2010) Charles Tegen graduated from Southern Wesleyan University in 1974 with a degree in accounting. He began his professional career as an auditor at a CPA firm in Anderson, S.C. In 1979, he was hired at Clemson University. Read More | |
| Rupal Shah - Young Leader Award
(4-17-2010) Rupal Shah grew up in Tanzania in East Africa in a small town at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Her family immigrated to the United States and moved to Clemson, S.C., in 1999. She graduated from Southern Wesleyan in 2004 with a B.S. in biology and B.A. in chemistry and earned her master’s degree at Clemson University. She is now at Harvard University’s School of Public Health in Boston, Mass. Read More | |
| Greg Edmonds - Young Leader Award
(4-17-2010) Greg Edmonds, a 1997 graduate of SWU with a major in religion, has become known as a world changer. Edmonds took his compassion to other parts of the world where he provided hands-on assistance in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and, most recently, Haiti. Read More |