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Celebrate CSUVol. 3, No. 5 | June, 2008
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Breaking news: Cougar now roams main campus
CSU's best-kept 50th anniversary surprise arrived Thursday, June 26 as workers placed a bronze, life-size cougar statue just outside the Lumpkin Center home of many Cougar athletes. more >
Kennesaw State dean to become CSU's 4th president
By all accounts, Columbus State University can look forward to a purpose-driven leader when Dr. Timothy S. Mescon joins the university in August as its fourth president. The state Board of Regents announced the selection of Mescon, dean of the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University since 1990, as the next president on June 11. A Columbus Ledger-Enquirer profile of Mescon offers an idea of what's ahead. Related: video interview with Mescon (Ledger-Enquirer), retiring President Frank D. Brown reacts (WRBL), Brown to be missed (WTVM editorial). More on: the search, Mescon.
Schiffman family foundation gift to make CSU an all-Steinway school
CSU's Schwob School of Music will become an all-Steinway school in August, thanks to a Schiffman Family Foundation gift that will allow the purchase of $2.5 million worth of the pianos. Maxine Schiffman, left, the foundation's matriarch, was present for a June 19 ceremony that celebrated the gift, which is expected to further boost Schwob's reputation for excellence and attract more world-class students. Sixty-eight Schwob-selected pianos should be delivered before classes begin Aug. 21. more >
CSU continues to flex powerful economic muscle
A new state study estimates Columbus State has a total economic impact of almost $212 million on the region it serves, up by nearly $38 million since a 2004 study. The figures were part of a report dissecting the University System of Georgia’s $11 billion annual economic impact on the state, indicating the economic clout of the university system’s 35 public colleges and universities is still on the rise. more >
Support Miss CSU as she competes in pageant
As this is being written, Miss Georgia Scholarship Pageant activities are getting under way in downtown Columbus, with scores of contestants from throughout Georgia taking up temporary residence in the apartment lofts of CSU's The Rankin, directly across 10th Street from pageant central, the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. It's not too late to root for Miss CSU Jamie Harper, a CSU communication major, either in person or by communicating through her blog.
Talk about a well-rounded athletic program ...
Columbus State won its third straight Peach Belt Conference Commissioner’s Cup in June after its athletic teams won four conference championships this year. Among the 11 schools in the conference, Armstrong Atlantic State finished second while USC Aiken was third in the standings. Meanwhile, CSU Athletics is making staff adjustments to cope with this summer's retirement of Herbert Greene, longtime coach and athletic director. more >
- If you know incoming first-time CSU students, remind them to sign up for orientation now.
- Summer camps have hundreds of children and teens visiting CSU daily. Sign yours up now.
- If you can make it to main campus, be sure to visit the Simon Schwob Memorial Library and check out the new portrait of retiring President Frank D. Brown.
- Even if you can't pay us a visit, keep us updated on what's new in your life, including career moves, family additions and other newsworthy changes. (We experienced a glitch with this Web form recently, but it's fixed now.)
- Parents: Don't let the Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center's ninth annual Insectival, set for July 13, creep up on you. It's become a favorite among the center's Second Sunday lineup of environmental learning programs.
- Speaking of fun with your kids, also plan to visit CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science Center this summer. It's AC cool -- and full of cool interactive exhibits. If you can't make it, turn your inner astronomer on to the center's new blog or catch up with the skywatchers gathering weekly in Callaway Gardens for the center's popular Astronomy Nights.
- Finally, mark your calendar now for Sept. 25, when CSU will holds its 50th Anniversary Convocation in the RiverCenter. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver CSU's annual Hunter Lecture, and other 50th anniversary celebration details are being finalized.
Quotable:
"I am writing this letter to the Columbus community to say thank you to the nearly 500 guests who came and enjoyed this wonderful event with us, and to all of our supporters throughout the region. It is the unique willingness of this community to partner with its university that has made CSU such a successful institution."
-- Shawn T. Cruzen, Executive Director, CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science Center
Ledger-Enquirer letter to the editor, June 25, on the center's recent 12th anniversary celebration