When life bumps Lynn Preacher Yeager, she plants her feet and stands her ground. To say she is determined is an understatement, especially when it comes to her child.

Life lined up for Lynn. She earned both her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1991 and her master’s in education administration in 1995 from CSU. In 2002 she married Tim, the man of her dreams, and in November 2003, she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Jacob.

Charleston Southern athletics department gathered for the 43rd Annual Spring Athletic Banquet in April. The soccer team won the Buc Cup for the second year in a row for their attendance at various sporting events on campus.

For most people a debilitating back injury would signal the end of an athletic career, and diving headfirst after a pair of back surgeries would be out of the question. It is pretty easy to see why sophomore Scotty Radabaugh is not like most people.

For May graduate, Kelly Laffey, the decision to become a nurse was not a hard one. Inspired by caring nurses who nursed her son to health, Laffey knows firsthand about the caring capacity of nurses. Her oldest son was born premature and spent several months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It was during this time that her calling became clear.

Thousands of family and friends were in attendance to watch 313 loved ones and friends receive their undergraduate and graduate degrees May 9 at the North Charleston Coliseum.

The MBA program continues to earn accolades as the growth and success of the program increases. The Charlotte Business Journal listed in its March 13 edition the Top 25 MBA programs in the Carolinas according to enrollment numbers. Charleston Southern ranked number 10 in the top 25, up one from the previous year.

This summer’s reading assignment for entering freshmen was the student edition of The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. As an atheist, Stroble viewed Christianity as “nothing but superstition and wishful thinking” until his wife, Leslie, announced she had become a Christian. The positive changes in Leslie’s life intrigued and motivated Strobel, a Harvard law graduate and legal editor of the Chicago Tribune.

The CSU Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team was named Rookie of the Year at the SIFE USA Regional Competition recently in Charlotte.

At the South Carolina Athletic Trainers’ Association (SCATA) Annual Symposium, Charleston Southern was awarded the College and University Athletic Training Staff of the Year.

Sophomore Josh Gale says spending time on Saturdays at the Saul Alexander Park in Summerville with the Summerville Miracle League “has become a blessing to all Charleston Southern students and faculty that are involved.”