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This is democracy in action! USCB’s Student Government Association was out in force on our Bluffton campus, registering Sand Sharks to vote. 🦈

USCB Communication Studies students got valuable career advice from alumni Poppy Miller, Studio Host and Sports Commentator at CBS Sports, and Lauren Henderson, World Tour Coordinator for The Savannah Bananas. The takeaway: what looks like failure at first may lead to great things later, so never give up! Their presentation was part of Dr. Jayne Violette’s COMMents speaker series.

USCB’s Psychology faculty and student tutors hosted a fun open house this week at their recently renovated lab in the Sci Tech building! 🍪

Volunteers from Alliance for Therapy Dogs are back on USCB’s Bluffton campus! On Tuesday afternoons, students can pet and play. The university’s counseling department sponsors this popular weekly event. 🐾 🐶

USCB's Communication Studies department is embracing this election year! 🇺🇸 Thank you to guest speakers from the Forward Party movement in Beaufort County, Bob Hooper and Dr. Najmah Thomas, who spoke to our "Political Communication & Practice" class about election reform and how the Forward Party advocates for these reforms. Next up: the class meets tomorrow night to view and discuss the presidential debate 📺. Professors Jayne Violette and Kevin Dopf will lead the discussion.

On the Beaufort campus, we are all artists! 🎨

Mark your calendar for the best birthday bash this fall! 📆 This is your invitation to our joyful kick-off event—we're celebrating two decades of granting bachelors' and masters' degrees. Please join us! 🎈

Ouch—watch that cone! 👀 "Drunk" driving is only funny when it's an exercise conducted by USCB 's Police Department. Students wear goggles that simulate what it's like to drive under the influence. All the university's golf carts survived the experience.

Tune in tonight! �USCB alumna Danielle Cobb (Communication Studies, 2024) recently joined WSAV’s News 3 team in Savannah as a multimedia journalist. Originally from Spartanburg, she honed her skills through the university’s partnership with SCETV to produce “By The River.”

It’s the first week of classes and we’ve found our classrooms, met our professors, lunched with friends in the dining hall and joined the fun at a rainy cookout and a neon party! 🦈

🦈 Sand Sharks want to work! Today, about 25 employers will be at USCB's part-time job fair in the lobby of the Hargray building from 1-3 pm. They are hiring for on-campus and off-campus positions. This job fair is one of the many offerings presented each year by our amazing Career Services team!

They’re back! USCB welcomed new and returning students to the Bluffton and Beaufort campuses this weekend.🦈

New Student Orientation at USCB takes a village! 🦈 We call this “Shark School” and it starts with orientation leader training and a student employee cookout. Photos by Ireland Mack. 🍔

Chancellor Al M. Panu and USCB’s faculty and staff welcome the Sand Sharks to Fall semester 2024. Fins Up!🦈

Congratulations, Kelly!

Congratulations to Kelly McCombs, Senior Instructor, course developer and academic advisor for USCB’s Department of Public Heath & Human Services!

She has been selected as the recipient of the esteemed Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Nutrition in Higher Education Award for 2024! 🎉

A small turtle 🐢 that lives in the salt marsh recently drove scientists from USCB, the Port Royal Sound Foundation and other institutions above their waists in pluff mud. Learn more: https://ow.ly/U8HE50SXeEX

📚 USCB students, it’s time to order your textbooks and course materials online. 📓 The Shark’s Cove Campus Store on the Bluffton campus doesn’t sell textbooks in the store but carries a great selection of USCB retail items. Choose rental, digital, new or used textbooks, to be shipped to you or for free in-store pickup.

Orders ship within 24-48 hours. 🦈

⭐️ Way to go, Savanna! Junior Savanna Fumbi, a Psychology major, has been selected to present her research at the McNair National Conference in Baltimore in Sept. 👏🏾👏🏾 Her project's title is “Obstetric Racism and Black Maternal Health Outcomes" and her findings propose practices to reduce obstetric racism and close the gaps that prevent Black mothers from receiving equitable care. 🏆 ✨

🎬 Keep your eyes on Communication Studies major Merrick Foune, who is making waves in film! 🌟 She stars in “Little Box of Hope” — a supernatural thriller about a businessman who finds a box that transports him into the mind of a killer. The independent film directed by Edgar Bravo and filmed in Spartanburg, SC premiered July 20.✨ Merrick has been a rising star since her role in “All Eyez on Me" in 2017. In addition to her acting career, her future plans include law school. 🎭👏

See you tomorrow on campus! Bye bye, Debby. 🦈

🏀Junior players ages 9-17 spent three days this week sharpening their skills at a basketball camp sponsored by USCB Athletics and the men’s basketball team. The campers had fun and made memories with the Sand Sharks in the university’s Bluffton campus rec center. 🦈

The USCB group has returned from Pine Ridge reservation with a deeper understanding of the Oglala Lakota culture and health challenges. The Sand Sharks spent their last few days in South Dakota building wheelchair ramps and tending a community garden. Sending thanks and appreciation to Re-Member, our non-profit partner organization there.

🦈 A former Sand Shark is competing in the Paris Olympics! Swimmer Lucas Henveaux of Belgium attended USCB in the 2018-19 academic year as an international student majoring in business management. The 23-year-old is representing Belgium at the Olympic Games and specializes in freestyle. 🏊🏻‍♂️ Photo by UPI.

🎭 USCB is proud to house the staff and talented young performers of the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute on our Bluffton Campus. This top-ranked summer theatre production program for high schoolers produces professional musicals, so go see one of their last 3 performances of "Gypsy" this weekend at the Seahawk Cultural Center on Hilton Head Island! 🎶 Jacob Brent directed and choreographed this Broadway musical about a domineering mother who will do anything to make her young daughters Vaudeville stars, with musical direction by Andrew Austin.

🎟️ Get tickets at hhisummermusicals.com

🇰🇷 What an incredible finale to our SKALE team's journey in Korea! Over the last few days, USCB’s Fulbright-Hays group had the honor of visiting HL Mando Corporation in Seoul. Many thanks to Senior Director Hankyu Choi and the Mando team for rolling out the red carpet and treating USCB like VIPs! 🙌✨ We were amazed by the cutting-edge automotive technology and the scale of Mando’s supply chain to Hyundai Motor Company and many others.

But the experiences didn’t stop there. The SKALE group was inspired by photojournalist Hyungwon "HK" Kang, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. 📸 His insights into U.S. politics and unique look at Korea’s rich history made us eager to read his latest book, “Visual History of Korea.”

The flight back was a long one, but the SKALE team got home safely 🌍✈️ A huge thank you to everyone who made this trip unforgettable!