CIU News
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Ministering to “the Foreigner Residing Among You”
CIU Student Refugee Ministry in Columbia
By Jairo de Oliveira
CIU Graduate Student
In August 2016 I moved to Columbia, South Carolina, with my family (wife and son) to study at Columbia International University. Few months after our arrival we got an invitation to visit the ...
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CIU Education Graduates take on Leadership Positions
Two graduates of the Columbia International University's College of Education have recently taken on leadership positions.
Emir Ruiz Esparza has been hired as Dean of Student Life, Learning and Formation at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. He will oversee resident educators, student activities and organizations. He previously served as head of school at...
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An Exciting Summer of Construction and Renovation is Underway
It may get a bit dusty at times around the CIU campus this summer, but by the time students return in late August, there will be some very noticeable changes. It’s known around campus as “The Wow Factor.”
One of the most recognizable activities this summer is seen as soon as you enter campus – the construction of the $20 million...
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Dr. Andre Rogers Named Special Assistant to the President; Popular longtime CIU professor has served under presidents Smith and Jones
By Bob Holmes
Columbia International University professor of Church Ministry, Dr. Andre Rogers has an additional role outside the classroom. CIU President Dr. Mark Smith has named Rogers special assistant to the president...
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Wartime chaplain building CIU’s chaplaincy program
By Thomas S. Mullikin
In the wake of a marked rise in both mental health and spiritual well-being issues – and a dearth of Christian outreach programs to deal with the same – there is said to be a ‘resurgence of need.’ This need is for new and ever-effective chaplaincy programs, and an enabling of those programs to train new chaplains,...
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Enrollment Growth Continues at CIU
On-campus and online student enrollment continues to grow at Columbia International University.
The 2018 Spring semester brought nine percent overall enrollment growth compared to Spring 2017 for a total of 1,085 undergraduate, graduate and seminary students now attending CIU.
Meanwhile, the number of students taking advantage of CIU’s ...
By Bob Holmes
Columbia International University students said they needed more space for quiet study. Library Director Cynthia Snell was listening. She responded with a comfortable, enlarged area for study in...
“It is time for us as faith-walkers, now more than ever, to let our lights shine in a dark world – and especially this place we call home, The United States of America.”
That was the charge to the December graduates on the main campus of Columbia International University...
Kim Abbott made her mark in the history of Columbia International University. And now CIU has said its goodbyes to the school’s first athletics director.
Abbott is leaving at the end of the Fall semester to give more...
Columbia International University alumna Vanessa Torres is a 2016 winner of The Milken Educator Award, called the “Oscars of Teaching” by Teacher...
Columbia International University alumnus Rob Settle oversees a haven for men with shattered lives. He is the executive director of Providence Home for men in Columbia, South Carolina. The mission of the ministry is simple:
"To help...
Is your church sensitive to the physically disabled within the congregation? That’s a question raised by Dr. Johnny V. Miller, professor emeritus in the CIU Seminary...
By Dr. Shirl Schiffman
CIU Professor of Ministry Studies
After the death of former CIU President Robertson McQuilkin on June 2, 2016, many of his friends and colleagues paid...
By Michael A. Lanier
CIU Student Writer
Columbia International University students gathered on The Quad in front of the campus library on Nov. 29, to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season. Through a night of festivities, the student body...
Columbia International University Chaplaincy professor Brian Bohlman sends greetings from the South Pole. In addition to teaching in the CIU Seminary & School of Ministry, Bohlman is a chaplain...
There will be commencement celebrations on both sides of the Broad River on Dec. 9. The first will be on the Monticello Road main campus of Columbia International University at 10 a.m. Then, at 1:30 p.m., directly across the river from CIU, graduates of the CIU Prison Initiative will receive...
You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. How about #Giving Tuesday?
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the...
Congratulations go out from Columbia International University to Ben Lippen School after the Falcons earned their first state title in football.
The Falcons beat the Porter-Gaud Cyclones from Charleston in overtime 27-21 in a Nov. 19 nail-biter that...