CIU News

Holy Week at CIU: Celebrating the Passover Messianic Seder
By Naomi Balk

CIU Student Writer

Columbia International University students remembered God’s faithfulness to His promises and the truth of redemption from sins by participating in a Holy Week Messianic Passover Seder Meal.

Passover was a celebratory meal commanded by God in Exodus 12, yet it still holds significant power to usher in a...
CIU alumnus takes his talents to the professional theatre
By Bob Holmes

After years of performing as an amateur at Columbia’s Town Theatre, Columbia International University 2015 alumnus Jeremy Reasoner is moving on to professional theatre.

Beginning this summer, Reasoner will take the stage at the Peach State Summer Theatre in Valdosta,...
CIU STUDENTS JOIN OTHER BELIEVERS ON THE MT. OF OLIVES TO COMMEMORATE PALM SUNDAY
Columbia International University has an educational partnership with Jerusalem University College, an evangelical institution on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem. CIU’s Middle Eastern Studies majors study a year at JUC, focusing on Jewish or Arab studies, and a number of...
CIU students excited to meet their scholarship donors
Annual luncheon brings students and donors face-to-face

By Bob Holmes

David Wolff calls it “one of the highlight days” of his year. Wolff and his wife Diane were among 85 Columbia International University scholarship donors who became acquainted with the students they support at the annual CIU Scholarship Luncheon.

After the meal,...
CIU Seminary dean publishes commentary on Romans
A new commentary on Romans written by the dean of the CIU Seminary & School of Ministry offers up-to-date scholarship and concrete application for preachers and lay teachers.

The commentary by Dr. John Harvey is the latest volume in the...
CIU Presents High School Musical; Cast member offers a behind the scenes look
By Ireland Kost (Sharpay Evans)

The colorful stage lights, powdery makeup, sparkling costumes, and energetic songs flash before me. “I don’t know Sarah,” I confessed, “I just have too many other things to do. I’m working several jobs, I’m taking 17 credit hours ... I just don’t think it would be wise.”...

CIU ready to assist Virginia College students

Here is good news for Virginia College students! Columbia International University is ready to assist you in the transferring of your credits toward appropriate CIU programs.

Virginia...

Alanna Batterman ministered to refugees living in the Columbia area.

Intercultural Studies majors find cross-cultural...

By Naomi Balk

CIU Student Writer

As Columbia International University senior Emma Grace Ballentine was being served food by her Malaysian hostess, she...

Jonathan Johnson with the Atlanta Braves

Former Major Leaguer Jonathan Johnson to head new CIU...

Columbia International University is excited to announce that former Major League pitcher Jonathan Johnson will be the head coach of the new CIU baseball program scheduled to begin in fall 2019....

A CIU “vision for education” reaches to Alaska

Dr. Michael Johnson once wrote that Columbia International University “provided a vision of education that has shaped even the smallest details of my experience.”

Johnson’s...

Exciting new Mondotrack gets first runners at Ram-...

By Ireland Kost

CIU Student Writer

As 13-year-old Emma Martin warmed up for the Ram-Falcon 5K Challenge, she said she had never run on a Mondotrack.

Community at the Heart of the CIU Hoedown

By Ireland Kost

CIU Student Writer

Partners twirl in a circle, friends sing by a bonfire, competitors bob for apples, and the 2018 CIU Hoedown is underway...

Topping Off William H. Jones Global Business & IT Center at CIU

CIU soaring to new heights with “Topping off Ceremony”

Construction of new Global Business and IT Center progressing

By Naomi Balk and Bob Holmes

Columbia International University and Mashburn Construction...

Jim Mullen, chairman of The Midlands Regional Education Center Board

CIU entrepreneurship center garners state commerce...

By Kierston Smith and Bob Holmes

A group of state-appointed education and business leaders met at Columbia International University’s John R. Cook Jr. Business and...

CIU student contributes chapter to new book “Islam and...

What is the best way to reach your Muslim neighbor? That’s one of the questions that Columbia International University student Shirin Taber discusses in her contribution to the new book,...