CIU alumnus returns to South Carolina to direct eLearning

CIU alumnus returns to South Carolina to direct eLearning

Dr. Isti Sanga

CIU alumnus Dr. Isti Sanga is the eLearning director at Kershaw County Schools in South Carolina. (Photo: Kershaw County School District)

Columbia International University alumnus Dr. Isti Sanga is back in South Carolina playing a key role in digital education for the Kershaw County School District. Sanga, a native of Nigeria, is the eLearning director for the school district where one of his first tasks will be developing the use of eLearning for weather makeup days.

Sanga earned a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education from CIU in 1989 as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Ministries in 1987. He was most recently the eLearning coordinator at Northern Illinois University (NIU) but also has served as a technology specialist degree cohort coordinator and adjunct instructor at NIU as well as a technology trainer at Rockford School District in Illinois. Prior to those positions, he was a clinical assistant professor and visiting assistant professor for the University of South Carolina (USC) where he received his doctorate. 

“I’ve known of Dr. Sanga’s work but didn’t realize he had a strong South Carolina connection,” said Dr. Shane Robbins the superintendent of Kershaw County schools. “His background and experience in training teachers and in being a teacher will be extremely beneficial as well as the fact that Dr. Sanga is excited to return to the Palmetto State.” 

Sanga has also served as a teacher of the Old Testament at ECWA Bible College in Kagoro, Nigeria, and a principal of the ECWA Advanced Bible School in Zabolo, Nigeria. 

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