Charleston Southern University

Auxiliary Enterprises: The University residence halls, dining hall, and campus bookstore are the major auxiliary enterprises serving the University community. Our dining hall, Java City, Buc Stop Diner and Chick-fil-A Express are operated and managed by Aramark, and our bookstore is operated and managed by Slingshot. Since the of summer 2021, we have partnered with the S.C. Baptist Convention to provide their middle and high school student camp called SummerSalt and their 3rd-5th grade camps called KidSalt. At the end of the summer, we also host one large church camp for the Church at the Mill. We are expecting approximately 3500-4000 children and youth from across S.C. to meet on our campus each summer. We also are the primary sponsor for Student Leadership University (SLU) - a youth leadership experience that provides leadership opportunities for students in Florida, Texas, Washington DC, Europe, and Israel. This unique opportunity is provided by CSU alum Dr. Jay Stack.

Academic Support: The University library (approximately 250,000 volumes held) provides online and in-person support for the principal academic divisions. The L. Mendel Rivers Library includes a coffeehouse, Java City, on the main floor and several small study rooms available by reservation for students on the second floor. Charleston Southern University students may access the Internet within limitations to facilitate diversity and personal growth in technology, informational research skills, complete online classes and exams, and practice Netiquette and online communication skills. The library is also a depository of US Government documents, a member of PASCAL, the statewide academic library consortium, and provides free research and instructional services to students, faculty, staff, and guests. Internet access is provided free of charge to all students in the computer labs and library except for pre-determined lab fees that are required for some classes. CSU is a completely wireless campus, providing access in the residence halls for all registered resident students. We continue to increase the number of e-books and electronic databases as more of the academic literature is becoming available online rather than in printed format. Every student, staff, and faculty member have full access to classroom tools to facilitate study individually or in groups as well as attend classes virtually. The Reference Desk is always staffed in person and online for student assistance and our library staff are all credentialed and granted faculty status.