2001 Alumni of the Year
College of Business Administration
Dale Zeglin is Bank of America’s senior banking executive for Horry and Georgetown counties. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Coastal in 1984 and went on to study for three years at the Graduate School of Banking of the South. Zeglin is a board member for Junior Achievement of Coastal South Carolina and the Children’s Museum of South Carolina.

College of Education
Johnny Calder, principal of Forestbrook Elementary, earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1979 and a master’s degree in education administration in 1989 from Coastal. He was named Horry County Educational Association Administrator of the Year in 1995. Calder received the 1991-1992 South Carolina Elementary and Middle School Association “Tom Ackerman Award” (Distinguished Assistant Principal Award).

College of Humanities and Fine Arts
James Guignard earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Coastal in 1997 and went on to earn a master’s degree in English from Western Carolina University in 1999. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in literature and environment from the University of Nevada, Reno where he teaches. During the summer of 2001 he will study in Oxford, England, through Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English.

College of Natural and Applied Sciences
Kerry Schwanz received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Coastal in 1993 and a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Georgia in 1996. She is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Schwanz has been working as a certified school psychologist with Horry County Schools since August 2000. She was a part-time faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Coastal. While a Coastal student, Schwanz earned the 1993 Faculty Academic Excellence Award.

Division of Extended Learning and Public Services
Estelle “Tabby” Shelton is mitigation coordinator for Horry County. She earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in 1999 and plans to pursue a master’s degree in emergency management. Shelton serves on Coastal’s Alumni Association Board of Directors as second vice president.

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2001 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award
Rep. Liston Barfield (center) was presented the Distinguished Alumni of the Year award by Coastal’s Alumni Association. Barfield earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Coastal in 1975 and went on to earn an MBA from Webster University. Barfield is the first Coastal alumnus to serve in South Carolina’s General Assembly. He is pictured here with his wife Norma Jean Barfield and Richard Weldon, president of Coastal’s Alumni Association.

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Homecoming Royals
Todd Setzer and Katie Embick were crowned Homecoming King and Queen following Coastal’s Homecoming game against UNC-Asheville. Setzer, a junior marketing major of Florence, is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Embick, a junior physical education major of Myrtle Beach, is a member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.

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