Carrie Herrington has been named director of Alumni Affairs at Coastal Carolina University. Her duties include planning alumni events, advising the Student Alumni Ambassadors and serving as a liaison between the Alumni Association, its Board of Directors and the university. She will also maintain contact and continue to develop relationships with Coastal's more than 11,000 alumni.

For the last two years, Herrington was special events and facilities utilization coordinator at Coastal where she assisted with all aspects of special event execution for the Office of the President and Office of University Advancement.

Herrington earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the College of Charleston in 1995. She served on the College of Charleston's Alumni Association Board of Directors as chair of the Area Clubs Committee for two years and fund-raising chair for one year. She has also been the Myrtle Beach area club coordinator for the past five years.

Herrington may be reached in Coastal's Office of Alumni Affairs at 349-ALUM (2586) or at alumni@coastal.edu.