CCU students place in statewide poster competition

Coastal Carolina University and Waccamaw Watershed Academy were well represented at the recent SC Water Resource Conference held at Clemson and attended by CCU faculty and students.

Kyle Curtis’s poster, "An investigation into the prevalence, quantification and survival of Escherichia coli in stormwater basin sediment of Withers Swash, Myrtle Beach," took third place prize place in the poster competition.

Chelsey Richardson’s poster, "Citizen Science: Data Collection in Storm Drain Marking Program," placed fourth in the poster competition.

Both of these awards are significant in being recognized out of the more than 40 posters presented at the conference representing all the major universities in South Carolina. Additionally, CCU student Ben Thepaut presented his first scientific oral presentation, "Plant Survival in the Floodplain Restoration of Crabtree Swamp, Horry County S.C."

The 2012 conference will be featured on ETV's "The Big Picture" on Thursday Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The program will cover state water resource issues and future challenges.