Projects

Creative Research Project Examples:

• Study Abroad in Hawaii in collaboration with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
• Data Visceralization Projects (data feminist practice for heightening affect, emotionality, and feelings when presenting data-based findings)
• Dr. Weinhold's work with CIE fellows on local media coverage widely covered by WMBF on television and online. Dyneira Brown wrote a feature article about Charlie's Place in Myrtle Beach for The Chanticleer.
• Fellow Hailey Cornell, alongside Diamond Gaston and Rachel Huggins, organized a recital of music by Amanda Harberg (Rutgers), interviewed the composer, and launched the [Represent]atoire Project with Dr. Schultz
• Acquired Valerie Coleman's music library for CCU, now the largest collection of her music in the world
• Diamond Gaston gave the first student degree recital of all women composers in CCU history and has been invited to perform Valerie Coleman's music at a number of high-profile events on campus
• Drs. Baltes and Weinhold organized a trip to Washington DC, and monument avenue in Richmond, VA
• Dr. Baltes contributed to a larger national conversation about portrait statue monuments by looking at our region and who is representing us locally
• Frances Ludwig competed in the Undergraduate Research Competition with her research on confederate monuments
• Sage Short won the prestigious Ronald D. Lackey Service Award
• Fellows volunteered in various capacities for the International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference and Community Day
• Anti-racism panel discussion through the lens of Langston Hughes with Dr. Ron McCurdy (Professor, Trumpet; Assistant Dean of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Southern California)

Student Successes

• accepted to top grad school programs with financial support
• publishing in their respective academic journals
• represented in great positions on campus (Editor, The Chanticleer; Editor, Tempo; and more)
• securing competitive opportunities on campus such as student commencement speaker for the Edwards College
• publishing in The Chanticleer, Her Campus, and more
• teaching related to their projects through class visits