First 54 Schedule at a Glance
7/20/12
Event Date / Event Name / Event Time / Location / SponsorAugust 20 / First 54 Kickoff / 12-3pm / Student Recreation & Convocation Center / Coastal Carolina University
Kick off the new school year and the First 54 with free food, games, inflatables, and tours of the brand new Student Recreation & Convocation Center!
Directions & Donuts / 7:30-10:30am / Various locations / Office of Student Activities and Leadership
Don’t worry. We won’t let you get lost on your first day of classes! Stop by one of the tables to grab directions, a donut, and some coffee on your way to class.
21 / Directions & Donuts / 7:30-10:30am / Various locations / Office of Student Activities and Leadership
Don’t worry. We won’t let you get lost on your first day of classes! Stop by one of the tables to grab directions, a donut, and some coffee on your way to class.
Homesick Screening / 10am-2pm / Prince Lawn / Counseling Services
Leaving home and beginning college is difficult for most students. It has been estimated that 70% of college students experience homesickness while away at school.Complete a brief screening and learn effective strategies to combat homesickness.
Happy Teal Tuesday! / 8am-11pm / Lib Jackson Student Center Information Desk/ Various / Office of Student Activities and Leadership, Alumni Relations, and University Athletics
Stop by the Student Center Information Desk any time between 8am-11pm each Tuesday while wearing teal and swipe your CINO Card for points toward The First 54! A student team will also be scouring campus starting at 12pm looking for the first 25 students wearing teal to give them a free t-shirt and enter them for prizes throughout the school year!
ChantaTHON Kickoff / 12-2pm / Hicks Dining Hall Courtyard / ChantaTHON
ChantaTHON is a brand new 17-hour fundraising event in November to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and McLeod Children’s Hospital. Meet the Steering Committee and find out how you can get involved FOR THE KIDS!
SGA Late Night Breakfast / 9-10pm / Hicks Dining Hall / Student Government Association
This event provides the student body, specifically the new freshmen class, an opportunity to meet their SGA Senators and Executive Officers. At the same time, freshly prepared pancakes from Aramark are provided for the students’ enjoyment.
22 / Club Recruitment Day / 11am-2pm / Prince Lawn / Office of Student Activities and Leadership
Want to join a club or learn more about volunteering? Here is your chance to enjoy great music and see what clubs, organizations, and volunteer opportunities are available for you to get involved with.
Minority Mixer & Showcase / 6pm / Wheelwright Auditorium / Multicultural Student Services
This free campus-wide event is designed to showcase the minority groups and programs offered on campus. Minority groups will present an overview of their programs, and the Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors (C.I.A.) gospel choir andmembers of the NPHC Greek Community will perform.
23 / Community Fair / 11am-2pm / Spadoni Park / Office of Student Activities and Leadership
Come to Spadoni Park to meet local businesses from the Conway, Carolina Forest and Myrtle Beach area. Find everything you need without blindly searching the Internet!
I’m All Grown Up Now! Dispelling the Myths of College Life / 5pm / James J. Johnson (formerly Wall) Auditorium / Women’s Resource Center
You will carry the decisions you make while in college with you for the rest of your life. This presentation is designed to guide students to make good decisions regarding alcohol, drugs, and the way they present themselves in social media.
Bingo Blowout / 10pm / Hicks Dining Hall / Coastal Activities Board
Come out to Hicks Dining Hall and join Coastal Activities Board for a Coastal tradition. It’s free to play and there are tons of prizes to give away!
24 / Men’s Soccer v. Longwood / 3pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
Leah Woods: Structures Closing Reception / 4:30-6:30pm / Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery / Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Leah Woods shares her exciting sculptural furniture designs that push the limits of form and function. An Assistant Professor of Woodworking and Furniture Design at the University of New Hampshire, Leah combines her mastering of woodworking and art to push the possibilities of craft and art.
Rock the Block / 6pm / U.P. Grand Strand Pool Area / University Housing
Come out to the annual U.P. music fest. The Grand Strand, Sandhills, and Low Country Teams have planned an evening of good food and good music, and maybe a little free swag too! Come out and see what’s UP with all your brand new neighbors!
Women’s Soccer v. Delaware / 7:30pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
25 / Beach Sweep/Bash / 10am-2pm / Chapin Park (Myrtle Beach) / Coastal Activities Board/ Students Taking Active Responsibility
Start off your Saturday right by volunteering with S.T.A.R. to clean up the beach starting at 10am. When you’re finished, head over to Chapin Park for free food, games, and prizes! Free shuttles will be offered every 30 minutes. The last shuttle will leave Chapin Park at 2:30pm to return to CCU. After 2:30pm, students are responsible for their own transportation.
26 / Women’s Soccer v. Western Michigan / 2:30pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
Coastal Carolina Catholics Service / 5:30pm / Lackey Chapel / Coastal Carolina Catholics
Join Coastal Carolina Catholics, an active student-run organization, for an enlightening evening service.
27 / Meet the Counselors / 11am-1pm / Hicks Courtyard / Counseling Services
Counseling Services offers many helpful tools and strategies to assist students in meeting the challenges of college life. Come meet the caring, compassionate, quirky, and friendly staff. Show us what you would do for a Klondike Bar!
CRD Rain Date / 11am-2pm / Prince Lawn / Office of Student Activities and Leadership
In the event of rain, Club Recruitment Day will be moved to August 27th. Same time, same place.
Greek 101 / 7pm / WheelwrightAuditorium / Fraternity & Sorority Life
Come and meet the Greeks of CCU! Get all the information you need about joining a Greek Letter Organization at Coastal Carolina!
28 / Happy Teal Tuesday! / 8am-11pm / Lib Jackson Student Center Information Desk/ Various / Office of Student Activities and Leadership, Alumni Relations, and University Athletics
Stop by the Student Center Information Desk any time between 8am-11pm each Tuesday while wearing teal and swipe your CINO Card for points toward The First 54! A student team will also be scouring campus starting at 12pm looking for the first 25 students wearing teal to give them a free t-shirt and enter them for prizes throughout the school year!
Safe Zone Celebration / 5-7pm / Spadoni Park / Counseling Services
Come learn about Safe Zone, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Ally (LGBT) Network at CCU!
Battle of the Sexes / 6-9pm / Prince Lawn / Coastal Activities Board
Think Fear Factor: Men vs. Women. For more information, visit
29 / S.T.A.R. Blood Drive / 10am-4pm / Wall Building Lawn and Coastal Science Center / Students Taking Active Responsibility (S.T.A.R.)
Donate blood and support the American Red Cross.
Java Jabber / 4:30pm / EHFA Courtyard / Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values
For more details, please visit or on Facebook at
Panhellenic Sisterhood Shuffle / 6-8pm / CINO Deck / Fraternity and Sorority Life
Come out and meet the sisters of Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Sigma Sigma and the Panhellenic Council for their first philanthropic event of the school year! Gain insight into the panhellenic recruitment process while putting together back to school bags for local elementary school students! Meet some sisters and make new friends!
NPHC Back to School Pool Bash / 6-8pm / University Place Pool / Fraternity and Sorority Life
NPHC is kicking off the school year with a cool down at University Place! Kick back and relax with the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. with a BBQ, games & prizes, DJ and more!
Miss Coastal Pageant Interest Meeting / 7pm / James J. Johnson (formerly Wall) Auditorium / Coastal Activities Board
Have you dreamed of being a beauty queen? Attend this interest meeting to find out how you can participate in one of Coastal’s newest traditions!
30 / Popsicles with Panhellenic / 12-4pm / Prince Lawn / Fraternity and Sorority Life
Need to cool down? Stop for a Sweet Treat from the Panhellenic Council and member chapters in between classes!
Outdoor Movie: The Avengers / 8pm / Prince Lawn / Coastal Activities Board
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, and Scarlett Johansson.
31 / Volleyball v. Butler / 5pm / Student Recreation and Convocation Center / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
Coastal Tie Dye / 6-8pm / Woods Pavilion / University Housing
It’s back for another year! This is the biggest and best chance to turn your boring white t-shirt into a rainbow of fun. Join the main campus RA’s in an explosion of color that you’ll remember all year long.
Greek All-Campus BBQ / 6-8pm / Woods Pavilion / Fraternity and Sorority Life
Enjoy free food and meet members of the Greek community!
September 1 / Football vs. NC A&T / 6pm / Brooks Stadium / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com. Football tailgating begins 4 hours before kickoff on Chantourage Alley!
SYE Grill and Chill! / 1pm / U.P. Blue Ridge Pool Area / University Housing
Welcome to the Second Year Experience at Coastal! Come and enjoy a Saturday afternoon cookout for sophomores because you’ve earned it. This will be the start of a great second year for you!
2 / Women’s Soccer v. Wofford / 1pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
Coastal Carolina Catholics Service / 5:30pm / Lackey Chapel / Coastal Carolina Catholics
Join Coastal Carolina Catholics, an active student-run organization, for an enlightening evening service.
3-9 / Panhellenic Recruitment / Varies / Various / Fraternity and Sorority Life
For more information and to sign up, visit
3 / Labor Day- No Class / - / - / -
Community Cookout / 1-3pm / Hackler Golf Course Deck / Off Campus Student Services
Off campus/commuter students are invited to enjoy free food, games and prizes, and to meet your neighbors!
Panhellenic Recruitment Kickoff / 6pm / Wheelwright Auditorium / Fraternity and Sorority Life
For more information, visit
4 / Happy Teal Tuesday! / 8am-11pm / Lib Jackson Student Center Information Desk/ Various / Office of Student Activities and Leadership, Alumni Relations, and University Athletics
Stop by the Student Center Information Desk any time between 8am-11pm each Tuesday while wearing teal and swipe your CINO Card for points toward The First 54! A student team will also be scouring campus starting at 12pm looking for the first 25 students wearing teal to give them a free t-shirt and enter them for prizes throughout the school year!
Photo Shoot Booth! / 9-11pm / Ingle Hall Lobby / University Housing
Make your friends from home jealous that you are at CCU and at the beach! Ingle Hall Team will have different scenes for your new friends to have a photo shoot. Bring your camera or phone so you can upload them to Facebook and Twitter. Our staff can also take pictures for you and print them while you make and decorate your own picture frames!
5 / Doors of Doom / 3-8pm / Counseling Services Office / Counseling Services
Is your college experience doomed? See Counseling Services transformed into a “haunted house” and learn the best ways to avoid the doom. Are you ready to open the door?
IFC Meet & Greek / 12-4pm / Prince Lawn / Fraternity and Sorority Life
Need a break? Join the gentlemen of the Interfraternity Council for a quick game, convo, or bite to eat in between classes. Get all the information you need about IFC Recruitment and meet some of the brothers!
ChantaTHON Hot Dog Eating Contest / 8-9pm / Hicks Dining Hall / ChantaTHON
Help raise money for ChantaTHON and Children’s Miracle Network and participate in a hotdog eating contest!
6 / Doors of Doom: Encore Performance / 3-8pm / Counseling Services Office / Counseling Services
Is your college experience doomed? See Counseling Services transformed into a “haunted house” and learn the best ways to avoid the doom. Are you ready to open the door?
Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception / 4:30-6:30pm / Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery / Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Works created by the Visual Arts Department's faculty highlight the diversity of ideas explored at CCU. Enjoy works created in the studios of the prestigious artists and scholars that call Coastal home.
Community Conversation/ Outdoor Movie: I Am / 8pm / Prince Lawn / Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values
For more details, please visit or on Facebook at
Late Night Bingo / 10pm / Hicks Dining Hall / Coastal Activities Board
Join Coastal Activities Board for an exciting hour of Bingo and prizes. Warning: Our Bingo callers like to go pretty fast. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
7 / Men’s Soccer vs. Florida Atlantic / 5 & 7:30pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
CAB U.P. Cookout and T-shirt Tie Dye / 6-8pm / U.P. Grand Strand Activity House Area (formerly UP3) / Coastal Activities Board
Who doesn’t love tie dying a t-shirt?? Join Coastal Activities Board for an evening of free food, good music, and fun activities at University Place.
8 / CCU Takeover- Broadway at the Beach / 11am-3pm / Broadway at the Beach / Coastal Activities Board
Coastal Activities Board will provide rides to and from Broadway at the Beach for students to enjoy the great food and attractions it has to offer. Sign up in advance at the Coastal Activities Board office in 208 Lib Jackson Student Center. This is an alcohol-free event.
Volleyball / 1pm / Student Recreation and Convocation Center / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
9 / Men’s Soccer v. Bowling Green/Wofford / 12 & 2:30pm / Soccer Field / University Athletics
Students get in free to all home Athletic games with their CINO Card! For updated scores, schedules and statistics, visit goccusports.com.
Coastal Carolina Catholics Service / 5:30pm / Lackey Chapel / Coastal Carolina Catholics
Join Coastal Carolina Catholics, an active student-run organization, for an enlightening evening service.
10-15 / IFC Rush / Various / Various / Fraternity and Sorority Life
For more information, visit
10 / Commuter Breakfast / 7:30-9am / Student Center Bus Stop / Off Campus Student Services
Grab a free breakfast pastry and coffee on your way to class courtesy of Off Campus Student Services!
Insights from World Religions: Living in Love / 4:30pm / Lackey Chapel / Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values
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Munchies on Monday / 9-11pm / Eaglin Hall Lobby / University Housing
Come out for a late night snack with Eaglin Hall Team! This is sure to be a nutritiously delicious good time. You will learn what candy is the best for you and can even make some caramel apples!
11 / Happy Teal Tuesday! / 8am-11pm / Lib Jackson Student Center Information Desk/ Various / Office of Student Activities and Leadership, Alumni Relations, and University Athletics
Stop by the Student Center Information Desk any time between 8am-11pm each Tuesday while wearing teal and swipe your CINO Card for points toward The First 54! A student team will also be scouring campus starting at 12pm looking for the first 25 students wearing teal to give them a free t-shirt and enter them for prizes throughout the school year!
Big Read Movie: Sick Around the World / 7:30pm / James J. Johnson (formerly Wall) Auditorium / First Year Experience
All students are invited to view the PBS documentary Sick Around the World and participate in a brief follow-up discussion of the issues raised by the film. Free tickets will be available from the Wheelwright Box Office.