Thank you so much for your contribution to Coker College

For the Wes Daniels and Lynn Blackmon of the Coker Development and Alumni offices some of the sweetest sounds they are hearing this week come from students thanking alumni for their contributions to the annual Scholarship Found through the Phone-A-Thon.

Wes Daniels said the 2010 Phone-A-Thon is a four-day event with 12 students busily dialing numbers for about three hours a night. The first two days of the event the students had raised about $6,000 even in this tough economy.

From a faculty person's perspective it was interesting to see the operation in action. It was also interesting to watch and listen to the students as they made these calls. There was a high level of energy, even after a no, or a "wrong number." And, the students on the phone sounded very energized when someone on the other end thanked them for calling and renewed their pledge.

Hope you get a feeling for some of this energy in the video from the Tuesday night calling, which is taking place from the college's new library and technology center.

Coker has opened its baseball season in 2010 with a 3-1 record as of today. On Saturday they won a hard fought double header from Chowan College. In the photo above Brian Luchsinger, first baseman from Farmingville, NY is being greeted at the plate after knocking a home run over the left field fence.

Coker College Given Chance by Golf News/Golfweek | Golfweek Spring Invitational preview

The Spring Invitational preview of a Division II Tourney down in Orlando February 7 through February 9. Coker College gets a mention in the article and also is given a chance for a win. If you follow college golf you will want to connect to this link.



Golf News | Golfweek | Golfweek Spring Invitational preview

We are in the Cow Days of Coker

Just a few minutes ago I ran into Dr. Fred Edinger, a geology professor at Coker, who in a previous life was working in Student Activities at Coker. He was one of the people who can take credit for the C-O-W Day events that Coker celebrates in the early days of February every year.

He said there was a group of Coker people discussing how to make things more exciting at Coker during mid-winter days of 1976. They were engaging in the brainstorming process of getting a lot of ideas on the wall. It happened to be a year like 2010, when the Winter Olympics were in Innsbruck, Austria. Someone suggested getting Innsbruck to give the Winter Games to Coker. Nope.

But, in typical brainstorming success, the idea came to create an Olympics of Winter at Coker -- hence the name Coker Olympics of Winter -- COW Days. This is COW week and lots of silly and fun things are the schedule with the COW Day games pitting class vs class on Saturday.

The video is the tall, wind driven Cow who is welcoming all to campus this Coker Olympics of Winter week.

This blog from Coker College Art Professor Jean Grosser is interesting

Professor Jean Grosser is chair of the Coker College Art Department and is also a sculptor. She has a few of her pieces featured in this blog and I believe you will agree her work has both impact and interest.

COKER COLLEGE: Bow Thai Kitchen

COKER COLLEGE: Bow Thai Kitchen


This is a really great story because these two former Coker students are defying the odds as they not only opened the restaurant, they are finding it crowded on many nights, despite a down economy. Sometimes I kid Donnie because I am fond of saying that Communication is a door-opening major and becoming a restaurant owner is certainly a door opening profession. Donnie is also a writer (don't remember if he doubled as an English major or minor) and that just demonstrates how all the classes he took helped point toward his career. I am not writing quite as much about Peet because she was not in communication and I only saw her Coker career from afar.

Both Peet and Donnie have several Coker friends helping them with the restaurant and I am guessing that as we begin to get spring visitors coming back for baseball, softball, golf, and basketball, the Bow Thai will become a destination for Coker grads over the next couple of months.

Coker College names Terrance Hayes Poet Laurete

Nationally acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes has been named the first Poet Laureate of Coker College. Hayes is a 1994 Coker graduate.

“We are honored that a writer of Terrance’s caliber will serve as his alma mater’s first poet laureate,” said Coker College President Dr. Robert Wyatt. “As one of our most distinguished graduates, it’s a pleasure to officially recognize Terrance’s success and lift him up as an example of what is right about Coker College.”

• Full News Release: http://www.coker.edu/news/spring2010/terrance_hayes.html


The above notice comes from James Jolly in the Coker Marketing and Communication office.