7/28 NEWSBREAK: Charleston Southern University picks new president

The Charleston Southern University (CSU) Board of Trustees this week unanimously approved the appointment of B. Keith Faulkner as the school’s fourth president. Faulkner is currently the president and dean of Appalachian School of Law in Virginia and a 1998 Charleston Southern alumnus.

Since graduating CSU, Faulkner has kept engaged with the university.

“I have remained a part of the CSU family because I believe in it,” he told media outlets. “While at Campbell, Liberty and Appalachian, I have actively recruited CSU graduates for law and business programs. I wanted CSU graduates for these programs because I knew they were prepared academically, and I knew they were going to be leaders.”

Faulkner graduated from CSU with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance. He earned a law degree and a master’s degree in business administration from Campbell University. He has a master’s in law from Baylor University.

Faulkner has served in leadership roles at Appalachian School of Law in Virginia, Liberty University School of Law and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at Campbell University. Over his career, he and his teams have launched online programs, developed partnerships with several industries and conducted fundraising efforts.

Faulkner will begin in early October.

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