Category: News and Events
Posts of updates, stories, and current happenings of the local community of the Institute, Primer, and SWU
Learning To Love The Process: Introduction
As a tribute to the exemplary students who graduated this year and last, we’ve put together an ebook of the best work they produced in an upper division English course. You can download the ebook here. The following is my introduction to the collection.
Fireside Quarantine Chats (Over the Internet)
This interview was a discussion between, myself, Grayson Schrader, and my friend, James Wagher. Both of us are students and commuters at Southern Wesleyan University. We catch up and talk […]
Requiems and Reveries: Essays on Language, Literature, and Life
CIFC Staff Dr. Chad Chisholm, professor of English and Director of the Carolina Institute for Faith and Culture, has published a collection of his essays, Requiems and Reveries: Essays on Language, […]
A Conversation about Poetry and Place with Dr. Chad Chisholm
In this conversation, Dr. Chisholm talks about how prose and poetry differ, his relationship to South Carolina and how it informs his poetry, and the metaphysical and spiritual truth he’s discovered about place.
Book Talk: By The Red Glare
I review Mark Sibley-Jones’s debut novel, By The Red Glare, which recounts Sherman’s attack on Columbia, SC.
A Conversation with Mark Sibley-Jones
In this conversation, Mark Sibley-Jones talks about where the idea for his novel By the Red Glare came from, the research that made the novel come alive, and where his historical and theological commitments lie.
Faith and Freedom: A Chat with SWU's IJM Chapter President Madeline Johnson
Madeline Johnson is a Junior Human Services major at Southern Wesleyan University. She serves as the Chapter President for SWU’s IJM (International Justice Mission), works as the Campus Initiative Director […]
An Introduction to the CIFC blog
Whether you’re visiting for the first time or just looking to make an informed deep dive into the Primer’s archive, these posts are a great place to start.
WSWU Newscast #2
This is our second newscast from our new Digital Media Center!
WSWU News
This is our first newscast in our new studio. It is completely produced by SWU Media Comm Students.
“Oh, yeah, God’s here!”: A Conversation with Charissa Fryberger
In this conversation, Fryberger discusses the books that make her want to write, her process of reading scripture and how it informs her writing, the origin of her book’s title and some of the collection’s stories, and some basic writing tips.