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Wacker. [Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/coker-college-hires-seven-new-faculty-members) Sep 25, 2018 ## [Lou Warner (‘95) Joins Coker College Board of Trustees](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/lou-warner-95-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Lou Warner (‘95), founder, president and owner of Warner’s Athletic Construction Company in Nashville, Tenn., has been elected to the Coker College Board of Trustees. [Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/lou-warner-95-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Sep 25, 2018 ## [James W. Roquemore Joins Coker College Board of Trustees](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/james-w.-roquemore-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) James W. Roquemore, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Patten Seed Company, Inc., in Orangeburg, South Carolina, has been elected to the Coker College Board of Trustees. [Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/james-w.-roquemore-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Sep 25, 2018 ## [Matt Ray Joins Coker College Board of Trustees](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/matt-ray-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Matt Ray, co-founder and chief operating officer of Integrated Rehab Consultants (IRC), has been elected to the Coker College Board of Trustees. [Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/matt-ray-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Sep 25, 2018 ## [Isaac Cody Joins Coker College Board of Trustees](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/isaac-cody-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Isaac Cody, Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis of Walmart Stores, Inc., has been elected to the Coker College Board of Trustees. [Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/isaac-cody-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Sep 25, 2018 ## [Jerry Cheatham Joins Coker College Board of Trustees](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/jerry-cheatham-joins-coker-college-board-of-trustees) Jerry Cheatham, director of finance for global tubes and cores at Sonoco Products Company, has been elected to the Coker College Board of Trustees. 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[Read More](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/cokers-cecelia-coker-bell-gallery-presents-the-work-of-kim-bruce) Aug 17, 2018 ## [Coker College Welcomes Largest First-Year Class in Its History](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/coker-college-welcomes-largest-first-year-class-in-its-history) [![](https://blogs.coker.edu/hubfs/Move%20in%20Davidson%20Hall.jpg)](https://blogs.coker.edu/news-stories/coker-college-welcomes-largest-first-year-class-in-its-history) Hartsville, S.C. – August 17, 2018 – This year, Coker welcomes its record-breaking class of 2022. More than 300 new students will begin their fall semester on Tuesday, August 21, making this group of incoming students the largest in the college’s history. 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