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Connor Uptegrove

Majored in Communication, Minored in Creative Writing
Coastal Carolina University, Class of 2019
From Lee's Summit, MO
Connor Uptegrove is an accomplished playwright, poet, dramaturg, vocalist and actor. First and foremost, Connor is a playwright. He has received attention from the Off-Broadway Playhouse The Barrow Group through a reading in New York, NY. Collegiately, Connor's plays have been given readings at Coastal Carolina University through the theatre department and the creative writing department, as well as the University of Missouri's sketch comedy organization, Battlewhale. In addition to his playwriting credits, Connor's poem, The D.R.E.A.M. Act was selected as a finalist in an International Poetry Competition and awarded an honorable mention in the 2017 Paul Rice Poetry Broadside Series. Several other pieces written by Connor are expected to appear in the Archarios Literary Magazine in the near future. Theater has always been Connor's first love. His theater credits include serving as a dramaturg for Coastal Carolina University's production of Our Country's Good and several other technical theater roles. In addition to his behind the curtain work, Connor has performed on countless stages in the Kansas City area, sung at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York, NY and danced at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV at the 2015 K.A.R. Dance Nationals. Connor is already deeply involved in non-profit work. Over the past six years, he has held numerous positions at different organizations across the Kansas City metro area and Conway, South Carolina. Currently, Connor is a writer for the Office of University Communication at Coastal Carolina University scribing news articles and releases for The Atheneum, Coastal Magazine and other publications. His writing has appeared in multiple newspapers including The Sun News, The Coastal Observer and The Horry Independent.
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Connor Uptegrove named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University

Nearly 770 Coastal Carolina University students were named to the President's List for the Spring 2019 semester. To be named to the President's List, students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average...

May, 30 2019 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove graduates from Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University graduates are exactly what the world needs, according to commencement speaker and doctoral candidate Leigha Peterson. Peterson addressed the graduating class of 2019 - m...

May, 15 2019 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove recognized for outstanding work at CCU

Coastal Carolina University students studying in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts were awarded recognition for outstanding academic work within their departmen...

May, 07 2019 - Coastal Carolina University
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Connor Uptegrove earns perfect 4.0 GPA at CCU during Fall 2018

Eight hundred and seventy-five students at Coastal Carolina University earned a perfect 4.0 GPA during the Fall 2018 semester. The academic achievement earns them a spot on the President's List. A...

December, 20 2018 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University

Nearly 750 students have been named to the President's List at Coastal Carolina University for the Spring 2018 semester. Students named to the President's List achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point av...

June, 06 2018 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove makes President's List at Coastal Carolina University

Connor Uptegrove, of Lees Summit, MO, a communication major, has made the President's List at Coastal Carolina University for the Fall 2017 semester. To qualify for the President's List for high a...

January, 16 2018 - Coastal Carolina University
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Connor Uptegrove performs in CCU poetry slam

Connor Uptegrove of Lee's Summit, MO, performed in Coastal Carolina University's International Poetry Slam on Thursday, Nov. 16, at James J. Johnson Auditorium. The Center for Global Engagement an...

December, 01 2017 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove makes President's List at Coastal Carolina University

Connor Uptegrove, of Lees Summit, MO, a theatre major, has made the President's List at Coastal Carolina University for the Spring 2017 semester. To qualify for the President's List for high acade...

May, 25 2017 - Coastal Carolina University
Connor Uptegrove makes the Dean's List at Coastal Carolina University

Connor Uptegrove, a sophomore majoring in theatre, from Lees Summit, MO, was among 2,253 students at Coastal Carolina University who made the Fall 2016 Dean's List. To qualify for the Dean's List,...

January, 25 2017 - Coastal Carolina University
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Connor Uptegrove has enrolled at Coastal Carolina University

Welcome to Teal Nation, Connor Uptegrove! Starting right now, your Merit page will feature all the great things you do at Coastal Carolina. Each time the college publishes an achievement update ab...

August, 04 2016 - Coastal Carolina University
Marketing Intern at Kansas City Zoo
May 2018 - August 2018
Student Writer at Coastal Carolina University
September 2017 - Present
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  • Connor Uptegrove named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University
  • Connor Uptegrove earns perfect 4.0 GPA at CCU during Fall 2018
  • Connor Uptegrove named to President's List at Coastal Carolina University
  • Connor Uptegrove makes President's List at Coastal Carolina University
  • Connor Uptegrove makes President's List at Coastal Carolina University
President's List 5 Performing Arts Award Graduation

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