Coastal Carolina professor ‘showed up hammered’ at school, arrested for DUI
A Coastal Carolina University professor is facing a DUI charge for at least the second time during the past five years.
Florence Eliza Glaze, 61, was arrested Thursday by campus police and booked into Horry County jail, where she remains as of Friday morning, according to online jail records.
Glaze is a longtime history professor at CCU, where she first started working in 2003 and was at one point the chair of the history department and co-director of the university’s honors program, according to her online university biography.
Glaze’s arrest was captured on video and posted on Instagram with captions “Teach showed up hammered” and “It’s only the second day...” as campus police escort her out of a building. The university’s fall semester began Wednesday.
CCU suspended Glaze pending an ongoing investigation, and her classes have been reassigned to other faculty members, according to university spokeswoman Tania Bougebrayel.
“On Thursday, August 21, Coastal Carolina University was made aware of concerning behavior displayed by a professor during a class,” she wrote in a statement. “The situation was quickly addressed due to the prompt response of faculty members and campus police.
“At Coastal Carolina University, we believe a safe and respectful learning environment is of the highest priority. We remain committed to academic excellence and the well-being of our campus community.”
The Sun News has requested the police incident report. Attorneys that have previously represented her on criminal cases also did not respond to Sun News voicemail messages.
CCU police also arrested Glaze in February and charged her with driving under a suspended license and failure to return license plate and registration upon loss of insurance, according to online court records, which show both those charges as disposed with a “not guilty bench trial” designation.
News reports show Glaze was also arrested during June 2021 and charged with DUI, disobeying a police officer, and having an open container of beer or wine in a motor vehicle.
Police said Glaze was found with an open container of boxed wine and at least 10 bottles of champagne in her car after crashing into a mailbox, according to WBTW.
Those charges no longer appear in online court records.
This story was originally published August 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM.
