The calendar for our Fall 2016 talks has been posted.  Please check the Calendar link for this exciting series of talks.  Also keep checking here for possible changes to the calendar and for more detailed abstracts of the talks.

Congratulations to our new and re-elected executive board members. Anne Fortson is our new Secretary. New (and re-elected) board members for 2016 to 2018 are Juliet Deseo, Wendy Fish, David Fortson and Mary Hartwell. The CCR board is now:

PRESIDENT: Fred Rosenberg
1st VICE PRESIDENT FOR CURRICULUM: Anita (Del) Sisson
2nd VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP: Stan & Karen Whitman
TREASURER: Wendy Fuhrmanek
SECRETARY: Anne Fortson
SOCIAL CHAIR (ex-officio, no vote required):  Mary Hartwell

EXECUTIVE BOARD 2015-2017
Edith Crane
Fred Feldman
Jean Lewis
Judy Murdoch
Bob Stancik
Gail Trummel

EXECUTIVE BOARD 2016-2018
Juliet Deseo
Wendy Fish
David Fortson
Mary Hartwell

ADVISORS TO THE BOARD
Sandra Lopez, Past President
Bronwyn A. Barron, College of Charleston Representative
Sharryn Clark, Historian

The executive board meets the first Monday of the month from October through May at 11:15 in room 136 of the North Campus unless otherwise posted.  All CCR members are welcome to attend.

1:00
Sparrow Wars
Melissa Hughes, Professor of Biology at the College of Charleston, will discuss song, territory and personality in song sparrows. We often make generalizations about the behavior of birds and other animals such as, “these birds defend territories” or “those birds sing elaborate songs.” But do all individuals of the same species defend a territory the same way or sing the same songs? Do animals have personal differences? Does it matter?

2:30
Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
David Preston, Professor of National Security Studies at The Citadel, notes that on July 9, 1755 British regulars and American colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in the Ohio Valley. The culmination of a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock’s defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history. Also known as the Battle of the Monongahela, the loss altered the balance of power in America and escalated the fighting into a global conflict called the Seven years War. An unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, Braddock’s Defeat shocked the entire British world.