Excitement has been high here at the Graduate School Office as we congratulate our Director of Information and Recruitment for winning the 2012 Office of Institutional Diversity’s “Diversity Woman of the Year Award”. Niki Deweese Leiva was given this award last Thursday in honor of her effort to increase diversity at the college and for…
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ExCEL Award Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 ExCEL Awards. The Excellence in Collegiate Education and Leadership (ExCEL) Awards program honor faculty, staff, students, community groups, and/or individuals for promoting excellence and diversity at the College of Charleston. Nominations may highlight excellence in academic achievement, teaching, student learning/leadership, athleticism, individual contributions to the campus community,…
Class Notes: Megan Prewitt Koon and Laura Swingle
Congratulations to Megan Prewitt Koon (’05 MA, English) on being named the 2009 South Carolina Independent School Association Upper School Teacher of the Year! Megan came from Furman University with a BA in English and completed her MA in English in 2005. She teaches 11th grade American Literature at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and sponsors…
Class Notes: Quin Stinchfield
Congratulations to Quin Stinchfield (Master of Public Administration candidate) who was awarded a scholarship to attend the annual International City Managers’ Association conference. She will spend three days in September in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This year’s overall theme, “Leading Communities to Success in the New Global Economy,” reflects the focus of six theme tracks developed…
Submit your ExCEL Award Nomination
Call for ExCEL Award Nominations Nominations due Friday, February 27 We hope that you will also help the Graduate School in recognizing our outstanding graduate students and faculty by sending us nominations for those two awards. We must have your nominations in our office no later than Friday morning, February 27th. You should send your…
Students: Social Innovation Competition for $50,000 Prize
Social Innovation Competition for $50,000 Prize As mentioned in the MPA Weekly Newsletter Inventors come up with ideas; innovators put them into practice. The Social Innovation Competition provides a vehicle for taking a student innovation from idea to reality. The competition is a real-world exercise in developing skills in plan development, pitching ideas to investors,…
One grad student making an impact
I admit it.I’ve selfishly held onto Nikki Seibert’s blog, A Road Less Traveled.Nikki is a full-time grad student in our Environmental Studies program, and fully committed to making a difference.She sold her car in July and picked up a bike and has been sharing her observations, friendships and experiences ever since.Why did she choose this…
Graduate Student Wins Award at Carolinas Convention
A College of Charleston communication graduate student, Anna-Fiona Cooke, won first place in the 2008 Carolinas Communication Association’s Mary E. Jarrard Graduate Paper Award competition. The Jarrard Award winners were named at the Annual Convention of the Carolinas Communication Association, which was held Oct. 3-4, 2008, in Columbia, SC. Cooke won first place honors for…
Graduate Student Receives $150,000 Fellowship
College of Charleston Graduate Student Callie Van Koughnett is one of only 33 future teachers from across the country to receive a $150,000 Fellowship from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. She is the first College of Charleston student to earn the prestigious Fellowship which supports aspiring teachers of promise as they embark on careers teaching…
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