How to pay for graduate school

Graduate school is an investment Graduate school is hard work and it certainly stretches your financial capacity. Whether you’re in graduate school or interested in continuing your education, you have likely considered the financial cost of earning another degree. While graduating with your master’s degree is the ultimate goal, a secondary aim is to graduate…

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New Beginnings

For the busy week we’ve had so far, this is a pretty quiet morning in the Graduate School Office. On Monday, we welcomed new graduate students to the College of Charleston at Saffron Café for an Orientation Social. (Many thanks to the wonderful staff for hosting us and for the delicious food.) Yesterday, we finished…

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Congratulations To Our Very Own Niki DeWeese Leiva!

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,…

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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…

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