I’m a second year graduate student in the MPA program at CofC. It’s awesome… I’m a lucky girl. Also, I am an Aries, I love Thai food, and baking, and basically food in general. And riding my bike. My Organization: A very brief articulation of events, from the beginning Once upon a time in…
Category Archives: History
March 1st Deadline
Are you applying to any of these programs? History Communication Environmental Studies Dual Degree in Environmental Studies & Public Administration If you are, remember that the deadline is this Friday, March 1st, 2013!…
Making Connections
Welcome to graduate school. You can look at it this way: now, you know exactly why you are taking the classes you have to take. There are no more general education classes to sign up for even though you can’t see why you have to. Although I’m sure there will come a day when it will…
In a city near you
If you’re in graduate school already, you can skip this blog. Or, better yet, share it with a friend of yours who hasn’t gone back to college yet. For those of you still sticking around, I wonder where you’re from. Me? I’m from Charleston. Yep, right here on the coast of South Carolina where the…
Sixth Annual Poster Session Declared a Success
This post is brought to you by Dean Amy McCandless and Associate Dean Dave Owens. Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Graduate Student Research Poster Session last Friday! The Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Session was a resounding success, with 33 projects being presented by 37 graduate students from eight different graduate…
A Beacon Light
Join us this Thursday at the Avery Research Center for a presentation by recent M.A. in History graduate, Joi Mayo. Her thesis explores the history of the Immaculate Conception School and how it encouraged Charleston’s black middle and upper classes in the early part of the 20th century. This event is free and open to…
Amber’s Guide to Surviving Comps
Amber Clawson, a Graduate Assistant in our office, is finishing up her M.A. in History this semester. As part of her program, she recently took a Comprehensive Exam. Comprehensive Exams (often called “comps”) are designed to test your ability to integrate all of the knowledge you’ve accumulated while in your program, and they’re a common…
Funded PhD Studentships in Civil War History
Did you know that we’re approaching the sesquicentennial of the start of the U.S. Civil War? That makes the topic surprisingly timely, and the scholarly conversation on Civil War history is rapidly increasing. As a matter of fact, our own Center for the Lowcountry and the Atlantic World is hosting a conference on race and labor…
Graduate Student Poster Session
Mondays are a rough day. So much business to cover – especially during a Monday Morning Meeting. Our office takes a long time to cover what happened last week, and what to expect this week. I thought for sure that this morning’s meeting was going to be short with only four staff members, but I…
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