Graduate Education Week 2015!

The Graduate School of the University of Charleston, South Carolina is excited to present a week of informational sessions about various aspects of graduate education here at the College of Charleston.  Throughout the week, we will be hosting a variety of events that all highlight aspects of graduate education. We hope that you can join…

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“Go Get ‘Em” Alumni Blog Series: Azikiwe Chandler, Elementary Education

Azikiwe Chandler ’14 recently began teaching at Veritas Preparatory Charter School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Veritas Preparatory Charter School opened in August 2012 with Grade 5 and adds one grade with each successive year. To learn more about the mission and educational philosophy of Veritas prep, visit their website. From Azikiwe Chandler: Greetings from frigid and snowy…

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In Celebration of Black History Month, OID Presents Rep. Bakari Sellers as Keynote Speaker

This Thursday, February 5, the Office of Institutional Diversity will be hosting a presentation by South Carolina Representative Bakari Sellers in celebration of  2015 Black History Month. Representative Sellers will present “How far have we come and where do we go from here?: A Journey to excellence….” at 5:00 pm in the Stern Center Ballroom. This event…

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Greetings from Our Versailles Exchange Student, Margaret Edling!

The University of Charleston, South Carolina at the College of Charleston and the Université de Versailles – Saint Quentin have an exchange program which affords a unique opportunity for graduate students to teach and conduct independent research at a university in the southwest suburbs of Paris.  Established in 1994 by Dr. Olejniczak of the History department,…

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“Go Get ‘Em” Alumni Blog Series: Lisa Vandiver, Environmental Studies

Lisa Vandiver, Ph.D., graduated from the College of Charleston’s MSc Environmental Studies program and now works at NOAA’s Restoration Center in Charleston. Originally from Athens, Georgia, Lisa moved to Charleston in 1997 to pursue a BSc in Marine Biology. After working at Kiawah Resort as a naturalist as an  undergraduate, Lisa enrolled in the Environmental Studies…

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CofC Alumna Wins Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award!

Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch, B.A. ’94 and M.A. ’97, Associate Professor of History at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, was recently awarded the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award for her manuscript Crossing the Line: Women’s Interracial Activism in South Carolina during and After World War II (University Press of Florida, 2014), by the Association of Black Women Historians…

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“Go Get ‘Em” Alumni Blog Series: Leah Fisher, Marine Biology (2012)

Leah Fisher, Marine Biology (2012) Climate Change Policy Coordinator for the National Ocean Service “Take advantage of your networks. You never know when WHO you know will make the difference” Leah Fisher is a recent graduate of the Master of Science in Marine Biology program and the current Climate Change Policy Coordinator for the National…

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History MA Student Maggie Burton Awarded GKF Scholarship!

I was invited to attend a reception at the Avery Research Center on September 9th to receive my award and honor the other twenty recipients of the Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation Scholarship. The Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation was founded in 1999 by Nicholas Gavalas and Dr. Ronald Kolanko to help disabled students finance their post-secondary education. In the last 15…

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Lowcountry Mayor’s Breakfast

I attended the UNCF 1st Lowcountry Mayor’s Breakfast on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. That’s me and City of Charleston Mayor Joe P. Riley Jr. 🙂 It was a pleasure to see all three of our mayors- Mayor Joe Riley Jr., Mayor Keith Summey and Mayor William “Bill” Collins in one room together discussing the future of our schools…

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Feeling French?

Dust off your red, white and blue again tonight for Charleston’s sixth celebration of Bastille Day! Bastille Day or Fete Nationale began on July 14 1790 to commemorate the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 and the unity of the French nation. At 6pm tonight, Charlestonian’s dressed as Patriots and Princes will march in…

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