After two wonderful weeks, we’re back in the office ready to make the most out of the new year. Granted, we haven’t all had our coffee yet and are still waking up. I’m sure you’re eagerly working on planning and sticking to those resolutions, and we want to help. If you’re thinking about going back…
New graduate certificate in Special Education
The Graduate School of the College of Charleston now offers a Graduate Certificate in Special Education! I was excited to learn this week that the School of Education, Health and Human Performance has approved our ninth graduate certificate! The added bonus? General and special education teachers can begin taking classes as early as January 12!…
All new grad students – don’t forget to register!
While everyone’s getting ready to visit friends and family for the holidays, it may be easy to forget a few last minute tasks like registering for orientation. All new graduate students are encouraged to attend graduate student orientation on Thursday, January 8. Check-in begins at 5:30, and the presentation begins at 6:00. Be sure to…
Found in Translation
Since we’re getting ready to take a two-week break, I decided it was time to face the 14 inches of paperwork shoved in a dark corner of my office. An inch in, I found the College of Charleston Magazine. Since I’ve been remiss in reading the various newspapers and magazines that come through my office,…
Fade to black …
College of Charleston is taking a vacation! Our offices will close Friday afternoon (Dec 19) and will not reopen until Monday, January 5. By no means are we staying still though! Our recently engaged director of student records, Miss Regan, will be spending time with their new kitten to hopefully decide on a name. Currently,…
Pomp & Circumstance Housekeeping Notes
Commencement ceremonies will take place on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 10:00AM at the Carolina First Arena. Parking will be provided for both you and your guests at the Liberty Street Garage. Please retain your commencement program to qualify for the reduced rate. Graduate Students should enter the arena on the Meeting St. side and…
FACT: There’s only ONE MA in Bilingual Interpreting.
The College of Charleston is the only institution in the nation offering a Master’s degree in bilingual interpreting during a widespread shortage of court interpreters. Cases are being reversed, rescheduled and retried in nearly every state because of the shortage of qualified interpreters, according to the National Center for State Courts. Demand is steadily increasing…
No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teachers’ Dirty Looks
If January is about setting goals, then December must be about recognizing the goals you’ve accomplished in the last twelve months. I’ve invited our Graduation Czarina, Regan Fantry, to guest blog about our wonderful graduate students who will be walking the stage in eight days. Congratulations!!! As the semester draws to a close, we are…
Oh exams…
According to Regina, it’s December 12 and we’re halfway through exams. Our dedicated students definitely deserve a break, and it looks like our students got what they deserve! Yes, this is Addlestone Library, and yes – those are students crowd surfing. I wish I could have seen this first hand, but I was working on…
Another networking site for grad students
Our Dean returned this weekend from Washington, D.C. for her annual Council of Graduate Schools conference. As always, she has goodies to share like the new GradShare beta site. GradShare is a networking site designed to unite graduate students of all disciplines. Topics and subtopics are filtered according to users’ disciplines (Arts, Business, Education, Engineering,…
