We pulled aside Annabelle Tierney to discuss her thesis research addressing plastic pollution in the marine environment. Annabelle is a third-year graduate student in marine biology from Australia with aspirations of going into conservation work. Q) Can you tell me about your research? Annabelle: For my thesis research I am analyzing the distribution and…
The Winter 2021 edition of College of Charleston Magazine has bene published, and many graduate students, faculty, and alumni can be found featured on its pages. Below is a summary of those featured, and how to find out more about their work: Jason Coy, Ph.D. – M.A. in History Faculty: Dr. Coy is featured…
The Graduate School at the University of Charleston, S.C. is excited to announce that our graduate campus tours have gone virtual! As with our in-person campus tours, the new virtual campus tours will showcase all of the graduate student-specific features of our beautiful, historic campus. Each tour will be hosted by a current graduate…
On September 16, Presidential hopeful Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MO) visited campus as part of the College of Charleston’s Bully Pulpit Series. The Bully Pulpit series encourages and facilitates political participation on campus and in the community by providing a platform for dialogue with national leaders. As part of Klobuchar’s visit, she sat down with Interim…
Choosing an Institution If you’ve made the decision to go to graduate school, I’m assuming that you’ve also figured out what you are going to go to graduate school – what degree you are pursuing and what type of program you want to join. Now you have the difficult task of picking a specific institution…
Maybe you’ve just graduated, you’re about to graduate, or you have a few years of work under your belt and now you’re considering graduate school. You’re probably not the only one asking, “is graduate school right for me?” In recent years, staggering job market influenced a lot of new and upcoming college graduates to consider…
So, here’s the thing: grad school is not cheap. What, you already knew that? Whether you have just paid your tuition bill or you have just started looking at graduate schools, you have probably become familiar with the expense related to tuition. You may want to start planning how to pay for it now. The…
Maggie Travis is a Master of Arts in Communication candidate. As she gets closer to graduation, she shares her story of that one last requirement she had to fulfill: an internship. In order to complete my Master’s Degree in Communication at CofC I had to choose whether I would write a thesis or complete a…
Grad school ain’t easy folks. If you are hoping for a good time and easy A’s, then you can stack that dream in the same pile as mine. Much to my dismay, my acceptance into the MPA program didn’t automatically come with a side of seven extra hours to each day. I won’t sugar coat…
Sure, you’re wrapping up those major papers, packing your bags for Thanksgiving, and prepping for exams, but who says you can’t have a little fun this weekend too? Here are a couple of grad school events that you shouldn’t miss: The Graduate Student Association is sponsoring the King Street Krawl, a pub crawl event that is…
