Follow the Graduate School, the Dean, and the Director of Admissions

Today has been full of responding to emails and updating our social networking page.  We have always had a Twitter account (GradSchool), but we added two more accounts today.  You can now follow our Dean, Amy Thompson McCandless (TheGradDean) and our Director of Admissions, Susan Hallatt (shallatt).

Now that we conquered a little more of the virtual world, it’s time to get back to something bigger.  Like a new website!  You can get a taste of what the new site will look like here.

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, the choice is between Niko and Peak-A-Boo.  She and her hubby-to-be will also be traveling to visit her mother in Columbia, SC and make the uber-important decision on their wedding invitations.

Cliffs of Moher

Susan, our Director of Admissions, will have a most relaxing time at home with her husband watching Planet Earth.  She most certainly deserves a break after her brilliant performances!

One of our graduate students, Miss Bonnie Fee, will be traveling back home to Atlanta, GA to visit with her family.  She’s incredibly excited about taking her cousins (ages 3 and 1) on their first trip to the Georgia Aquarium.  Can’t you just see their wide eyes now?

Dean McCandless is taking yet another adventure.  Each Christmas, she and her sons visit a different country.  Last year it was the Czech Republic; this year it’s Ireland.  Amy & Co. will visit the Cliffs of Moher, tour Galway City, spend a day in Athenry, explore at least five castles, and of course find a chocolatier.

And because I enjoy driving so much, I’ve opted to drive at least 2,157 miles in nine days to visit friends and family.  That covers two countries, one province, six states and the District of Columbia.  I’m pretty excited because I’ll see snow for the first time in nearly seven years, and hopefully see the Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls at Night

Whatever your plans include, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season.  Please feel free to send us emails while we’re away.  We may not be able to respond to them immediately, but we will try our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

Happy Holidays!

College of Charleston publishes a monthly in-house newsletter called The Portico. Each month, the editor spotlights two or three faculty and staff and their contributions to the college and the city.  Susan Hallatt, our director of admissions, is featured in this month’s Portico for her thriving acting career.  She’s performed in over 250 productions in the last 25 years, and will take the stage again this month in A Christmas Carol as the Ghost of Christmas Past.

For the month of December, you can link directly to the article here.  Otherwise, you can view a PDF of the article.