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Beloved Professor Couldn’t Be More Connected
Every homemaker knows the importance of the family table – the place we come together, share stories and connect with ...
Beloved Professor Couldn’t Be More Connected
Every homemaker knows the importance of the family table – the place we come together, share stories and connect with one another in meaningful ways. That is how we build family – and that is what makes a home a home. And that’s why, at the College of Charleston, Lancie Affonso ’96 (M.S. ’08) has […]
Honors Students Join Public Health Research Team and Makes Strides in Studying Plastic Pollution
In a nondescript room in the recesses of the Willard A. Silcox Physical Education and Health Center, four students sit around a lab table dissecting small fish. Though it’s not immediately evident, they’re engaged in work that will lead to new insights regarding the dangers of plastic pollution. And those dangers don’t solely pertain to […]
Music Major Connects with Cultural Heritage Through Filipino Art Song
Meleana Cabales was scrolling through YouTube earlier this year when the song “Madaling Araw” by Francisco Santiago popped up in her recommendations. Curious, she clicked on the link. “I was hooked from the first listen,” she recalls. “It vaguely sounded like something I’d sung before, but it was also familiar for other reasons. The lilt […]
Honors Students Score High in Statewide Pitch Competition
Pitch competitions can be nerve-racking, especially when you’re pitching to an audience of over 200 people with judges watching intently and cash prizes on the line. That’s part of why it’s so impressive that five student teams from the College of Charleston made it to the semi-final round of SC Innovates 2022 – a statewide […]
Bonner Leader Coordinates Service Saturday Rooted in Gullah Culture, Cuisine
Food has a way of connecting us. It brings us together, builds relationships and teaches us about different cultures and histories. And – although chef James Beard probably wasn’t thinking of land preservation, climate change and agriculture when he said, “Food is our common ground” – it also connects us to the land that feeds […]
Opera Workshop Showcase Explores ‘What If’ with Honors Student Meleana Cabales
Life is made up of many moments and decisions that lead to the next. But how would things have played out if we made a different choice, gone in a different direction, decided to pursue another opportunity in a different city? College of Charleston Opera explores the power choices can have in shaping our lives with the […]
Meet Mary Moser, the Essential Backbeat of the Honors Community
Article by Jack Bartlett All Honors Students are familiar with the feeling of walking through the doors of the Honors Center at 10 Green Way, and being greeted by the sweet smiling face behind the desk. It is no secret, then, that Mary Moser is a cornerstone of the CofC Honors community. Outside of planning […]
Gaming Concentration Creates New Possibilities for Honors Computing in the Arts Student
Take artistic creativity, add in computer algorithms and you get the computing in the arts (CITA) major. Jo Jackley, a current College of Charleston Honors College senior and CITA student, has a passion for both artistic expression and computing. She describes computing in the arts as “a computer science degree splashing in some artistic interests […]
Honors Student Explores the Frightening History of Witchcraft and Sleep Disorders
The unknown often brings about a sense of fear: And 500 years ago people awoken by nighttime terrors and intense physical pain sometimes led to accusations of witchcraft as family and community members struggled to explain the symptoms of the afflicted. In this episode of Speaking of … College of Charleston, CofC’s official podcast, junior […]
Honors Student Helps Modernize Forecasting Software used in NOAA Offices Across the U.S.
October 6, 2022 — National Weather Service meteorologists rely on an enormous amount of data and software to keep the public informed about our weather. This summer, Connor Cozad, a 2021 Hollings scholar and data science student at the College of Charleston, helped modernize a portion of this software from the National Weather Service forecast […]