Archive | September, 2011

Jaymie is a freshman at the College of Charleston and one of 15 freshmen across the nation blogging for Seventeen Magazine http://www.seventeen.com/college/freshman-15/jaymie-first-month-college?src=soc_fcbk    

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) and Círculo Hispanoamericano de Charleston will host Fernando Colón-Navarro, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas. Dean Colón-Navarro will speak about the Pre-Brown vs. Board of Education struggle for Latino children […]

The College of Charleston’s School of Business has received a $500,000 gift from the Folkstone Limited Partnership. The money will be used for study-abroad scholarships, faculty development and international research, the Dean’s Excellence Fund, international program expansion in Europe and Asia, and an endowment to support undergraduate business students in their pursuit of global learning […]

How apt. It is only fitting that the title of Carol Ann Davis’ new poetry collection, “Atlas Hour,” is drawn from one of the pieces she refers to as the “hourly poems,” suggestive of the idea that every hour contains multitudes. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/sep/17/poet-thrives-on-full-life/  

Kendra Stewart, a political science professor at the College of Charleston, said she senses many are ambivalent about next year’s election. Many voters think Obama is a good person “but has not come through with the change that they had hoped for.” “There is not overwhelming disappointment because most voters right now feel like the […]

The College of Charleston Department of Physics and Astronomy will make you see stars. The College observatory will be open to the public on September 16th from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. Smaller telescopes are also available on the observation deck. http://www.abcnews4.com/story/15471429/reach-for-the-stars-with-the-college-of-charleston  

It’s not every day a distinguished winner of the Nobel Peace Prize visits Charleston. On Sept. 25, Elie Wiesel, an untiring promoter of peace and reconciliation, will appear on the campus of the College of Charleston for two reservation-only events: a panel discussion noon-1:15 p.m. at the Sottile Theatre featuring eight students who will interview […]

As Daughters reaches its platinum anniversary, the Avery Research Center of the College of Charleston, as well as the Carolina Low Country and Atlantic World and African American Studies programs, the International African American Museum (IAAM), and the South Carolina Historical Society, will host a two-day symposium on Sept. 16-17 commemorating the milestone. Professors from […]

So if a memory is distorted with each recollection, does that mean a memory of something you haven’t thought about for years is more accurate? “Maybe, maybe not,” said Daniel Greenberg, a psychologist at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. “It’s hard to know how often we have a memory of something. You might […]

The Citadel and College of Charleston have been recognized as among the best universities in the south. US News and World Report just put out its 2012 Best College Rankings. The Citadel ranked 5th among regional universities in the south. The College of Charleston came in at 11 on that list. Winthrop University came in […]