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Dr. Von Bakanic Earns 2012 ExCEL Award

Posted by: Ronald Hanna | April 13, 2012 | No Comment |

Dr. Von Bakanic, Associate Professor of Sociology, received the College of Charleston’s 2012 ExCEL Award for Faculty of the Year in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Bakanic’s award recognizes her tireless efforts in the classroom and beyond. Dr. Bakanic is the prototypical teacher-scholar whose teaching and research are complementary and often seamlessly interwoven. Her research expertise in prejudice, gender, race and ethnicity translates into all of her courses, especially her upper-level classes including Prejudice, Race and Ethnicity, African American Society and Culture and White Privilege. Her expertise is best reflect by the publication of her 2009 book titled, Prejudice: Attitudes about Race, Class and Gender. Dr. Bakanic has a long track record of mentoring students through work on one-on-one independent study projects or by helping students outside of the classroom to understand course material. gives freely of her time by meeting with students outside of class.

Dr. Bakanic has lent her expertise in service to the college and the community. She was co-organizer of the College of Charleston’s 2006 Campus Climate Survey for which she devoted hundreds of hours to developing and administering the survey to college faculty, staff and students. Dr. Bakanic has also served the college as a Faculty Senator representing the Department of Sociology and Anthropology while serving on five different college-wide committees during the past decade. Dr. Bakanic has also been an invaluable asset to the community beyond the college’s campus, serving on the Board of Directors of People Against Rape for the last 16 years, including a two year stint as chair of the Board from 1999-2001.

Congratulations to Dr. Bakanic and thank you for all you have done for the department, the college and the community.

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What is the cost of not going to college?

Posted by: Ronald Hanna | April 6, 2012 | No Comment |

Have you ever wondered what would have happened to you if you didn’t attend college? Do you have some friends who never graduated and are on the fence about going back to school? If either of these applies, read this article that linkedin posted and discover the impact of not earning a degree over the course of a lifetime.

 

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Dr. Reba Parker strives for a peaceful world.

Posted by: Ronald Hanna | February 17, 2012 | No Comment |

Today one of our adjunct professors, Dr. Reba Parker, has been recognized for her efforts to build a more peaceful world. She is featured in a news story on the College of Charleston home page at this link.

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The College of Charleston’s 2012 Department of Political Science Convocation of Majors will feature leading attorney and advocate Lisa Gilinger, who will speak about gender and the human experience. The event will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7 p.m. in Physician’s Auditorium. Gilinger will explore the role of gender and its implications for the interplay between sex, identity, society, and culture.

Lisa Gilinger is a practicing attorney in Santa Barbara, California. She is a voting member of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health and is on the Board of Directors for TransYouth Family Allies. In her work for TYFA she draws on her personal experience and her legal training to help support young people and adults in understanding and transexuality and transgendering.

The Convocation is co-sponsored by the Political Science Club, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy, the Multi-Cultural Student Programs and Services, the Student Government Association, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Carolina Transgender Society, the Alliance for Full Acceptance, and the Charleston School of Law Office of Diversity Initiatives.

For more information, contact Dr. Andy Felts at 843.953.6102 or feltsa@cofc.edu.

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From Slavery to Freedom Events

Posted by: Ronald Hanna | February 7, 2012 | No Comment |

“From Slavery to Freedom” is a day-long program on Feb. 11 at Magnolia Plantation focusing on the role African-Americans have played in developing Lowcountry history and culture. The schedule is as follows:

–10 a.m.: Michael D. Coker, assistant to the director, Old Exchange Building, Colonial Roots: African-Americans in the Lowcountry.
–11 a.m.: Dr. Bernard Powers, history professor, College of Charleston, African-American role in the Civil War.
–1 p.m.: Storyteller Alada Shinault-Small, “Gullah Storytime: Cum Yeddi!”
–1:30 p.m.: Joseph McGill, Slave Dwelling Project.
–2:30 p.m.: Preston Cooley, Magnolia historian, abolitionist Archibald Grimke.
–3:30 p.m.: Dr. John Rashford, anthropology professor, College of Charleston, “Plants in African Religious Traditions of the Americas.”

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/feb/05/from-slavery-to-freedom-events/

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Come join us for a week of interesting discussions and lectures covering Darwin’s revolutionary ideas on the origin of species! We will have events that touch on everything from a Religious  Perspective on evolution, to Astrobiology and the search for life on other worlds. These events and speakers promise to provide a new perspective on one of the most important and controversial scientific theories of all time. Click on the image below for a full schedule!

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Did Getting Fired Kill Joe Paterno?

Posted by: Melissa Page | January 25, 2012 | No Comment |
Dr. George Dickinson is featured in a Salon.com article: Did getting fired kill Joe Paterno?  The Penn State coach always worried he’d die without his job — and did, just weeks after his scandal-ridden exit.
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Jacob Murray Memorial Book Fund Scholarship

Posted by: Heath C. Hoffmann | November 15, 2011 | No Comment |

 

The Jacob Murray Memorial Book Fund is a $500 book stipend to assist students who have a demonstrated financial need. Please consider applying for this scholarship but please read the application carefully and make sure that you meet all the criteria (GPA, etc.) and write and proofread your application. Click here to learn more about this scholarship.

 

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