A Charleston Affair

If you’re ready for a party, you won’t have to wait long. Next Saturday, College of Charleston students, alumni, faculty and staff will gather in the Cistern Yard for the annual Alumni Association gala. A Charleston Affair is a three-hour event complete with food, drinks and a live band, and is always a great time…

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Get Outside!

Earlier this month, I laid out Charleston’s agenda for the Spring. I hope you’ve taken advantage of the events and beautiful weather. But if you haven’t, there are three events scheduled for this weekend and the weather should be sunny and around 70*.  Choose your level of participation: you can take a stroll, take a…

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The Bridge Run & Downtown

The 33rd annual Cooper River Bridge Run is this Saturday.  If you’re new to the area and hope to go downtown, be aware that navigating the streets by car (and even foot) will be a little tricky.  Below is an email sent out by the College of Charleston Chief of Police listing street closures.  Plan…

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Repairing the heart of campus

Remember that time I flew the South Carolina Flag out the Dean’s window, just because I could? Well, it looks like the chances of that happening again are minimal. Randolph Hall is rumored to be the oldest American building still in use in all of academia.  It survived earthquakes, hurricanes and wars.  Numerous movies and…

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30 Female Authors Signing Books this Saturday

Celebrate Women’s History Month with our Dean, Amy Thompson McCandless.  She will be signing copies of her book The Past in the Present: Women’s Higher Education in the Twentieth-Century American South. The below is an invitation from our General Trade Manager, Max Condon, at the Bookstore. Greetings to All! This coming Saturday marks the premier…

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