CofC Murals Push Alumna to ‘Learn and Grow’

When Sarah Stertz Winecoff ’13 got a request last year from Kristen Hua ’07, assistant registrar for registration and course/academic events scheduling, to brighten up the College of Charleston’s Office of the Registrar with a mural, she had to think of a worthy subject to grace the walls of that important institution. “I was given lots of creative freedom and […]

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Gretchen Lidicker ’14 is a Woman of Substance

“It’s pretty incredible that we have been villainizing this plant for decades and decades for really no reason,” says Gretchen Lidicker ’14. She is speaking, of course, of that famed, five-leaved spawn of Mother Nature called cannabis. Until lately, it was mainly consumed illegally in the form of dried, chopped and smoked marijuana leaves. Though Lidicker […]

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CofC Honors Student Has a Lot to Sing About

Rising sophomore Eva Leach is a musical star, YouTube sensation and savvy student of the industry. “I’ve always been a musical person,” says the Honors College student. “My family encouraged me to sing at an early age.” That only makes sense coming from such a musically gifted family – her mom sings and plays violin, her dad plays the standup […]

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CofC Honors Alumna Cares for All Creatures Great and Small

  It’s a drizzly Tuesday in March in Sacramento, Calif., and about a dozen children from a local elementary school have their noses pressed against the viewing windows of the veterinary hospital at the city zoo to view a very rare species on the other side of the glass. Dr. Jenessa Tookey Gjeltema ’04 is […]

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2019 Honors College Ceremony

On Friday, May 10th, the CofC Honors Class of 2019 was recognized at the annual Honors College Ceremony. Family, friends, faculty, staff, and senior administrators gathered in Charleston Music Hall to celebrate the accomplishments of all 116 graduating seniors. In one of his last formal speeches prior to retirement, Interim President Osborne closed with three […]

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Graduating Arts Student Illuminates the History of Art

She’s worked behind the scenes of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She’s spent hours in the background of the Gibbes Museum of Art in downtown Charleston. She’s even dug deep into the backstory of Latin American art in Mexico and Spain. But, when it comes to her academic and extracurricular […]

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Susan West Story ’93 named 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

The College of Charleston Honors College has named Susan West Story ’93 the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Since 2010, the Honors College has bestowed the Distinguished Alumni Award, its highest honor, on graduates who are noted for their professional achievements, their contributions to society, and their support of the College of Charleston. Honorees have performed exceptional service for […]

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Public Health Student Destined for Medicine

  Public health major Jackson Hartley (CofC Honors ’19) has had a passion for helping others since an early age. Hartley’s younger brother Nathaniel was hospitalized for five years of their childhood for immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a condition when the immune system mistakenly attacks platelets. “He wasn’t expected to come through,” says Hartley, “but […]

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Finance, Economics Double Major is Ready to Corner the Market

Taylor Crawford (CofC Honors ’19) likes a good challenge. She likes to understand all the factors that make something tick. And she’s not afraid to take risks if the numbers are on her side. That’s why the student from Anderson, South Carolina, will trade the slower paced vibe of the Holy City for the electric energy […]

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Food Saving App Wins ImpactX Competition

The designers of an app that focuses on saving food and saving money won the 2019 ImpactX Demo Day contest held on April 22, 2019. The pitch competition is an annual event where student teams work together to create and present a unique business idea to a panel of judges in the hopes of capturing […]

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