Archive | April, 2010

EMS Ceremony (Script) A group of College of Charleston students credited with saving a man’s life during this year’s cooper river bridge run and tonight he will come back to say thank you. The school’s EMS workers jumped into action when Steven Brown collapsed from a heart attack last month. It happened during the bridge […]

Festival savors success College of Charleston assistant professor Wayne Smith described the recession-blind results as “probably the truest number we’ve had” for the March event. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/21/festival-savors-success/

English, and masonry The College of Charleston is considering taking over the only school in America that offers a bachelor’s degree in the traditional building arts, including plastering, ironwork and masonry. College of Charleston President George Benson told members of the Board of Trustees at its recent meeting that the American College of the Building […]

The 2010 wine and food festival was a tasty success and now we know it was an economic success as well. According to an economic impact study by the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism…the 2010 BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival…. more than doubled its economic impact on the Charleston area despite the downturn […]

Food and Wine Festival (Script) This year’s wine and food festival more than doubled as economic impact to Charleston. It’s new at 6:00. The College of Charleston Office of Tourism found despite the economic downturn the total impact grew to more than 5 million this year for more than 2 million in 2009.

Showing signs of recovery Still, the recovery is fragile and College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said the picture isn’t all positive. “We still have excess housing, wages are still pretty stagnant, the state budget is in a mess, stimulus money is running out — a lot of things have propped us up,” Hefner said. […]

Hearings to focus on exploration The elephant in the room is uncertainty over just how much oil or gas might be out there. It’s generally accepted that not a whole lot of oil lies off South Carolina. There are two types of natural gas fields, the commercially extracted “drier” fields and frozen methane fields that […]

Making it count Charleston Mayor Joe Riley  and College of Charleston President George Benson go door to door on Coming Street to encourage college students to fill out their 2010 Census forms. The neighborhood was chosen because of its low rate of forms returned. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/20/making-it-count/

Research programs in South Carolina will receive a $6.4 million boost from federal grants, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Monday. The University of South Carolina Research Foundation, the Medical University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, Coastal Carolina University and Clemson University will receive a combined $6.4 million from the National Science Foundation, the […]

Census (Script) Charleston Mayor Joe Riley was walking door to door to get folks to return their censuses. The mayor placed door fliers on residences in an area where returns for the census forms have been low. The mayor was joined by College of Charleston President George Benson…he wants to get College of Charleston students […]