26 09, 2011

Peace Corps turns 50: Does group’s mission still meet world’s needs? – The Post and Courier

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Working for world peace was not the main reason Dave Owens signed up for the Peace Corps in the 1960s. "The thing that was on my mind was Vietnam," he said. "I could have been drafted. The Peace Corps was a better alternative for me." A biology major, he worked with fishermen in Fiji from

26 09, 2011

Nobel laureate Wiesel holds hope for future – The Post and Courier

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'I love beginnings,' Elie Wiesel told a panel of eight students on stage and about 700 in the audience during a Sunday appearance at the College of Charleston's Sottile Theatre. That's because he thought Auschwitz signified the end of history, he said. And because much of human endeavor tends to end badly, with injustice, terror

26 09, 2011

Donation campaign to benefit Crisis Ministries homeless shelter – The Post and Courier

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Jess Glasser, community liaison for the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston, turns 30 on Oct. 15. She decided to celebrate by giving back. She’s asking people she knows and anyone else to donate $30 to the Crisis Minstries homeless shelter, “and create a significant impact on the community in which I live.”

26 09, 2011

College of Charleston business school gets $500,000 gift – The State

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The College of Charleston’s School of Business recently received a $500,000 gift from the Folkstone Limited Partnership to help students prepare for the global business world. “This gift from the Folkstone Limited Partnership will help the college provide students with the international and interdisciplinary perspectives they’ll need to reach their fullest potential and meet the

26 09, 2011

Bosch’s global chief talks to local students about company’s impact here, abroad – The Post and Courier

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Last week, Peter Marks, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Robert Bosch LLC, spoke to 200 business students at the College of Charleston’s School of Business. Most of us appreciate that the Bosch organization has been a major employer in the Charleston area since 1973. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/sep/24/boschchief/  

26 09, 2011

Jaymie’s Exciting First Month At School – Seventeen Magazine

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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    

22 09, 2011

Institutional Diversity Host Lecture on During National Hispanic Heritage Month – Lowcountry Biz

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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

22 09, 2011

C of C business school gets $500,000 gift – The Post and Courier

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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