College Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
The Hispanic studies department has activities planned from September 15 through October 15.
The Hispanic studies department has activities planned from September 15 through October 15.
Leighton is the first speaker this semester in the College’s “BB&T Free Market Process” Speaker Series.
More than $500,000 in NSF grants will provide research and career opportunities for students.
Meeting will be held in the Wells Fargo Auditorium on September 18.
Working with salt in this way is a grueling process. During a previous exhibition this year at the Halsay Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, S.C., Mr. Yamamoto spent about 100 hours hunched over with his salt-filled plastic bottle to create the installation on site. It took 10 hours a day for about as many
College of Charleston Chemistry Professor Wendy Cory is starting the semester with two grants from the National Science Foundation totaling more than $500,000. The grants will fund research into the effect of pharmaceuticals on the aquatic environment. They will also provide rare opportunities for undergraduate students and the community. http://beachcarolina.com/2012/09/13/cofc-awarded-500k-in-nsf-grants-provides-opportunities-for-students/
Earlier this year, the Green Hearts were approached by College of Charleston as part of a local farm-to-school effort funded by Boeing, to expand their garden and pilot an urban farm at Mitchell. Project manager Olivia Thompson consulted with experienced farm-to-school organizers as well as Lowcountry Local First to design a program. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/bridging-the-farm-to-school-gap/Content?oid=4156586
Betsy Baker, an English instructor at the College of Charleston who has taught a detective fiction class, said the genre is one of the most popular in literature. “It’s alive and well ... and it is a ridiculously varied genre,” Baker said. “Any time you can get a look at this kind of primary material,
Students at the College of Charleston are working on a number of campus-wide projects to promote a green initiative. The Office of Sustainability at CofC is offering students the chance to do some hands-on learning while also going green. The pilot program is called "The Green Roof". http://www.live5news.com/story/19474031/college-of-charleston-going-green-with-new-projects
The College of Charleston's Office of Sustainability is kicking off several campus wide projects that will integrate sustainability into the college community. There are now water bottle re-fill stations on the first floor of Maybank Hall and the first floor of the Tate Center, as a way to encourage students to refill water bottles rather