19 06, 2014

A Life to Believe in

By |2014-06-19T14:47:54-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Life to Believe in

If you didnโ€™t know Brett Weyman and struck up a conversation with him, it wouldnโ€™t be long before you thought to yourself, Is this guy for real? You might think heโ€™s exaggerating when he tells you he was one of the top college quarterback recruits in the nation coming out of high school in 2002.

19 06, 2014

Standing Tall

By |2017-02-10T08:15:49-05:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Standing Tall

She may be small in stature, but when 4-foot-9-inch Briosha Sanders โ€™14 takes a stand, her voice is as big as they come. โ€œI didnโ€™t always have an avenue to voice my opinions, but it became increasingly important for me to speak up and offer my opinions and ideas whenever I could,โ€ says the womenโ€™s

19 06, 2014

An Eye Toward the Future

By |2014-06-19T14:47:22-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on An Eye Toward the Future

Heads may turn now and people may stare, but it might not be long before we all walk around looking like Michael Feliciano โ€™14. As one of the privileged few to use the Google Glass headset โ€“ a next-generation, wearable computer that merges oneโ€™s real and digital worlds into something called augmented reality โ€“ before

19 06, 2014

A Heart for the Homeless

By |2014-06-19T14:47:07-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Heart for the Homeless

He found God in their eyes. They may have had no home, few belongings and little money, but their eyes, at least, possessed the divine. Or so says Robbie Roberts โ€™14. Roberts is a friend to the homeless, a lifeline to those who lack not only the most basic of needs, but also hope. Roberts

19 06, 2014

The Evolution of a Discovery

By |2017-02-09T15:38:23-05:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on The Evolution of a Discovery

Sometimes things just come together. Such was the case with the discovery of a 28-million-year-old fossil belonging to a previously unknown toothed whale. It was a find that, once carefully assembled, connected not only some evolutionary dots for the scientific community, but also some like-minded personalities in the College community. The discovery began in the

19 06, 2014

Inside the Academic Mind: Claire Curtis

By |2014-06-19T14:46:08-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Inside the Academic Mind: Claire Curtis

Since 2001, Claire Curtis has been pushing her students to better understand the world around them. We caught up with the gifted and thoroughly entertaining political science professor to find out more about her research on dystopian literature, her brush with fame and her passion for softball. Where did you grow up and what do

19 06, 2014

Under the Sea

By |2014-06-19T14:45:54-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Under the Sea

You just never know whatโ€™s out there. Thatโ€™s what Leslie Sautter, associate professor of geology, loves about the ocean: Itโ€™s uncharted territory. Itโ€™s what she loves about teaching: It inspires exploration. And itโ€™s what she loves about working with alumni: It leads to one discovery after another. Through Project Oceanica, which she founded in 2001,

19 06, 2014

Speaking His Truth

By |2017-02-10T08:11:35-05:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|3 Comments

When he first came to the College, it was as a panhandler. Tony Ellis was just a kid from the Eastside, looking for a buck. Looking for a little escape, maybe. Some time out from under the shadows of Charlestonโ€™s old Cooper River bridges. Out from under the shadows of his neighborhood, his community. His

19 06, 2014

A Presidential Homecoming

By |2014-06-19T14:45:19-04:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Presidential Homecoming

Itโ€™s been a long time coming. And now, after 134 years, an alumnus will once again occupy the presidentโ€™s office in Randolph Hall. Certainly a lot has changed since Nathaniel Russell Middleton โ€™28 (thatโ€™s 1828) guided the College from 1857 to 1880. But, more than a century later, the core mission remains the same: provide

19 06, 2014

Paint the Town

By |2017-02-10T08:11:55-05:00June 19, 2014|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Paint the Town

If College Lodge wasnโ€™t the rock star of residence halls before, it certainly is now. With a whole new image โ€“ one that is both bold and modest, brave and understated, edgy and classic, conspicuous and mysterious โ€“ the building couldnโ€™t get much cooler. Itโ€™s the doing of a rock star in his own right,