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College of Charleston Photos of the Week
Between Weeks of Welcome events, Panhellenic recruitment week and the opening of La Vaughn Belleโs exhibition, 'When the Land Meets the Body,' the College of Charleston has been a busy place lately!
Graduate Assistant Discovers Nation’s Largest Auction of Enslaved People
As a graduate assistant for the College's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, Lauren Davila '21 (M.A. '23) uncovered the largest auction of enslaved people in the United States. She's now taking what she learned and sharing it with students in a new CofC course on slavery and the slave trade.
CofC Receives NSF Grant to Study Mass Extinction
Thanks to a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Frontier in Research in Earth Sciences program, CofC students will study how terrestrial ecosystems rebuilt following mass extinction.
CAMPUS LIFE
College of Charleston Student Makes a Difference as Miss South Carolina Collegiate America
As Miss South Carolina Collegiate America, theatre and international studies double-major Ngaarumbidzwe โRueโ Magombedze is making diversity and inclusion a priority.
College Prepares for Record Incoming Class
More than 26,500 students applied to the College of Charleston for the 2023-24 academic year and the College is anticipating a record incoming class for the fall 2023 semester.
College of Charleston Photos of the Week
Some of our newest students began making their way to the College of Charleston campus this week with the start of summer orientation. From check-in to the Student Activity Information Fair, take a look at all things orientation.
ACADEMICS
Joy Vandervort-Cobb to Receive MLK Humanitarian Award
Joy Vandervort-Cobb, associate professor emerita of theatre and dance at the College of Charleston, will receive the Black History Intercollegiate Consortium's 2023 MLK Humanitarian Award on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Guenveur Scholarship Continues to Make a Difference in the Neighborhood
The Edward Leon Guenveur Sr. and Lauretta Goodall-Guenveur Endowed Memorial Scholarship honors a Charleston family who overcame the oppression of segregation and gave back to their neighborhood.
CofC Podcast: Geology Professor Talks About His Sea Monster Discovery and Other Paleontological Treasures
On this episode of 'Speaking of ... College of Charleston,' Scott Persons, assistant professor of geology and curator of the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, talks about discovering a previously unknown type of prehistoric marine reptile and his many other expeditions hunting fossils.
ALUMNI
Alumna Focused on the End Zone With Kansas City Chiefs
Former College of Charleston softball outfielder Jordan Trgovac '16 has had a busy fall serving as a communications assistant for reigning Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs.
Alumni Pep Supper Campaign Aims to Support Student Emergency Fund
The virtual Alumni Pep Supper competition will benefit College of Charlestonโs Student Emergency Fund.
Alumna Creates New Scholarship to Support Education Majors
Alumna Victoria Thompson '15, along with her wife, has established the Thompson Johnson Scholarship for Teacher Education to support CofC education majors during their clinical internship semester.
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