Vera Bradley Co-Founder to Speak
Patricia Miller will speak on February 16 at 1 p.m. in the Beatty Center.
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College to Host Program on Artificial Intelligence and Music
Part of the Conrad D. Festa Community in Sciences and Mathematics Lecture Series.
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High Profile: Director thinks about Avery’s possibilities – Charleston Post and Courier
Patricia Williams Lessane had never heard of the Avery Research Center or the College of Charleston, and didn't know very much about South Carolina when an e-mail from a colleague in Germany arrived. The message was saying that Avery needed an executive director and urged her to apply for the job. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/feb/12/high-profiledirector-thinks-about-averys/
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Local people linked to Egypt optimistic – Charleston Post and Courier
Aya Khalil was so excited by the news from Egypt that she was giggling. "It's probably one of the happiest days of my life," the 23-year-old Egyptian-American said Friday night. "It is surreal." Khalil is a graduate student at the College of Charleston and a daughter of Egyptian immigrants. Though she has lived in the
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I’ll get right on it … or not – Charleston Post and Courier
Then I met Dr. Jennifer Baker, a philosophy professor at the College of Charleston who not only studies procrastination, she sees it up close and personal every day. "In college, 86 percent of people procrastinate," Baker said. "So it has to be the fault of college. There has to be something provoking that, and it's
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Colleges want to offer more student aid despite budget cuts coming – The State
While colleges and universities can waive some or all of the fees for up to 4 percent of their undergraduates, not all hit that threshold. The College of Charleston, which is spending $6.5 million on waivers this year, will not reach the 4 percent limit. USC-Columbia, which will spend $8.2 million, will reach the limit.
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College of Charleston Becomes the First Institution in the U.S. to Purchase the Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano – Yahoo News
College of Charleston is the first institution of higher learning in the United States to acquire Yamaha’s CFX Concert Grand Piano. Following the recent construction of a five-story addition to the College’s School of the Arts, an anonymous donor generously decided to buy a new piano for the recital hall. After weighing all the options,
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Adult Student Open House Scheduled
The North Campus will host an Adult Student Open House on March 8
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Benson gets contract extension – Charleston Post and Courier
President George Benson will hold the College of Charleston's top post for at least four more years after the school's board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to extend his contract. The new contract will include specific performance goals, and Benson's failure to meet those goals could be grounds for termination, according to the resolution passed
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CofC study abroad course in Egypt moving forward for now – WCSC
Now a study abroad program at College of Charleston, sending students to Egypt this summer, could be in limbo following the uproar. Small reminders of Silvia Youssef Hanna's Egyptian heritage hang in her office at the CofC. The professor and student advisor once encouraged students to visit her birth country with the study abroad program.