Whether leading study-abroad trips to Asia or including undergraduates in his research projects, Bing Pan, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management, has been opening up students’ minds to the greater world since he came to the College in 2005. We caught up with Professor Pan, perhaps known more on campus for his infectious smile
You’ve got to respect seaweed. As its name suggests, the stuff is remarkably hardy and pervasive, happy to live on rocky ocean bottoms, within tidal pools or even untethered, traveling through the ocean like aquatic tumbleweeds. Some seaweeds are so resilient, says marine biology professor Erik Sotka, that you could place them atop a damp
For generations of students, it’s been a gathering spot – a place to meet for lunch, to study or just soak up some sun. But for Allison Welch and her undergraduate research students, the small pond in the Stern Center Garden provides the perfect subject pool. “There is a big population of Southern toads and
It’s been said that where there is unity, there is always victory. The College’s equestrian team certainly proved that last May when it finished second at the 2014 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships in Harrisburg, Pa. “Our win at nationals wasn’t just the six girls representing the team, but all 45 girls on the
You can’t help but fall in love with Charleston on one of these days. The temperature is warm, but not overwhelming – not like it can be on some spring days, dripping in humidity. A pleasant salt breeze blows through the Cistern Yard, a reassuring reminder of the proximity to the harbor. And the sky
The College of Charleston is unlike any other place. There’s just something different about it. The College defies easy description. It’s old, yet new. Traditional and unconventional. Small in feel, big in opportunity. The College of Charleston seems to wear a thousand faces, all of them true. And that’s part of its charm, its distinction.
Jon Hakkila, professor of physics and astronomy, made history this past year when his international team of astrophysicists claimed to have discovered the largest structure in the universe. And their revelation may change the way we look at everything. by Mark Berry Photography by Chris M. Rogers He really didn’t want to believe it. It
Michael Moran '03 is an in-demand furniture maker. Any waking hour where the anthropology wasn’t doing schoolwork or playing soccer for the College, he was working as an apprentice. That's where Moran found his calling.
With a voice like hers, alumna Cary Ann Hearst '01 is going places. When HBO’s True Blood aired her song, “Hell’s Bells,” she took off. The national exposure led to an interview on NPR’s Weekend Edition; a boost in sales of her solo release, Lions and Lambs; and some extra momentum for Shovels & Rope,
At the College of Charleston, our faculty are boundless – in their curiosity, in their research and in their impact on their students. Take, for example, sociology and anthropology professor John Rashford. A model teacher-scholar, Rashford has an interest in different cultures and their relationships with their environments that has brought him to Mexico, Sweden,
