In the heat and humidity of a Charleston summer, a place like Iceland sounds like a whole different world – glaciers and snow-capped mountains are hard to even fathom. Iceland, of course, is hardly a world away: All it takes is one connecting flight. Photo provided by Nicholas Burns At the College of
Algebra was starting to bore Will Jamieson. But rather than skip out on his homework like millions of other eighth-grade students, the earnest Jamieson figured out a better solution. “I was that really weird kid that actually took the time and read the calculator manual,” he laughs. “I taught myself how to program and programmed
What are the defining characteristics of a preeminent teacher-scholar? For one professor of anthropology, the answer is quite simple: an insatiable curiosity for life and a desire to pursue its fleeting satisfaction without fear, without hesitation and without end. story by Mark Berry photography by Peter Frank Edwards ’93 A young man stares intently
LaGuardia Smith Myers '93 is chief ethics officer for General Dynamics. She says, “nobody wants to be on the front page of The Wall Street Journal for anything questioning their integrity.”
On campus, you know Bruce Fleming as the director of iCharleston and the Living and Learning Communities. But, off campus, he's the go-to guy for students who want to play collegiate golf.
There are many spaces at the College that are meaningful and memorable to me. There’s the Cistern Yard, with the serenity of all of those beautiful live oaks. There are the painting studios on top of the Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts, as well as the independent painting studios, where
Hollywood is a lot like the Lost City of Gold – a legendary place that many seek, but only a few find (and far fewer actually get to stay for any length of time). One of those lucky few is Orlando Jones, who studied at the College from 1985 to 1990. Jones saw that gleaming
He is a smart and worldly man, but John Warner confesses he knew nothing about ghost hearts and the reanimation of dead organs using stem cells until now. It was news to him, too, that girls suffer an inordinate number of concussions from playing soccer because their necks are generally weaker than boys of the
When William Harrison ’14 and his friends wanted to waterski as kids growing up on Johns Island, they didn’t require much in the way of fancy equipment. Forget fiberglass and carbon fiber, all they needed was a visit to the hardware store. In no time Harrison and his buddies would be on the river, skimming
Is he or isn’t he? It really depends on whom you want to believe. According to local lore, renowned architect Robert Mills (1781–1855) was a graduate of the College, or at least studied here during his formative years in Charleston. In former president Harry Lightsey Jr.’s pictorial book about the College, Gems in a Crown
