School of Business Schottland Scholars spent several days over the summer in Rochester, N.Y. to learn from C-level executives at international companies like Paychex, Wegmans and Constellation Brands.
A $250,000 donation by Ben and Tricia Carter will fund 40 new scholarships for students who commit to the real estate minor or concentration. The scholarships will be renewable until the students graduate.
The College's BEAMS Program was recently featured in the Hydro International magazine for preparing students to take jobs in the ocean survey field, which has more job opportunities than qualified candidates.
The College's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, earned two national distinctions for their work in 2012-13. They received the Honor Chapter designation and the Octavio Paz Award.
Teacher Leaders in the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance spent three days in Washington before the start of school to meet with key education leaders and policy makers, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
The panel is part of the Jubilee Project and will be held on Friday, August 20 at 4 p.m. in Randolph Hall.
Entitled Joseph Burwell: School of the Viking Spaniard Revisited and Herb Parker: Studio Practice the exhibitions examine the relationship between the studio and the work produced within.
The Charleston commercial real estate market is heating up, and the School of Business has added a new minor in commercial real estate. Students will come from a number of different majors.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the geospatial industry are expected to grow 35% by 2020 and the College's Santee Cooper GIS Lab is recognized as one of the best in the Southeast. Dozens of students complete real-world projects each year.
The Math Improvement Project, funded by the Alcoa Foundation, will train 20 classroom teachers and education professors in the five-step Algebra Project approach for teaching mathematics.
