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26 03, 2015

Business on the Fly

By |2016-07-28T16:51:08-04:00March 26, 2015|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Business on the Fly

Itโ€™s every entrepreneurโ€™s dream: an opportunity to pitch his/her wares on a national stage. And what better venue to market your startup than the White House? How about the Oval Office and an audience with its chief occupant โ€“ POTUS? When freshman business major Jesse Horine found himself standing next to President Barack Obama, the

26 03, 2015

Second Wind

By |2016-07-28T16:51:20-04:00March 26, 2015|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

Nearly 10 years after losing her childhood home in one of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, Clerc Cooper can look back on the terrifying ordeal and see a silver lining. Itโ€™s a time she remembers well for reasons beside the hurricane. A middle schooler, sheโ€™d been sailing competitively in her hometown

26 03, 2015

Figure of Speech

By |2020-01-16T09:50:06-05:00March 26, 2015|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Figure of Speech

Carefully arranged on an end table just below a window in the office of President Glenn McConnell โ€™69, a small gold medal about the size of a penny glistens in the late afternoon sun. McConnell picks up the medal. It is attached to one end of a pocketwatch chain that belonged to McConnellโ€™s grandfather. Both

26 03, 2015

As the Story Unfolds

By |2020-01-16T09:50:16-05:00March 26, 2015|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on As the Story Unfolds

She didnโ€™t think theyโ€™d go for it. The concept was too out there, too abstract, too risky. Perhaps the short film that Megan Gural Oepen โ€™00 had pitched would be a better fit for some hip, edgy startup. But the client for this job was Chick-fil-A, a stalwart of American business known for its traditional

24 03, 2015

Anthropology Professor ‘Dr. O’ Honors Famous Grandfather’s Legacy

By |2020-02-25T13:03:31-05:00March 24, 2015|Academics|Comments Off on Anthropology Professor ‘Dr. O’ Honors Famous Grandfather’s Legacy

College of Charleston adjunct professor of anthropology Ade Ofunniyin, grandson of the late Charleston blacksmith Philip Simmons, has been named one of CHARLIE magazineโ€™s โ€œ50 Most Progressive.โ€

16 03, 2015

A St. Patrick’s Day Toast to Great Irish Poets

By |2020-02-25T13:05:21-05:00March 16, 2015|Academics, Campus Life|Comments Off on A St. Patrick’s Day Toast to Great Irish Poets

English professor Joe Kelly once shared a pint of Guinness with Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, whose poem โ€œWhen All The Others Were Away at Massโ€ was recently voted Irelandโ€™s favorite poem of the last 100 years.