"I think that this event pretty much seals the importance of Twitter," said communication Professor, Dr. Doug Ferguson of College of Charleston. "I think that it's not just a fad, it is here… and the use generated features of it are here to stay." http://www.abcnews4.com/story/14558505/social-media-impact-in-bin-ladens-death
"Traditionally, the Upstate has been more conservative, with the Lowcountry being a little more liberal in the way it viewed politics and social and financial issues," says Kendra Stewart, a political science professor at the College of Charleston. http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/03/gop-faces-new-challenges-sc?test=latestnews#ixzz1LJKDwU37
Program among the top in the nation by earning accreditation.
Approximately 100 students will receive degrees during the ceremony.
Professor cited for his fight to protect coral reefs in Bali.
The group, led by Jared M. Ragland, a graduate student at the College of Charleston, in Charleston, S.C., captured 19 loggerheads near Cape Canaveral, Fla., in 2006 and 2007. Group members measured and weighed the turtles, took blood samples, and examined their reproductive systems with testicular biopsies. Then they fitted them with satellite transmitters and
School recognizes outstanding faculty accomplishments and dedication in teaching, research and advising.
College of Charleston senior Sara Sprehn is the first undergraduate in the school's history to land a full Fulbright Scholarship. Sprehn, from Fort Myers, Fla., is a Spanish major who also will earn minors in anthropology and chemistry. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/apr/23/c-of-c-undergrad-wins-fulbright-scholarship/
Rather than navigate the globe after completing college, sailor Molly Robinson took another route. The San Francisco native did venture halfway across the world after graduating from the College of Charleston in 2009, but it was hardly a pleasure cruise. Robinson spent two months in a Hazmat suit, spraying glue for a sail-making company in
College of Charleston biology professor Gavin Naylor has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the evolution of sharks, rays and chimaeras. Under the terms of the five-year research grant, Naylor will categorize the diversity of sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras; provide a genealogy of relationships based on DNA sequence
