The College of Charleston received an anonymous $250,000 donation that will fund a pair of scholarships and support two programs, the school announced today. The gift will include $175,000 for two four-year merit-based scholarships, $50,000 for the college’s new MBA program and $25,000 to expand the Bonner Leaders Program. The scholarships will be available in
"The state, much like the nation, has a ways to go to get back to where we were in terms of jobs," College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said, adding that it would take at least eight or nine months of solid job growth just to get back to where the state was in 2007.
As students settle down and cool off, KRS-One addresses the class, via documentary, about his decades-old feud with MC Shan. His name might not be well-known to those in the classroom, but that's why they're here. It is part of a hip-hop class taught by Roneka Matheny this summer at the College of Charleston. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/17/hip-hop-history-101/
"We need to go beyond (its roots)," Ann-Marie Adams, the event's producer and executive director of the Hilton Head Hospitality Association, said Thursday. She spoke after organizers launched "a new era" of the festival Thursday by showing off a new logo, introducing this year's volunteer leadership and releasing data about the event's economic impact, estimated
Without the photographic proof, it could have been just another entry in the vast lore of far-fetched fish stories. But Tuesday's front-page picture of a 45-inch redfish caught in Colonial Lake last week cast credibility on that stunning angling feat by College of Charleston senior Marcus Taylor. And the realization that this downtown denizen of
College of Charleston professor and administrator Kay Smith has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for fall 2011 and spring 2012. Smith, associate vice president for the academic experience at the college, will be building general education curriculum in Hong Kong universities. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/15/15chcampc/
"As far as oil and gas is concerned South Carolina is very, very low on the list of having the resources that would even be possible for drilling," said College of Charleston Geologist Scott Harris. http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=12802699
In Robin Zemp's studio on the College of Charleston campus sits a black Yamaha piano, right next to his desk where professorial paperwork is piled. In an act of kindness, this accomplished instructor accepted the challenge of trying to teach me the secret of the ivory keys. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/15/tempting-the-ivory-dream/
SOUTHEAST Seismologist Steven Jaume of the College of Charleston in South Carolina says the ground acceleration map shows "two bull's-eyes" in the East. One is the New Madrid fault, and the other is the Middleton Place/Summerville Seismic Zone, centered 22 miles northwest of Charleston, S.C.--100 miles from Burke County, Ga., where $8.3 billion in federal
Don't be surprised if you see more lines being cast into Colonial Lake once word of Marcus Taylor's recent catch gets out. The College of Charleston senior caught a huge red drum that measured 45 inches long and was estimated at 40 to 45 pounds. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/13/a-reel-prize/
