One alumnus found that some of the most valuable lessons aren't necessarily taught in the classroom.

A lot goes into a good education. A lot more, however, comes out of it. Just ask Steve ’89 and Emily Molony Swanson ’89, who have created the Swanson Scholar Program to get thebest and brightest students into the College of Charleston. “Emily and I have gotten so much out of our experiences at the

Margaret “Peggy” Kanapaux Sullivan ’39 believed in making the most of your time. She also believed in education. After graduating from the College, Sullivan served in World War II as a member of the Navy’s first class of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). After the war, she studied nutrition at the University of

For Barry Coyle ’86, the bad thing about biology is you have to memorize a lot of stuff. The same thing goes for chemistry. When Coyle was taking those classes his freshman year at the College, he couldn’t get much better than a C. He started thinking maybe he should find a new branch of

Whatever you do, don’t ask  Christopher Boffoli ’93 if his mother ever told him not to play with his food. He gets that a lot. All the time. Day, after day, after day. So much, in fact, that Boffoli claims, “If I had a dollar for every time an interviewer has asked me that question

Vincent di Pasquale '00, a multiplatinum music producer and remixer, is an artist first and foremost.