30 05, 2014

Director Proud of Avery’s Role in Celebrating Black Life

By |2015-04-06T15:33:41-04:00May 30, 2014|Academics, Campus Life|Comments Off on Director Proud of Avery’s Role in Celebrating Black Life

As she heads to Harvard for leadership training this summer, Patricia Williams Lessane reflects on the Avery Center's expanded research and public programs.

29 05, 2014

Shepard Fairey Returns to South Carolina Hometown for City-Wide Art Show

By |2015-03-25T09:40:50-04:00May 29, 2014|Campus Life|Comments Off on Shepard Fairey Returns to South Carolina Hometown for City-Wide Art Show

The Holy City -- named for its prevalence of churches -- welcomed back one of its own this past week, as the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston opened an exhibition of Shepard Fairey's work, along with four public murals around the city and a series of conversations with the artist.

29 05, 2014

S.C. poets, scholars remember Angelou

By |2014-05-29T11:01:23-04:00May 29, 2014|Campus Life|Comments Off on S.C. poets, scholars remember Angelou

In speaking to everybody, Angelou "took up the task of speaking about black womanhood" during the civil rights era with her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," said Consuela Francis, director of African American studies at the College of Charleston. Read more of the Post and Courier story.

28 05, 2014

The test drive of admissions: Why campus tours are so important

By |2014-05-28T15:45:04-04:00May 28, 2014|Campus Life|Comments Off on The test drive of admissions: Why campus tours are so important

Heather Chipley, director of admissions at the College of Charleston  agrees. "Visiting a campus is the only way a student can determine if they can really see themselves there – whether it is a good fit for them, academically as well as socially,” she says. "The campus will be their ‘home' for the next four years

28 05, 2014

Boeing’s footprint continues to grow in Lowcountry

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"Boeing is looking at continued expansion, and they see an ongoing demand for their product," College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said. "They see this as the location to do the expansion because it's a lower-cost environment than Seattle. That's the bottom line. It's a combination of regulations, unions and efficiencies among other things." Read

28 05, 2014

The Biggest Thing In The Universe Is So Gigantic It Shouldn’t Exist At All

By |2014-05-28T15:39:50-04:00May 28, 2014|Campus Life|Comments Off on The Biggest Thing In The Universe Is So Gigantic It Shouldn’t Exist At All

"The Her-CrB GW is larger than the theoretical upper limit on how big universal structures can be," Dr. Jon Hakkila, an astrophysics professor at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and one of the astronomers who discovered the structure, told The Huffington Post in an email. "Thus, it is a conundrum: it shouldn't exist