26 11, 2013

5 Toy Trends for 2013 According to Professor and Toy Inventor

By |2015-04-06T15:29:48-04:00November 26, 2013|Campus Life|Comments Off on 5 Toy Trends for 2013 According to Professor and Toy Inventor

David Wyman, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the School of Business, has invented dozens of hugely successful toys. Find out his predictions for 2013's toy trends.

25 11, 2013

Students Become Partners with their Professors in Philosophy Reading Groups

By |2015-04-06T15:33:50-04:00November 25, 2013|Academics, Campus Life|Comments Off on Students Become Partners with their Professors in Philosophy Reading Groups

Students are debating their professors and reviewing books and articles on some of the most popular and heated topics in their field. It is happening in reading or work groups, which are very common at universities, but most are open only to professors and/or graduate students.

25 11, 2013

Professors Use Exergames and $1.2 Million NSF Grant to Address Childhood Issues

By |2015-03-24T14:28:21-04:00November 25, 2013|Campus Life|Comments Off on Professors Use Exergames and $1.2 Million NSF Grant to Address Childhood Issues

School of Education, Health, and Human Performance Professors Mike and Susan Flynn are working with colleagues at Purdue University to combat childhood obesity and increase interest in STEM education.

22 11, 2013

5 Ways the Hunger Games is More Realistic than you Think

By |2020-01-14T14:11:46-05:00November 22, 2013|Academics, Campus Life|Comments Off on 5 Ways the Hunger Games is More Realistic than you Think

With the movie release of Catching Fire right around the corner, Hunger Games trilogy fans are excited to watch the next installment of the young-adult fiction series on the big screen. Four College of Charleston professors show how the government, scientific advances and sociological elements of the Hunger Games’ Panem – post-apocalyptic America – is not so fictitious after all.

21 11, 2013

5 Most Instagrammable Spots in Charleston

By |2020-01-14T14:11:46-05:00November 21, 2013|Campus Life|Comments Off on 5 Most Instagrammable Spots in Charleston

The College of Charleston is now on Instagram as @CollegeofCharleston and has found no shortage of breathtakingly photogenic locations around the peninsula. Now you can take and post photos to Instagram with the hashtag #SeeCofC for a chance to win a College of Charleston pennant!

20 11, 2013

I Want Your Job: Zac Brown Band Representative

By |2020-01-14T14:11:46-05:00November 20, 2013|Academics, Alumni, Campus Life|Comments Off on I Want Your Job: Zac Brown Band Representative

David Plyler '06 tours with the Zac Brown Band as a representative for their management company, ROAR. He talks about life on the road, working with the band and the next big artists to watch.

20 11, 2013

Ex-cyclist Tyler Hamilton warns of the pressures to excel at any cost

By |2015-03-25T09:46:41-04:00November 20, 2013|Campus Life|Comments Off on Ex-cyclist Tyler Hamilton warns of the pressures to excel at any cost

Tyler Hamilton, the former professional cyclist who played a key role in bringing out the truth about Lance Armstrong and their world of doping, offered some wisdom to business students at the College of Charleston last Thursday.

20 11, 2013

New York Times Critic Compliments Theatre Professor and Student on Scenic Design

By |2015-04-06T15:45:36-04:00November 20, 2013|Campus Life|Comments Off on New York Times Critic Compliments Theatre Professor and Student on Scenic Design

Theatre Professor Charlie Calvert and senior Samantha Dahabi worked together on the scenic design for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of "Our Town." Read more for the one thing Dahabi says she would do differently next time.