17 06, 2016

Full-Court Press

By |2016-08-04T09:25:15-04:00June 17, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Full-Court Press

Every basketball player is looking for a big break. When Evan Bailey got his, though, it was a little disappointing. A compound fracture in his femur wasnโ€™t exactly the break the seventh grader had been hoping for. It did, however, lead to a breakthrough: It was during his rehabilitation thatย he realized what he wanted to

17 06, 2016

Harry Potter Class is SpellBound

By |2017-05-31T15:32:46-04:00June 17, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Harry Potter Class is SpellBound

Everybody knows the College is a magical place โ€“ but, for the students taking a Harry Potter course, itโ€™s even easier to get wrapped up in the fantasy of it all. โ€œI start the semester just like they do at Hogwarts โ€“ by letting the Sorting Hat assign each student to one of the four

17 06, 2016

My Space: Scene Shop, Emmett Robinson Theatre

By |2020-01-15T14:10:25-05:00June 17, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on My Space: Scene Shop, Emmett Robinson Theatre

As an entering freshman, the way it was put to me three years ago was that only about 20 percent of your time is spent in class โ€“ the rest of the time is up to you. I remember thinking, Thatโ€™s cool. But what no one told me, or could have even foreseen, was how

17 06, 2016

Her Bully Pulpit

By |2017-06-14T22:20:43-04:00June 17, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|6 Comments

Emily Torchiana had been hijacked. The cyberbullies had taken everything she was, everything she had, and dropped her off in a dark, lonely place. But in that place she found a powerful voice โ€“ and sheโ€™s using it to stand up to cyberbullies everywhere ย and to show people like herself that they are not alone.

17 06, 2016

Sweet Dreams

By |2020-01-14T11:26:51-05:00June 17, 2016|Alumni, College of Charleston Magazine|4 Comments

As a little girl growing up in a single-parent household, Ebony Hilton โ€™04 thought that a career as a doctor seemed like a faraway dream. Now, as the first black female anesthesiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, the accomplished physician teaches other young girls to pursue their passions. by Jason Ryan Photography by

17 06, 2016

World Class

By |2016-08-04T09:45:00-04:00June 17, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on World Class

Photo-essay by Mike Ledford The summer Olympic spirit is upon us โ€“ a four-year reminder that people from across the globe speak a common language of competition. Itโ€™s in that light that we wanted to highlight some of the Collegeโ€™s own international talentโ€“ men and women who have come to Charleston to share their athletic

14 03, 2016

Put Together

By |2016-03-14T09:06:19-04:00March 14, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

You could call him the Rumpelstiltskin of digital video. Whereas the ill-tempered imp from the German fairy tale could spin straw into gold, Patrick Latcham โ€™11 transmutes raw video footage into crisply edited highlight reels. And whereas Rumpelstiltskin demanded a newborn child for his services, Latcham is content to accept a modest fee, no matter

14 03, 2016

A Flying Start

By |2020-01-14T11:26:54-05:00March 14, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Flying Start

Robert Blank โ€™11 knew it wouldnโ€™t be easy. All the same, he quit his job in Colorado to pursue a dream: building drones that could drop dynamite and help control avalanches. After spending six months in a business incubator, Blank's startup, Mountain Drones, is getting off the ground. by Jason Ryan photography by Brett Schreckengost

12 03, 2016

The College Champion

By |2016-07-28T16:48:23-04:00March 12, 2016|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on The College Champion

Over the four decades that Joe Riley served as mayor of Charleston, he had a hand in shaping virtually every facet of life in the Holy City. Under his guidance and leadership, Charleston has become an international tourism destination, a hub of culture and the arts, an economic powerhouse and a model for historic preservation