College is a time for preparing for the future – acquiring all the right skills, lining up all the right opportunities. And the way Matt Zutell ’13 saw it, you don’t do that sitting around making plans. Call him impatient, but he wanted to get started already. There is, he knew, only one way to
Since 2001, University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics Gamil Guirgis has been helping students at the College to understand the finer points of chemistry. We popped into Professor Guirgis’ laboratory and asked the former S.C. Chemist of the Year and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry to share his thoughts on his home country,
she’s been writing fiction Since she could clutch a crayon. When Sheridan Hough graduated to pencil, pen and then computer, her enthusiasm for writing remained just as strong. In fact, the philosophy professor’s first play was produced when she was just an 18-year-old undergraduate. More literary and academic works followed, including scholarly essays on the
WE’VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES – THE reports of violence, conflict and general unrest in the Middle East. For over a century, we’ve watched the news and read the articles about a region always struggling, always on the brink of crisis. It’s the same old story. Time and time again. But we’re not getting the
Although I’m writing about a charming garden that sits outside the Addlestone Library established to honor my dearest friend, my space at the College of Charleston isn’t actually a physical place at all. Rather, it’s a nod of gratitude toward an amazing friend who would come to immeasurably change and enrich my life. In 1986,
In some fashion or another, Ben Hollingsworth ’04 has always been an artist. For as long as he can remember, he’s looked at things a little bit differently. Seeing beauty in strange places. Finding opportunity in odd spaces. It’s just that the medium, the canvas upon which he creates, keeps changing. by Mark Berry photography
Arlinda Locklear ’73 knows the law. And for the last 30 years, this dedicated attorney has waged a personal crusade in the name of law – seeking justice that has proven elusive and long overdue for many issues facing Native Americans. by Stephanie Hunt Photos by John Harrington Home is everything to Arlinda Locklear. She
BY PRESIDENT P. GEORGE BENSON AS CHARLESTON DEVELOPS a diverse, modern and complex economy, its oldest university is evolving to meet the demands of this exciting new frontier. While the College remains committed to supporting and nurturing our city’s traditional assets – such as its port, thriving arts community, African American history, expertise in historic
Ever wonder about those romantic old radios that projected the fireside chats of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt? How about the mammoth televisions that displayed, in black and white, the likes of Milton Berle, Dick Van Dyke and Edward R. Murrow? And what about those giant slide projectors that the neighbors would use to show off
Maybe it’s because she’s always been there. Because she’s always smiling, always supportive. Maybe it’s because she goes to all the games, cheers them on, listens to them, dotes on them. Maybe. But she has a sneaking suspicion that the reason all the student-athletes compete to be her favorite comes down to something much more
