19 03, 2012

The Commitment: Fiona Puyo ’09

By |2012-03-19T16:00:53-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

In 2010, Fiona Puyo ’09 had just wrapped up an internship with a bank in Frankfurt, Germany, and was staying up late with her boyfriend to prepare for an interview that might lead to a permanent job. She was well experienced, having worked for months with portfolio managers at the bank, analyzing companies and meeting

19 03, 2012

The Idea: Ericka Williams ’10

By |2012-03-19T15:59:23-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on The Idea: Ericka Williams ’10

It wasn’t something she had always dreamed of. Not really. Yeah, sure, basketball was the one thing in the world that truly made her happy. Just ask her. She’ll tell you about being 5 years old and just falling in love with the game. Then, she’ll smile her quiet smile. But her eyes will brighten

19 03, 2012

The Clock at College and Green Ways

By |2020-01-15T14:11:20-05:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

When I came to the College in the spring of 1999, I was a nontraditional student. I had left my previous institution to serve with the U.S. Army for four years. As a nontraditional student, I had every intention of not getting involved in college life again. I held true to that the first semester

19 03, 2012

Her Heart Races

By |2012-03-19T15:46:24-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

“I Just didn’t think i could do it. I  wasn’t going to make it. I wasn’t going to finish.” It’s unlike Jenny Leiser ’02, who has completed 40 triathlons of varying distances and finished 30 in the top three overall, to have such doubt on race day, but doubt somehow caught up with her at

19 03, 2012

A Little Operatic

By |2012-03-19T15:45:56-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on A Little Operatic

When was the last time you went to an opera? Yeah, that’s exactly what Andres Cladera ’99 thought. And he’s hoping to change that. “We’re trying to take the stigma out of opera,” Cladera says. You know the stigma he’s talking about: the horns, the helmet, the stuffy culture, the overblown acting. And, of course,

19 03, 2012

She’s Got the Look

By |2016-07-28T16:34:15-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on She’s Got the Look

Leah-Lane Lowe ’00 always knows how to dress the part. Whether she’s talking shop with Gregg Allman or the nation’s leading scientist in liver disease, running around the set of last year’s Hollywood thriller Contagion or a clinic in Uganda, visiting with representatives from the Saudi Ministry of Health or the Bill and Melinda Gates

19 03, 2012

A Vessel for Giving

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David Sneddon had never even heard of the College of Charleston – much less considered giving it his boat. But when he realized that his days of offshore fishing were behind him – and that he wasn’t going to get a suitable offer for Dotty, his 31-foot Pursuit 310 C Center Console Deep Hull Offshore

19 03, 2012

Tour De Force

By |2012-03-19T15:44:56-04:00March 19, 2012|College of Charleston Magazine|1 Comment

If you ever need help getting your kid into college, consider calling Ann Looper Pryor ’83. In the last four years, she’s helped three nieces and one nephew fill out their applications and write their essays. She’s accompanied them on trips to 18 different campuses, seen all sorts of quads and arboretums, toured every type