18 03, 2011

Lost and Found

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When Goose Creek planter John Mackenzie donated his substantial library to the College in 1771, there was just one hitch: The College didn’t yet exist. Sure, it had been founded a year earlier, but the College was still without a few critical components, namely students, buildings and books. Mackenzie, however, reasoned he could help resolve

18 03, 2011

Western Exposure

By |2011-03-18T14:10:48-04:00March 18, 2011|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Western Exposure

It may not have been the first to head west in hopes of striking gold, but – as far as we can tell – the College’s Gold Rush Tour was the first traveling admissions team to take college recruitment quite this far. With stops in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Phoenix,

18 03, 2011

Giving to the Extreme

By |2011-03-18T14:10:18-04:00March 18, 2011|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Giving to the Extreme

A frenzied crowd wearing bright blue T-shirts and white construction hats leaned forward on barricades chanting, “move that bus.” Camera operators and production assistants raced up and down the lines filming the cheering faces, finally settling on the Dickinson family. The Dickinsons, wiping tears from their eyes, had just been reunited through satellite uplink with

18 03, 2011

Literacy Efforts Reach Thousands of Charleston Schoolchildren

By |2011-03-18T14:10:02-04:00March 18, 2011|College of Charleston Magazine|Comments Off on Literacy Efforts Reach Thousands of Charleston Schoolchildren

The College of Charleston is an integral part of the unique blend that makes living and working in Charleston and the Lowcountry so special. We are unquestionably among our city’s most important economic forces, and our campus makes significant contributions to the cultural and social health of our surrounding communities on a daily basis. This