LATEST NEWS
College to Launch First Phase of New Website
The College of Charleston is excited to announce the launch of a new website, the first significant update in several years.
Winter Commencement: Everything You Need to Know
This year more than 400 undergraduate and 60 graduate students are expected to receive their degrees at the College of Charleston winter commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at 2 p.m.
College EMS Workers Win Statewide Contest
The College of Charleston Emergency Medical Services team recently won first place in the statewide โParamedic Saversโ basic life support competition.
CAMPUS LIFE
College of Charleston Photos of the Week
Between Fraternity and Sorority Life raising more than $60K for Lowcountry Food Bank at the annual Pep Supper and students writing notes of kindness for one another, giving is in the air at the College of Charleston!
Environmental Chemistry Students Making Campus, Grounds Crew Healthier
Students in Kate Mullaugh's environmental chemistry class worked through the Cougar Changemaker Program to get electric-powered equipment for the Grounds Crew and thereby lower the hazardous emissions released on campus.
College of Charleston Photos of the Week
From TD Arena to the Sottile Theatre, it was a strong week at the College of Charleston! Check out these photos from around campus!
ACADEMICS
Graduate Assistant Discovers Nation’s Largest Auction of Enslaved People
As a graduate assistant for the College's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, Lauren Davila '21 (M.A. '23) uncovered the largest auction of enslaved people in the United States. She's now taking what she learned and sharing it with students in a new CofC course on slavery and the slave trade.
CofC Receives NSF Grant to Study Mass Extinction
Thanks to a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Frontier in Research in Earth Sciences program, CofC students will study how terrestrial ecosystems rebuilt following mass extinction.
Students Help Examine the Health of Gulf Coast Bottlenose Dolphins
CofC students Eric Conger and Tita Curtin joined public health professor Leslie Hart in the Gulf of Mexico this summer to study the health impacts of plastic pollution on wild dolphins.
ALUMNI
Alumnus Has Found His Zone With the City of Charleston
A chance encounter impacted the career trajectory of Earnest โOmarโ Muhammad โ21 (M.A.), who is now making an impact of his own as a zoning planner with the City of Charleston.
New Alumnus Responds to Tug of War
This new alumnus went from wearing a white tuxedo jacket at graduation to a flak jacket in Ukraine covering the war for U.S. news outlets.
Alumni Expand Chick-fil-A Scholarship for Graduate Students
The Chick-fil-A Graduate Leadership Scholarship, founded by College of Charleston alumni Daniel and Marie Dickerson '99, supports nontraditional and international students in the College's Graduate School.
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