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
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,
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
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
A few Muggles at the College have found a way to enjoy Harry Potter's favorite pastime.
Four guys in a boat. Four guys pulling in unison. Four guys pushing each other to never let up, to mine the deepest wells of their strength, to ignore the mounting pain in their hands, their arms, their backs. And for what? A gold medal, for starters. Last fall, the rowing team of Sam Dickey,
To the Southern Conference, she is the best volleyball player around. To her teammates and coaches, she has always been so much more. Throughout her career, senior setter Cole Dawley not only dominated every time she stepped on the court, she consistently went out of her way to do everything she possibly could to benefit
It’s not easy to be in two places at once. And even harder to be in three. Yet day in and day out, Kevin Ryan spreads himself thin across South Carolina, attending the College’s Graduate School, living 70 miles north on Pawleys Island and representing a chunk of the South Carolina coast as a newly
Katherine Gumps knows her future is bright. She knows it can take her wherever she wants to go. But she also knows that, as long as she’s at the College, there’s no point in putting things off. The way she sees it, her time to shine is now. “This is my chance, and I take
She may have lived the same day twice when she crossed over the International Date Line in Indonesia, but every day is different for Shannon Hoy. One day she may be spending her volunteer hours at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lab at Fort Johnson performing humdrum tasks; another she could be cataloging 18
