Ask artist Dan Davis ’85 whom he respects, and he’s more likely to say Charles Darwin than Claude Monet or Vincent Van Gogh. For a lifetime, Davis’ artistic ambitions have been rooted in nature. Whether viewing a tropical jungle, a snake’s skeleton or a rare bird, Davis sees beauty worthy of reproduction. By Jason Ryan
When President P. George Benson steps down at the end of this academic year, he will have amassed many visible and lasting achievements that have helped to raise the quality and national reputation of the College of Charleston. During Benson’s presidency, from 2007 to 2014, the College significantly elevated its national profile, achieved five consecutive
AN IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN THE COLLEGE’S history is coming to a close as President P. George Benson officially steps down this summer. What he has accomplished during his seven years of leadership is extraordinary and wide ranging. In his many speeches and conversations, President Benson often used the term trajectory, with his right hand flattened
The schoolyard at the N.E. Miles Early Childhood Development Center, near our fraternity row on Wentworth Street, is my special haven on campus. I have spent so many happy and memorable times there over the years, chatting with coworkers and playing with children. The schoolyard itself has evolved so much since I first spent time
At the College, we tout the close bonds our faculty and students forge together during their time of shared learning. For one alumna, that relationship gave her the confidence to pursue a lifelong dream and turn it into a career. by Jac Chebatoris ’94 You could sense his arrival before he would even appear. Suddenly,
As a kid, he loved the Charlotte Hornets. John Morgan ’04 and his father – a season-ticket holder throughout the original franchise’s 14-season run (1988–2002) – rarely missed a tip-off. And they had great seats, kitty-corner to the visitor’s bench, close to the action. “I saw the sweat on greats like Michael Jordan,” Morgan remembers,
It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, but there was something about being in ballet class that attracted Michael Ann Mullikin ’04 right from the start. “I thought I hated it, but – somehow – I always insisted on going back,” Mullikin remembers. “And, at the end of every year, I’d always say, ‘Yes, I’ll
He had no way of knowing that breaking his arm as an 8-year-old would determine the course of his career. All Andy Steinhauser ’02 knew was that, even though the fracture had healed, his parents didn’t want him playing soccer or baseball that summer – and he wanted to join some kind of team. “Swimming
Before you close on a house or sign that unbelievably lengthy lease agreement, you might want to give La Guardia Smith Myers ’93 a call. If nothing else, the woman knows real estate. She knows property and land acquisition, she knows zoning, she knows title work and is a whiz at lease review. Myers has
Parenthood is fraught with impossible situations, heart-wrenching moments that test even the toughest among us. And while these situations may change everything we think we know, the new normal can be exactly what we need in order to see the world in a different, and perhaps better, light. by Alison Piepmeier My daughter, Maybelle, has
