5 05, 2022

Graduate Student Hopes to Do a World of Good in Conservation

By |2022-05-23T10:29:31-04:00May 5, 2022|Academics, All News, Students|Comments Off on Graduate Student Hopes to Do a World of Good in Conservation

Inspired by her father's passion for the environment and her homeland of Ecuador, Sofia Troya Zambrano '20 hopes to make a difference in the sphere of climate policy, armed with a master's degree in environmental and sustainability studies.

21 04, 2022

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Two CofC Master’s Programs in Top 100

By |2022-04-28T09:48:16-04:00April 21, 2022|Academics, All News|Comments Off on U.S. News & World Report Ranks Two CofC Master’s Programs in Top 100

U.S. News & World Report ranked the College's MBA program within the Top 100 Best Business Schools and the M.P.A. program within the Top 100 Best Public Affairs Programs.

22 03, 2022

Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey to Visit Campus

By |2022-03-23T15:25:57-04:00March 22, 2022|News Briefs|Comments Off on Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize Winner Natasha Trethewey to Visit Campus

Two-term poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Natasha Trethewey will visit the College of Charleston as part of the M.F.A. in Creative Writing program's Dorothea Benton Frank Writing Series on Thursday, March 31, 2022.

21 03, 2022

CofC Podcast: Seawater Agriculture Grows New Possibilities for Alumnus

By |2022-04-05T10:04:05-04:00March 21, 2022|All News, Alumni, CofC Podcast|Comments Off on CofC Podcast: Seawater Agriculture Grows New Possibilities for Alumnus

In this episode of the CofC podcast, Sam Norton '16 (M.S. '21) talks about how the College helped him build a successful business – Heron Farms, the world's first indoor vertical saltwater farm – around a salt-tolerant succulent known as the sea bean.

16 02, 2022

Kameelah Martin Makes History as CofC’s First Black Female Academic Dean

By |2022-03-04T16:22:15-05:00February 16, 2022|All News, Campus Life|Comments Off on Kameelah Martin Makes History as CofC’s First Black Female Academic Dean

Kameelah Martin, dean of the College's Graduate School, made history last year when she became the institution's first Black female academic dean.

12 01, 2022

Soccer Alumnus Finds Career Win With Data Science

By |2022-01-27T15:57:08-05:00January 12, 2022|All News, Alumni|Comments Off on Soccer Alumnus Finds Career Win With Data Science

The comprehensive skills that Cole Gulledge ’20 (M.S. ’21) learned as a soccer player, an economics major and a graduate student in the data science and analytics program set him up for success as a junior development and operations engineer with TIAA.

15 09, 2021

Environmental Studies Alumna Saves Rare Species One Acre at a Time

By |2021-09-29T10:32:55-04:00September 15, 2021|All News, Alumni|Comments Off on Environmental Studies Alumna Saves Rare Species One Acre at a Time

When it comes to her work as the rare and listed species grant coordinator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, land acquisition is what Chelsea Acres ’18 appreciates most. 

9 09, 2021

Foreign Language Education Alumna Wants to Pay It Forward

By |2021-09-23T09:36:49-04:00September 9, 2021|All News, Alumni|Comments Off on Foreign Language Education Alumna Wants to Pay It Forward

An immigrant from Italy, alumna Martina Abbriano '19 is working on earning her Master of Education in Languages with a focus on English as a Second Language from CofC to help the next generation of English language-learners as they adjust to life in the United States.