A chance encounter impacted the career trajectory of Earnest “Omar” Muhammad ’21 (M.A.), who is now making an impact of his own as a zoning planner with the City of Charleston.
Using research unearthed by the College’s Barry Stiefel, the oldest Reform synagogue in the nation is coming to terms with its painful past using enslaved labor.
Poring over old maps, census data and photos, senior Gabby Rowsam wrote an eye-opening 108-page paper on all the homes – and the people – that had to give way to the growth of CofC.
'Archaeology Magazine' has included an 1853 slave tag found by faculty and students at the College of Charleston among the Top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2021.
The unveiling of a new solar shade pavilion at CofC on Friday, Oct. 15, served as a platform to honor the Indigenous and enslaved people who labored and lived on and near the site throughout history.
Right on campus at the College of Charleston, archaeology faculty and students recently conducted a dig to investigate a historic site.
The College has made connecting to Italian family members easier for adjunct faculty members Brittany Lavelle Tulla (architectural history) and her mother Bea Lavelle (exercise science).
Thanks to some online sleuthing, the Library’s Harlan Greene and historic preservation’s Grant Gilmore uncovered a drawing depicting the College’s first schoolhouse.
The Campus Preservation Fund, part of the College of Charleston's Drive for the 250th fundraising campaign, seeks to raise $1.3 million to preserve and maintain CofC's historic structures.
After sitting idle for 40 years in a backyard, the VW bus belonging to an early civil rights pioneer is recovered thanks to efforts by the College.
