Did you happen to miss the 27th annual English day celebration? Did you want to attend, but just couldn’t get time in your hectic schedule that we all have as we approach the final week of the semester? Well, don’t worry, we’ve put the highlights in a Folio post for you. The hour and a […]
Midterms are finally over! Yet, many of us haven’t had time to recuperate from the lack of sleep and stress that has been accumulating since January 8th. We feel as if we are wading through shallow water, just keeping ourselves awake long enough to get to class. But why is this? The College has decided […]
Welcome to Find Your Voice, a series profiling English students and the stories they have to tell. As we are trying to figure out what career we want to go into as English majors, many of us forget about the professionalization opportunities right under our noses and the careers those opportunities may lead to. From joining […]
Before we log-off for the summer, we wanted to share one last post to thank our interns for their work this year and to do a little summing up of the year. It’s been a bang-up year for the English Department: lots of innovation in teaching and scholarship as evidenced by our recent post. It’s also […]
When the College of Charleston’s Film club re-emerged on campus last Fall, it did so with a bang. Filming a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” Film club students wanted to make a statement that their revival meant they were serious about filmmaking and participating in film festivals. “It was one in the morning and there […]
John Poole, one of CofC’s EDEN students (an English and Education cognate program), was awarded a 2018 Student Research Fellowship for his project, “Homegrown: The Importance of Palmetto Writers in Carolina Classrooms.” John’s project focuses on studying the works of South Carolinian authors (Pat Conroy, Ron Rash, John Lane, Jacob Stroyer, Dubose Heyward, Sue Monk Kidd, Mary […]
If you missed English Day—& the readings and presentations of our talented students—we’ve got it covered. ________________________ A four-part event—featuring fifteen poster presentations, nine readings from creative writers, an awards ceremony, and the Sigma Tau Delta induction ceremony—this year’s English Day can’t be summarized in just a few words, but we’re sure going to try. […]
“The world needs to be loved and cared about as Sarah cared about it.” _________________________ Sarah Goad, a beloved 2013 alumna of the English Department, has recently passed away—leaving our campus breathless and in mourning of her incredible positive presence and insight. As we gather to remember her, her professors and those who had […]
