The College of Charleston is the only institution in the nation offering a Master’s degree in bilingual interpreting during a widespread shortage of court interpreters. Cases are being reversed, rescheduled and retried in nearly every state because of the shortage of qualified interpreters, according to the National Center for State Courts. Demand is steadily increasing…
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No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teachers’ Dirty Looks
If January is about setting goals, then December must be about recognizing the goals you’ve accomplished in the last twelve months. I’ve invited our Graduation Czarina, Regan Fantry, to guest blog about our wonderful graduate students who will be walking the stage in eight days. Congratulations!!! As the semester draws to a close, we are…
Oh exams…
According to Regina, it’s December 12 and we’re halfway through exams. Our dedicated students definitely deserve a break, and it looks like our students got what they deserve! Yes, this is Addlestone Library, and yes – those are students crowd surfing. I wish I could have seen this first hand, but I was working on…
Another networking site for grad students
Our Dean returned this weekend from Washington, D.C. for her annual Council of Graduate Schools conference. As always, she has goodies to share like the new GradShare beta site. GradShare is a networking site designed to unite graduate students of all disciplines. Topics and subtopics are filtered according to users’ disciplines (Arts, Business, Education, Engineering,…
Why she chose South Carolina over Michigan
Bree Tomlinson, an Environmental Studies student, and I were talking last week about December, snow and how drastically different Charleston is than our hometowns. Both of us come from areas where this is a typical Saturday chore. If you dealt with that for 20 some-odd years, you’d want to get as south as fast as…
Graduate Student Poster Session
Mondays are a rough day. So much business to cover – especially during a Monday Morning Meeting. Our office takes a long time to cover what happened last week, and what to expect this week. I thought for sure that this morning’s meeting was going to be short with only four staff members, but I…
8K for H20
The Master of Environmental Studies Student Association at College of Charleston is accepting applications for its 8th Annual 8K for H20 at Folly Beach. The race, scheduled for February 21, 2009, supports a local non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and improving water quality. While registrants who submit their form by January 15 will receive a…
Our campus is going green – literally!
Charleston doesn’t get snow very often, and as a former Buffalonian, that’s a difficult fact to face during December. In fact, the last time I saw a fair amount of snow was my first year in Charleston: 1999. I remember the entire city shut down that day for a snow flurry – something I found…
An Internship Announcement and a Call for Papers
The South Carolina Historical Society is looking for interns to begin working with them in January. As an intern, you will work directly with two graduates of our History program: Mary Jo Fairchild and Jane Aldrich. I have yet to meet Ms. Aldrich, but can attest that Mrs. Fairchild is a wonderful woman to work…
Breaking News: Graduate Student Housing Opportunity
BREAKING NEWS Beginning in Fall 2009, College of Charleston’s Residence Life Office will begin offering Residence Hall Director Positions as assistantships. While these positions require living on campus and managing an undergraduate dorm, they include an on campus apartment. These positions will come with abatements for out-of-state students provided that funds are available. Residence Life…
