Author Archives: Niki Leiva

New Beginnings

For the busy week we’ve had so far, this is a pretty quiet morning in the Graduate School Office. On Monday, we welcomed new graduate students to the College of Charleston at Saffron Café for an Orientation Social. (Many thanks to the wonderful staff for hosting us and for the delicious food.) Yesterday, we finished…

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Get Ready for Wage: Women are getting even

Remember Ann-Marie? We shared the good news about her earning a Rotary Scholarship, and her time at the Center for Women’s Women in Business Conference. Well, we are back with some more news to share from Ann-Marie, MPASA’s Chair of Professional Development. (Or, as I’d like to say, the woman helping all of our MPA…

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Empowering Women

The Omar Shrine Auditorium in Mount Pleasant hosted the seventh annual Women in Business Conference on February 24. This day-long conference brings together women business owners and professionals for a day of learning, empowerment, and inspiration. The Graduate School of the College of Charleston provided three master’s candidates with tickets to attend this conference, hosted…

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5x5x5

About a week ago, someone told me the importance of finding balance in life is to compare the stressful event of the moment against eternity. Is it worth it? Will this matter in the years to come? This question may be easy to accept but can be viciously difficult to live as you balance the…

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Sixth Annual Poster Session Declared a Success

This post is brought to you by Dean Amy McCandless and Associate Dean Dave Owens. Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Graduate Student Research Poster Session last Friday! The Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Session was a resounding success, with 33 projects being presented by 37 graduate students from eight different graduate…

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