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History MA Student Maggie Burton Awarded GKF Scholarship!

I was invited to attend a reception at the Avery Research Center on September 9th to receive my award and honor the other twenty recipients of the Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation Scholarship. The Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation was founded in 1999 by Nicholas Gavalas and Dr. Ronald Kolanko to help disabled students finance their post-secondary education. In the last 15 years, over $100,000 dollars has been awarded to students with disabilities from the College of…

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Mark Your Calendars: Professional Development Series Starts September 22!

The University of Charleston, South Carolina at the College of Charleston is partnering with other departments on campus to provide numerous professional development opportunities: one-time events, workshop series, and career skills for graduate students. This variety of offerings allows students to develop a broad array of transferable skills while focusing on particular skill sets of interest throughout their graduate careers. The Graduate Student Professional Development workshops will also help our graduate students to maximize the…

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Events, Graduate Programs, Graduate Student Association, Guest Bloggers

GSA Wants YOU!

On behalf of the Graduate Student Association, welcome back to campus! My name is Brett Powell and I am the new President of the Graduate Student Association for 2014-2015 and I’m looking forward to working with everyone this year! First and foremost, I want to invite all of our graduate students on campus to attend the Graduate Student Association (GSA) meeting on Friday, September 5.  Meetings begin at 5:00 pm and are held in…

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Academics, Environmental Studies, Guest Bloggers, Travel

MES Graduate Student Friedrich Knuth Shares His Summer Research Experiences

Environmental Studies graduate student Friedrich Knuth returns to Charleston this fall after an eventful summer of impressive research trips to Honduras, Washington, and Florida. Deep sea diving with a submarine off of Roatan, Honduras In May, I joined Matt Rittinghouse on a research trip to Roatan, Honduras. Matt and his advisor Peter Etnoyer (NOAA) had traded maps of the seafloor around Roatan for submarine dives with the Roatan Institute of…

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Academics, Award, Charleston, Travel

Bon Voyage, Margaret: Versailles Program Fellow 2014-2015

Since 1994, the Graduate School at the College of Charleston and the Université de Versailles – Saint Quentin have maintained an exchange program that provides graduate students with the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad for one year in the picturesque campus south of Paris. The Versailles program is a wonderful opportunity for graduate students to develop their own research through diverse international partnerships. This fall, second year History master’s student…

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Summer Hours on Campus

  Campus may look like a ghost town, but most of the College’s services are still available through the summer for graduate students still in town taking courses. The Graduate School Office is open during regular hours all summer, Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. Feel free to stop by the office with any questions or concerns you might have this summer! We would also like to remind…

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Charleston, Events, Graduate Programs, Graduate School Office

Recap: Summer 2014 Orientation!

We had a great time welcoming our newest crop of graduate students yesterday at our Summer 2014 orientation! Students were hosted in the picturesque Alumni Memorial Hall for refreshments and conversation to introduce them to the opportunities and services available as graduate students here at the College. We are thrilled to welcome all of our new graduate students and look forward to their successes careers here at the College of Charleston!…

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Finals Survival Week: Day 3

Guess what day it is? It’s Hump Day, which means Finals Week is HALFWAY over! Hopefully, you’ve been able to keep your mental and physical energy up using our tips from Monday and Tuesday. In keeping with this theme, our tip for today is about resting. You’ve made it this far through the week, but finals week is a marathon, and you don’t sprint to the finish in a marathon. Although most students…

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Finals Survival Guide: Day Two

Hopefully Monday came and went and today you are feeling recharged and ready for the rest of the week ahead! Today’s tip is to team up with a study buddy to keep your spirits up and your wits about you. Humans are not solitary creatures, and after consecutive hours sitting in the quiet isolation of the library without any interaction prove to be counterproductive. Seek out a partner in your course,…

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