Pumpkin spiced lattes. Sweatshirts and blue jeans. Pumpkin patches and corn mazes. Baked apples and roasted marshmallows. Laughing with friends and screaming in haunted houses. Road trips. Football. Visiting family and taking naps. Autumn brings so many things to do and eat that it makes me giddy every October. If you’re in search of something…
Category Archives: Events
William and Mary Symposium
We’ve just received details about the William and Mary Graduate Research Symposium. It’s a wonderful opportunity for graduate students in the arts and sciences to present their research, and to discuss other graduate students’ work from around the region. Plus, papers will be considered for cash awards. Here are the details: March 26-27, 2010 The…
So, You Want to Write A Textbook…
Love them or hate them, textbooks are a force to be reckoned with in academia. Everyone uses them, and some of us even want to write them. If you’ve ever wondered how to write a textbook, what the methodology for including materials in textbooks is, and how you might even make some money as a…
2010 GIS Conference
The South Carolina Arc GIS Users Network announced their 2010 annual GIS conference. GIS users will gather at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on January 25 for the two day conference. Graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts on anything relating to GIScience applications. Accepted abstracts are awarded with a free registration and a chance…
5,125 Miles
5,125 miles. That’s the minimum amount of miles I’ll drive over the next six weeks. Once I calculated the mileage, I immediately thought of this song. No need to thank me if it’s now stuck in your head, too. As I mentioned before, we plan to visit cities and universities up and down the East…
Monday Motivation: Top 10 Web Apps for Students
The Top 10 Web Apps for Students
Parking around campus this weekend
Below is a reminder from the College of Charleston’s Chief of Police regarding parking around campus this weekend. The students will be moving into the residence halls beginning Friday evening. Parking will be prohibited on St. Philip Street between Warren Street and Vanderhorst Street, on Coming Street at the entrance to ‘G’ lot, and on…
I love the smell of school supplies
School starts in a few days. Are you ready?
What can I look forward to this Fall?
There are only two weeks remaining until applications are due for the Fall semester, and just under ten weeks until classes start. It’s been so quiet around campus this summer that I’ve considered starting a countdown to August 25. Much like the running countdown until my vacation (9 days), my birthday (48 days) and Christmas…
Calling all Marine Biologists
Hi folks, The Graduate Student Colloquium of the Graduate Program in Marine Biology is moving to the fall: September 25-26. Our Keynote speaker, Dr. Scott France, University of Louisiana Lafayette, will give the Keynote Address on Friday, September 25, and the Closing Address — following student presentations — on Saturday, September 26. Dr. France is…
