Spring MPA Professional Development Panel

“Politics, Government, and the Nonprofit Sector – Collaboration or Conflict?” Join us on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:15 for the Spring MPA Professional Development Panel.  Dana Beach, William Wert, Andy Benke, Tammie Hoy and Ellen Dressler Moryl will discuss how nonprofits collaborate, or otherwise interact, with politicians and government agencies.  This panel will also address…

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Last day to vote for GSA Exec Board

Guest blogger, Kolo Rathburn, President of the Graduate Student Association Fellow Graduate Students, Voting for executive officers of the Graduate Student Association will be open Monday and Tuesday (March 30th and 31st). Simply log on to your CougarTrail account and vote by clicking on the link for GSA elections. There are no contested positions this…

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30 Female Authors Signing Books this Saturday

Celebrate Women’s History Month with our Dean, Amy Thompson McCandless.  She will be signing copies of her book The Past in the Present: Women’s Higher Education in the Twentieth-Century American South. The below is an invitation from our General Trade Manager, Max Condon, at the Bookstore. Greetings to All! This coming Saturday marks the premier…

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Another Information Session!?

You bet.  We’re partnering with the Lowcountry Graduate Center (LGC) this Thursday to share information about the programs we offer with them.  A little bit of history may help here.  The LGC partnered with schools in the Lowcountry to expand opportunities for graduate education.  Their focus is to add graduate programs that “have the greatest…

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Students: Don’t forget about tomorrow’s career fair!

Spring Career Fair ’09 12:00 – 3:30 at Gaillard Auditorium Hope your resume is up to date!  Over 60 companies and institutions have registered to attend tomorrow’s career fair.  Participants include ARINC, Becker Professional Review, Booz Allen Hamilton, Fluor, the FBI, Prudential, Santee Cooper, and the US Department of State.  Of course yours truly will…

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Pathways to Teaching Open House

Are you interested in becoming a teacher?  Did you know you can get your Master of Arts in Teaching degree for free?  Yep.  Free.  Want to learn more? On Wednesday, March 11, College of Charleston representatives will be on hand to talk with you about opportunities to get initial teacher certification.  Program representatives will be…

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Nikki Giovanni Visits College of Charleston

Nikki Giovanni Reading Tonight In a career that has earned her many accolades, honorary degrees and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, inform and inspire. (Posted from the Avery Research Center’s homepage.) Unfortunately for me, I have class tonight…

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