Another Fall semester is coming to an end, and campus has emptied out for the winter holidays. Here at the Graduate School, we’re looking back at all the great opportunities we helped students make happen through our Graduate School Grants! We granted a total of $8,480 to fund 34 students for 13 projects. Below are…
Category Archives: Environmental Studies
Spring, Summer, and Fall 2019 Applications are Open!
The Fall 2018 semester has just begun, but the University of Charleston, S.C. is already looking forward to welcoming our Spring, Summer, and Fall 2019 graduate students! The application period began on August 1, 2018 for all 24 degree and 10 certificate programs offered here at UCSC. Each degree and certificate program has their own…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Sam Norton, MS Environmental Studies ‘20
University of Charleston, S.C. student Sam Norton wants to expand the ways we farm. Sam, a first year student in the Master of Science in Environmental Studies Program, has wasted no time getting his feet wet working on his thesis. Before the start of his first full-time semester, he was awarded a $25,000 grant for…
CofC Students Offer a Bird’s Eye View of Eclipse
Astronomical science – live and in living color: that’s what a group of College of Charleston faculty, students and recent alumni will offer the masses as the Palmetto State goes dark on Aug. 21, 2017, during the first total solar eclipse to be visible across the United States in nearly a century. Ashley Turner, Annie…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Armon Hanks, M.S. Environmental Studies
Meet Armon Hanks, an Environmental Studies graduate student. Armon is interested in the science behind policy issues, he is acquiring a solid foundation based on the ways information should be used to assess environmental and societal risk and the relevant policies. Students of environmental policy focus on the development and implementation of public policy responses to environmental…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kea Payton, President of the Graduate Students of Color Association
I am a third year Marine Biology Master’s Candidate conducting research on the zooplankton exposure to microplastics at flood tidal fronts in the Charleston Harbor. I am also President of the Graduate Students of Color Association and Treasurer of the Charleston Waterkeeper Club. Why did you select CofC? Having been born and raised in SC,…
Graduate School Office Spotlight: Dr. Jon Hakkila, Professor and Associate Dean
I grew up and attended college between New Mexico and California (with some time in Hawaii), and spent many years working in Minnesota and Alabama before coming to the College of Charleston. My undergraduate degrees are in Physics and English/American Literature, and my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are in Astronomy. I briefly wrote poetry and worked in industry as a…
Graduate Admissions Spotlight: Susan Hallatt, Director of Graduate Admissions
What I really wanted to study, when I first started thinking about college, was ACTING. I wanted to be a star, to be the next Bette Davis or Angela Lansbury. I wrote my Oscar’s acceptance speech; I could see myself sailing elegantly down those red-carpeted stairs in my black velvet dress with the long gloves…
10 Things Every Graduate Student Should Do This Summer
Check out these 10 great tips every graduate student should do over the summer: 1. Get to know the faculty Graduate programs are the mecca of expert professionals in your field or industry. Colleges and universities really focus on having incredibly intelligent, influential, and experienced faculty and adjunct professors to train and teach the next…
Graduate Spotlight: Abbie Cain
Please join us in welcoming Ms. Abbie Cain to the M.S. in Environmental Studies (MES) program. Abbie is our new Program Coordinator and Director of the Student Garden at Dixie Plantation. Abbie has been at the College of Charleston since 2014, previously in the Center for International Education. Prior to that, she held various positions at…
