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…
Category Archives: Memorial
Celebrate Independence Day !
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (now officially known as the United Kingdom). Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics,…
New Years Resolutions for Graduate Students
The most popular New Year’s resolutions aren’t always practical for graduate students. Often we need to set the bar a little lower to accommodate our unusual lifestyles. Plus, many of the most common resolutions just can’t be top priority until we get a life we’ve moved on with our lives. For the moment, we’ve…
Meet Maggie Burton, Graduate School Tour Guide
Nothing is Impossible, the word itself says, “I’m Possible” ~ Audrey Hepburn Maggie Burton is a first year graduate student in the history Master of Arts program. Maggie moved to Charleston from London, Ontario, Canada where she did her undergraduate work in history at The University of Western Ontario. Maggie left Canada when she was two…
Studying Abroad in Morocco
Salam wa lakum and thank you College of Charleston for allowing me to share my experiences as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Morocco. I want to let readers know how study abroad is not just for undergraduates, we can achieve things that we would never in a million years imagine ourselves doing. BE READY TO…
The Graduate School Fall Orientation 2013
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. Graduate Orientation is that place where newly admitted Graduate Cougars start their careers by receiving comprehensive introduction to CofC. Orientation is open to all graduate students admitted for the Fall 2013 semester. As new students, you will take the first step to Master your Future during orientation, where you…
Meet Our Newest Advisory Board Member
M. Richard (Rick) DeVoe joined the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, an independent state agency, in 1980, and has served as its Executive Director since 1997. The Consortium is charged with managing and administering the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program and similar programs for the state of South Carolina, and as such generates and…
We Remember 9/11
I’m sure whenever asked, you can give the exact location of where you were when the Twin Towers fell. I’m sure you can describe your own emotional response, as well as the looks on the faces of all those who surrounded you on that tragic day in history. September 11 will now and forever be…
We Remember the Charleston 9
Saturday, June 18th marks the fourth anniversary of the deaths of nine brave Charleston firefighters. The fire started at approximately 7:00 p.m. at the Sofa Super Store on Savannah Highway in West Ashley, and firefighters arrived on the scene just three minutes after the alarm. In the Sofa Super Store blaze, a loading dock fire…
Honoring Mr. Simmons
I heard about this on the news this morning, and am sharing with you in case you haven’t heard yet. Below is an email sent to the College of Charleston community by the Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions. Please be sure to think of Philip Simmons as you walk through our campus today. Hello All,…
