So you want to be a writer. Your notebooks are filled with words, stories you’re sure people will want to hear. When you close your eyes, you can see your name on the cover of the next big thing to hit book clubs across the country. Well, good luck. As young adult novelist Ryan Graudin […]
Frailty, thy name is woman! The outburst isn’t fooling anyone. Everyone can see exactly what’s going on here: ’Tis unmanly grief: Hamlet is acting like a girl. When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, he swathed his protagonist in so much internal and dramatic conflict, the irony of the attitudes toward gender roles is enough to get through […]
Skye Senterfeit ‘03 fell into publishing more or less by accident. Majoring in biology and Classics in the Honors College at the College of Charleston, she originally planned on going to medical school. But when a professor suggested she consider the publishing industry, everything changed. Today, she works as an associate photo editor for Travel + Leisure Magazine in New York City. […]
Congratulations to Honors Alumni – Erica Tracey, Brenna Norton-Baker, Andrew George, and Dyanne Vaught – for receiving National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships! Honors Alum, Tyler Perini, also earned an Honorable Mention. The NSF GRFP helps ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports […]
*This article was written by Alexandra Helfgott, Class of 2019, for an English assignment where the prompt was to interview an immigrant. She chose Honors College Faculty Fellow, Lancie Affonso, who teaches in the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, and the Department of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems. Additionally, […]
Last October, we featured an appearance of CofC’s Geology department in Charleston’s Post & Courier. This year, we return to the geology world–this time to visit College alumnus Ransom White ’06. After the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March, one of the most puzzling and comprehensive searches in history ensued. Ransom’s team uses sonar equipment to […]
During her time at the College, Caitlin Black ’12 studied biology and was an active member of the Honors College. Now, she’s continuing her studies by pursuing her PhD in Zoology at the University of Oxford. But her work isn’t just for high-level scientists; her team recently launched Penguin Watch, a site that depends on […]
Honors students are not just smart. They engage with the campus community as well as the greater Charleston community. They lead in and out of the classroom. They take their responsibility as global citizens seriously. And as a result, they have a global impact. Few fit that description better than Levi Vonk. During his time […]