Archive | July, 2010

Carol Ann Davis is a poet, which means she understands that netherworld between poverty and perfection. As a professor of poetry at the College of Charleston, she shares her talent with future wordsmiths and helps edit a magazine called “Crazyhorse,” which has survived 50 years in many homes, the last decade as an itinerant guest […]

A July 18 editorial called upon state colleges to keep tuition affordable, citing in particular decisions made by the College of Charleston and The Citadel to raise tuition by 14.75 and 13 percent, respectively. A noble sentiment to be sure, but the editorial failed to offer a better solution for the budget crises these institutions […]

Shortly after the announcement, the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism Analysis estimated the local economic impact at nearly $83.7 million. The study also notes that its figures are conservative. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/26/green-economics/

Edward Hart, a composer who has collaborated with the Charleston Symphony and who teaches at the College of Charleston, said everyone deserves some blame for the symphony’s financial woes. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/25/symphony-may-plan-concert/

The College of Charleston received an anonymous $250,000 donation that will fund a pair of scholarships and support two programs, the school announced today. The gift will include $175,000 for two four-year merit-based scholarships, $50,000 for the college’s new MBA program and $25,000 to expand the Bonner Leaders Program. The scholarships will be available in […]

“The state, much like the nation, has a ways to go to get back to where we were in terms of jobs,” College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said, adding that it would take at least eight or nine months of solid job growth just to get back to where the state was in 2007. […]

As students settle down and cool off, KRS-One addresses the class, via documentary, about his decades-old feud with MC Shan. His name might not be well-known to those in the classroom, but that’s why they’re here. It is part of a hip-hop class taught by Roneka Matheny this summer at the College of Charleston. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/17/hip-hop-history-101/

“We need to go beyond (its roots),” Ann-Marie Adams, the event’s producer and executive director of the Hilton Head Hospitality Association, said Thursday. She spoke after organizers launched “a new era” of the festival Thursday by showing off a new logo, introducing this year’s volunteer leadership and releasing data about the event’s economic impact, estimated […]

Without the photographic proof, it could have been just another entry in the vast lore of far-fetched fish stories. But Tuesday’s front-page picture of a 45-inch redfish caught in Colonial Lake last week cast credibility on that stunning angling feat by College of Charleston senior Marcus Taylor. And the realization that this downtown denizen of […]

College of Charleston professor and administrator Kay Smith has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for fall 2011 and spring 2012. Smith, associate vice president for the academic experience at the college, will be building general education curriculum in Hong Kong universities. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/15/15chcampc/