Archive | July, 2010

College of Charleston police chief Paul Verrecchia has been installed as president-elect of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Officers Association. He also was named the recipient of the association’s President’s Award. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/05/05memosdistinct/

Doug Walker, an associate professor of economics at the College of Charleston who studies gaming, said that the main impact of the boats is an additional entertainment option. “It’s a big tourist city so this is something that makes it more attractive than some other beach community that might not have those,” he said. http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/07/04/1566901/casinos-village-search-for-balance.html#ixzz0suQXg4mD

Editor’s Note: The Post and Courier invited Julie R. Grier, a graduate of the College of Charleston Honors College and a mental health worker with ties to Haiti, to write an occasional essay about her experiences there in the aftermath of January’s earthquake. This is her third column. “Kouman ou ye?” (“How are you?”) I […]

The idea is that pets generally provide emotional support for homeowners. I recently gave a paper that was co-authored with Tim Allen, professor and director of the real estate center at the College of Charleston, which found allowing pets in condos has a positive effect on condominium prices in the South Florida condo market. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/01/2056350/real-estate-qa-pets-in-condos.html#ixzz0sXAPeEQp

Guests stepped through the doors of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art for the opening reception of Call and Response: Africa to America and found themselves in the midst of a truly amazing sensory experience. http://www.charlestonmag.com/party_scene/blog/call_and_response_opening_reception

Issues of love, relationships and social hierarchies draw adolescent readers into the “Twilight” series, Emily Skinner said. Skinner is an associate professor of literacy at the College of Charleston. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/30/twilight-bonds/

Natalie Montanaro, 52, a research assistant from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, volunteered for the U.S. Peace Corps and moved to Romania in May 2009. Now, more than a year later, Montanaro lives in the small rural community of Brusturoasa, a collection of five villages in the north-east of the country with a population […]