Archive | September, 2010

CHARLESTON, S.C. — One sentence changed the life of Bret Lott. His story spans years and crosses career paths but a creative writing instructor made all the difference in Lott’s life. http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_8e1be104-c0ec-11df-9962-001cc4c002e0.html

The College of Charleston School of the Arts will pres­ent a 20th anniversary gala, “To Broadway and Back: A Party for the Arts,” 6-10 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Simons Center for the Arts and The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts, 161 Calhoun St., downtown Charleston. The school will be […]

Erik Sotka, a biology professor at the College of Charleston, has received a 2010 Fulbright Senior Scholarship to conduct a study on marine ecosystems at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He will spend four months looking at the effect of warming seas on the ecosystems, in particular seaweed-herbivore interactions. His study will […]

Meagan Orton admits that she’s never used an iPod and doesn’t really know how to operate one, which is unusual for a 21-year-old these days. That makes her an odd candidate to be a voice urging young people to protect their hearing from overusing music players and other loud, sustained noises. But the Stratford High […]

Holland Williams, director of career development at the College of Charleston, where just over 600 students become interns each year, said there is a growing trend among businesses to offer unpaid internships. “Some were using them as part-time employees but framing it as an internship,” she said. “An intern cannot replace employees. The company has […]

Joy Vandervort Cobb’s stomach is turning flips. It happens every time someone mentions Baton Rouge. “I can’t help it,” Cobb said. “This will be the first time I’ll perform the play outside of Charleston, and, well, there it goes again — my stomach just flipped.” http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/arts/102170474.html

Mathematically, scientists can create rogue waves, but until now they were unable to actually produce one. The physics just seemed too unlikely in the real world. “It is as if a roomful of people whispering produced the sound of an explosion,” said Alex Kasman, a soliton scientist at the College of Charleston who wasn’t involved […]

They spoke for the last time on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. It was a quick phone call between father and daughter, with the 9-year-old lamenting that she didn’t want to get out of bed, didn’t want to go to school. But United Airlines co-pilot Mike Horrocks had a way of getting his daughter, […]

Now entering his junior year at the College of Charleston, Thomas lives a pretty typical life for a 21-year-old. Although he has his moments—like falling when getting out of the shower and realizing the “permanency” of his condition, he says—Thomas credits his incredible physical progress to sheer will and determination. http://www.successmagazine.com/your-personal-best-amputee-jordan-thomas-presses-on/PARAMS/article/1178/channel/22

The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women has named the book “Journey of Five Capuchin Nuns” the winner of the Josephine Roberts Prize for a scholarly edition award competition. College of Charleston Hispanic studies associate professor Sarah E. Owens is the author. Owens, an expert in the writings of early modern religious women, […]