Archive | February, 2011

Aya Khalil was so excited by the news from Egypt that she was giggling. “It’s probably one of the happiest days of my life,” the 23-year-old Egyptian-American said Friday night. “It is surreal.” Khalil is a graduate student at the College of Charleston and a daughter of Egyptian immigrants. Though she has lived in the […]

Then I met Dr. Jennifer Baker, a philosophy professor at the College of Charleston who not only studies procrastination, she sees it up close and personal every day. “In college, 86 percent of people procrastinate,” Baker said. “So it has to be the fault of college. There has to be something provoking that, and it’s […]

While colleges and universities can waive some or all of the fees for up to 4 percent of their undergraduates, not all hit that threshold. The College of Charleston, which is spending $6.5 million on waivers this year, will not reach the 4 percent limit. USC-Columbia, which will spend $8.2 million, will reach the limit. […]

College of Charleston is the first institution of higher learning in the United States to acquire Yamaha’s CFX Concert Grand Piano. Following the recent construction of a five-story addition to the College’s School of the Arts, an anonymous donor generously decided to buy a new piano for the recital hall. After weighing all the options, […]

President George Benson will hold the College of Charleston’s top post for at least four more years after the school’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to extend his contract. The new contract will include specific performance goals, and Benson’s failure to meet those goals could be grounds for termination, according to the resolution passed […]

Now a study abroad program at College of Charleston, sending students to Egypt this summer, could be in limbo following the uproar. Small reminders of Silvia Youssef Hanna’s Egyptian heritage hang in her office at the CofC. The professor and student advisor once encouraged students to visit her birth country with the study abroad program. […]

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees decided to extend school President George Benson’s contract Tuesday night. The contract lasts until 2015. Benson has not signed it yet, but a college spokesperson says he is expected to in the next few days. http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=13994305

More than 50 College of Charleston professors and eight students have earned the Global Scholars designation in the first year of the program. The program is a universitywide initiative designed to provide the opportunity for students and faculty to contribute as global citizens. The program aims to help meet the changing demands brought about by […]

As violent confrontations broke out Wednesday in Cairo where supporters of President Hosni Mubarak confronted protesters, Charleston-area residents with friends and family there continued to try to get firsthand information by phone or e-mail. With Internet service at least partially restored in Egypt, College of Charleston graduate student Aya Khalil was able to call her […]

Q: Who would you consider to be the most significant African-American woman in history? A: There are so many important and significant women in African-American history during the different eras that it’s really hard to determine the most significant, but Harriet Tubman came to mind first. Born into slavery, and after escaping from that, Mrs. […]