Archive | June, 2011

Rising prices inevitably force tough financial choices. And the steep climb in college tuition, a rise that began long before this year’s upward spike in gas and food prices, has required many students to choose between large loans and lowering their educational sights. So it was gratifying to see the College of Charleston Board of […]

“The greatest success we can have is in some way to have saved the music and given it back to black people,” said Edward Hart, 45, a music professor at the College of Charleston and a second-generation member of the society. “It’s their music.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/18/us/18religion.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=College%20of%20Charleston&st=cse

The open, oozing flesh of a few of the sea turtles brought in to the aquarium “is a gruesome-looking thing,” says David Owens, College of Charleston biology professor who specializes in sea turtles and advises the hospital. It’s most likely a combination of stresses are responsible for the apparent, unusual spike in turtles stranded with […]

The College of Charleston is opting not to change tuition for in-state students this year. The school says its board of trustees did vote Monday to raise tuition prices for out-of-state students by 5 percent. South Carolina students will pay just under $10,000 this coming year. Out-of-state students will pay more than $24,000. http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=629294

“We are grateful for Michelin’s interest in College of Charleston’s strong global logistics program and look forward to a productive and meaningful training relationship with the company, its affiliates, our faculty and students,” says Alan T. Shao, dean of the School of Business. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jun/16/michelin-c-of-c-team-up-for-program/    

When construction crews recently removed the heavy curtains lining the side walls of the Sottile Theatre, they revealed pieces of its past that had been covered over for more than a generation. Two murals of the seven muses, each measuring 15 feet by 27 1/2 feet, existed when the building first opened in 1927 as […]

Crazyhorse, the literary journal at the College of Charleston, recently announced the winners of two major prizes out of nearly 2,000 entries. Judge Jaimy Gordon, who won the 2010 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel Lords of Misrule, selected Matthew Vollono as the recipient of the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for his story “Samaritan.” […]

The College of Charleston this fall will offer the first, and only, Vietnamese class in North or South Carolina, according to a news release from the college. The course will be held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. Students will learn the Vietnamese language, customs, and culture.   http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jun/09/c-c-offers-vietnamese-language-class/

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Several 80-year-old murals have been found in a theater owned by the College of Charleston. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the murals were found recently in the college’s Sottile (so-TILL-ee) Theater used by the college and for some Spoleto USA Festival performances.   Two of the murals show the seven […]

The College of Charleston’s Living and Learning Communities have collected 80 backpacks filled with supplies for abused and neglected children. The “Backpack Blitz” ended with nearly 300 students collecting supplies or money to present at a celebration on campus. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jun/02/c-of-c-communities-donate-backpacks/