Archive | October, 2011

College of Charleston alumnus Sean Hughes is one of four Americans who will join sustainability experts from around the world in Australia as part of the 2011 Climate Change Professional Fellows Program. Participants from Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan and the United States will explore the science, impact, adaptation and mitigation actions related to climate change […]

The College of Charleston’s board has extended President George Benson’s contract for three more years. The board last winter voted to give Benson the contract extension, but it didn’t complete legal negotiations until earlier this week. Benson signed the new contract Tuesday. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/oct/28/c-of-cs-benson-gets-3-more-years/    

Gov. Nikki Haley told College of Charleston students Thursday that she has no problems with cruise ships arriving in the port city recently recognized as the nation’s top place to visit. Asked her position on the lawsuit filed against a cruise ship line that calls on Charleston, Haley said, “We are now standing in the […]

On Friday, the Pre-Law program at the College of Charleston presented a lecture on the case concerning the Boeing’s decision to build a facility in North Charleston. “It’s been very controversial locally, and we just wanted to explain to students and to faculty what the case is about, and to get them to discuss it,” […]

GOP presidential hopeful and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman will participate in College of Charleston’s Bully Pulpit series at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Randolph Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Huntman’s visit will come just two days after former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer is set to participate in the same series. […]

College of Charleston President P. George Benson has been awarded the 2011 Milliken Medal of Quality from the S.C. Quality Forum. The award, named for the late Spartanburg businessman Roger Milliken, honors those who demonstrate leadership, innovation and outstanding achievement. “Roger Milliken was a giant in business and a pioneer in American manufacturing,” said Benson, […]

“The public’s perception of foreign policy waxes and wanes over time,” said Jordan Ragusa, political science professor at the College of Charleston. There is such a thing as a foreign policy election, Ragusa said. “Foreign policy was the key issue in 2004,” Ragusa said. “I don’t know of George Bush wins re-election if not for […]

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer is bringing his campaign for the presidency to South Carolina. Roemer is scheduled to speak Monday at a town hall campaign event at the College of Charleston. He’s expected to hold a meet-and-greet with students, faculty and staff afterward. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/44de6a84c65643fd98e408d4f8e2b890/SC–Roemer-2012/    

A tenured professor of American history at the College of Charleston, Poole has been a fan of monsters for as long as he can remember. “I’m kind of a lifelong horror nerd, so in a way this is an outgrowth of spending my childhood watching shock theater and my teenage years watching Freddy Krueger and […]

Sean Kennard knew he wanted to be a professional pianist when he was 10 years old. “A few months after I took my first lesson, my teacher recommended we buy a Steinway,” Kennard says. A Steinway — not a Yamaha or a Kawai, but the holiest of holies in the piano world. This teacher knew […]