Archive | November, 2011

The College of Charleston opened an economic development office to provide academic and business services for Lowcountry companies, the college said. “In the past, the college has often responded in a piecemeal fashion to the requests and needs of the business community,” said college president George Benson in a news release. “With the new office, […]

“That’s a clear positive sign,” said Frank Hefner, an economist with the College of Charleston. “That’s a good indicator of what’s coming down the pipeline.” http://www.thestate.com/2011/11/23/2056525/sc-jobs-rebound.html#ixzz1eXPBPtxt  

Dr. Karen A. Chandler of the College of Charleston, who founded the Initiative with McCray in 2003, reflects on McCray’s contributions. ” What is so cool and so meaningful is how he embodied two entities: a researcher and historian who wanted to preserve jazz history and a great advocate of the music. Jack wanted everybody […]

The College of Charleston has launched an Office of Economic Development and promoted its lobbyist and former Board of Trustees chairman to run it. The office will work with local businesses to promote economic development in the Lowcountry, and with the college’s academic programs to assist them in better preparing students for jobs, school leaders […]

Lee-Chin Siow and Natalia Khoma have quite a few friends in high places. The College of Charleston professors, both esteemed chamber musicians in their own right, have used their professional connections to attract dozens of artists to the Lowcountry to teach and perform at the Charleston Music Fest since 2005. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/chamber-music-bigwigs-line-up-for-the-charleston-music-fest/Content?oid=3644556

The College of Charleston School of Education, Health and Human Performance is now home to The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. The journal has an international readership of more than 14,000. Teacher education professors Margaret C. Hagood and Emily N. Skinner will serve as co-editors of the publication through 2016. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/nov/17/literacy-journal-based-at-c-of-c/    

Von Bakanic, a sociology professor at the College of Charleston, pointed out that the definition of good etiquette is constantly evolving. Today, we have cell phone and email etiquette. The delivery of handwritten thank-you notes is no longer the norm. “There are so many new technological changes that have caused us to need different rules […]

College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner: One idea to the complex question is to eliminate some $3 billion in sales tax exemptions that have been put in place piecemeal since 1951 and lower the state’s sales tax to 2 percent, Hefner said. Exemptions are government’s way of playing favorites, he said. For example, of the […]

We’re often told that young people tend to be the most tech-savvy among us. But just how savvy are they? A group of researchers led by College of Charleston business professor Bing Pan tried to find out. Specifically, Pan wanted to know how skillful young folks are at online search. His team gathered a group of […]

The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, the College of Charleston School of Sciences and Mathematics and the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library offer an object lesson in this fruitful interaction beginning Saturday when they unveil “From the Moon: Mapping & Exploration.” On view in the New Sciences Center Building and the special collections department of […]