Heading into the last weekend of campaigning before a runoff election, GOP gubernatorial candidate held a rally at the College of Charleston on Friday. Haley appeared with former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford and Attorney General Henry McMaster, who was also a candidate before losing in the June 8th […]
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Haley campaigns with big GOP names- AP
About 100 people turned out at the College of Charleston as Haley appeared with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann, popular former first lady Jenny Sanford and primary opponent Henry McMaster, who this week endorsed Haley. One of the tricky things in a runoff is trying to determine where votes for the […]
CofC to play host to Haley, Sanford, Romney event- WCSC
The College of Charleston Friday is opening its doors to political discourse again when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former SC first lady Jenny Sanford will join GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley on the school’s campus. http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665840
Reflections on family, festivals and farewells- Charleston Post and Courier
One of the jazziest things I’ve seen in a while is an exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, “Call and Response: Africa to America/The Art of Nick Cave and Phyllis Galembo.” In partnership with the Spoleto Festival, curator Mark Sloan has mounted an eye-popping spectacle that goes to […]
Local energy experts give Obama high marks- Charleston Post and Courier
Mitchell Colgan, chairman of the Geology Department at the College of Charleston, said the president was right to change leadership at the Minerals Management Services, which oversees the oil industry’s drilling efforts. For far too long, Colgan said, the MMS has been “too cozy” with the industry. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/16/local-energy-experts-give-obama-high-marks/
Weddings- Washington Post
It was one of those nights that seemed somehow electrified. Even when she talks about it now, almost a decade later, Angele Douglas’s face is overtaken by a faraway smile and her sentences become punctuated with contented sighs. In January 2001, the second semester of her freshman year at the College of Charleston, Douglas got […]
Caribbean culture- Charleston Post and Courier
The College of Charleston marks Caribbean-American Heritage Month with a program called “Synagogues and Solidarity: Jewish Connections Between the Caribbean and South Carolina,” the first event in Charleston Carifest. The symposium will be held 6-9 p.m.Thursday at the college’s Jewish Studies Center, 96 Wentworth St. The event is free and open to the public. The […]
Teachers from Southeast learn computing in SC- Associated Press
Teachers from across the Southeast are in South Carolina to learn about creative computing. About 40 high school teachers begin a three-day course Sunday at the College of Charleston. The program in the college’s computer science department is supported by Google and provides teachers with relevant and fun ways to introduce students to computer science. […]
House Race Pits Black Republican Against Son of Strom Thurmond- Bloomberg
The district, which stretches along South Carolina’s coast, “is a Republican seat,” said Brian McGee, a professor with an expertise in political communication at the College of Charleston. No Democrat has held the seat since 1981. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-12/house-race-pits-black-republican-against-son-of-strom-thurmond.html
Let it rain — on cistern- Charleston Post and Courier
When it rains, the College of Charleston hopes it pours — right into its new cistern. The college unveiled an 1,100-gallon rainwater collection system Friday. David Joyner, of the Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium, said the system is in part a throwback to the cistern that once occupied the school’s main yard. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/12/let-it-rain-on-cistern/