The rain-sodden ground can even worsen the impact of storm surge from a land-falling hurricane, said Scott Harris, College of Charleston geology professor.
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New civil rights marker in Charleston drawing attention
Jon Hale, who teaches history and education at the College of Charleston, urged parents and teachers to “see students as social-change agents” and “recommit ourselves to a quality public education.”
College of Charleston president stepping down
College of Charleston President George Benson will step down next year and go back to teaching business classes at the school. Benson announced his resignation Thursday, but said he plans to stay on as president until the end of June 2014 so the school can conduct a thorough search for his replacement.
C of C President George Benson to step down in 2014
The College of Charleston soon will begin the search for a new president after George Benson announced Friday that he would step down in June 2014. Benson, 67, who has held the college’s top post since 2007, will be leaving several months before the end of his current contract, which runs through Feb. 28, 2015. […]
Building on real estate experience
An improving economy has reignited interest in the commercial real estate marketplace. Arming students with the necessary tools to make a career in real estate, especially real-world experience, is one of the charging orders for Elaine Worzala, director of the Carter Real Estate Center at the College of Charleston School of Business. http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130624/PC05/130629837/1010/building-on-real-estate-experience
Local, state residents weigh in on protests in Turkey
The conflict between protesters and government forces in Turkey has captured the attention of an international audience, including people in the Lowcountry and the rest of South Carolina with close ties to the republic. Ali Demirdas, an international studies professor at the College of Charleston, is concerned for his family. http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130619/PC16/130619249/1177/local-state-residents-weigh-in-on-protests-in-turkey
Boeing’s IT workforce bolsters tech economy across Lowcountry- Charleston Business Journal
Chris Starr, chairman for the Department of Computer Science at the College of Charleston, said the announcement increases the number of 21st Century literate workers here and gives the region an edge as cities across the Southeast compete to be a tech hub. Tech workforces tend to cluster in one place, Starr said, meaning tech […]
How the Robots Lost: High-Frequency Trading’s Rise and Fall- Bloomberg News
Steve Swanson was a typical 21-year-old computer nerd with a very atypical job. It was the summer of 1989, and he’d just earned a math degree from the College of Charleston.
From fringe to mainstream: The rise of the geek
W. Scott Poole, an associate professor of courses such as “Monsters in America” at the College of Charleston, brandishes his geek cred by showcasing movie-monster figurines such as the vampire Nosferatu and classic horror movie posters throughout his office. He attributes society’s newfound favorable view of geek culture not only to “Star Wars” but also […]
Charleston City Portrait- Garden & Gun
Class divisions remain. “One of the interesting things,” says Marvin Dulaney, a historian at the College of Charleston, “is the city has seemed to be in denial about its black history despite its being majority black for much of its history. But it’s beginning to change.” He cites the increasingly diverse college; the historic plantations […]