Riley Center Tourism Project

From Catherine Holmes, Graduate Assistant – Community Assistance Program, Master of Public Administration Candidate Hello, My name is Catherine Holmes, and I am a Graduate Assistant at the College of Charleston, and am currently working on a project for the Joseph P. Riley Center for Livable Communities. I am reaching out to ask if you…

Grant Writing 101

From Rene Mueller Grants are a great way to fund personal research and professional development. While grants do require a lot of time and effort to write and administer, grants provide independence from School and College resources. For those interested in writing grants, I will offer a short 1.5 hour Grant Writing 101 workshop on…

Faculty Panel – Accepted Students Day

From Grace Vail ’18, Admissions Representative Greetings Faculty! The Office of Admissions will be hosting an Open House for prospective students and families on Saturday, February 25th . We are expecting 1300 registered guests for this event and we hope to provide them with the best campus visit experience possible. This special day will feature…

7th Annual German-American Business Summit

Thank you to everyone who supported the 7th annual German-American Business Summit! We had 11 employers represented at the Job & Internship Expo in the Atrium, and over 250 students attended the day’s events. Employers Mercedes-Benz Vans, BLG Logistics, BMW, Bosch, DB Schenker, IFA, KION, Mankiewicz Coatings, P3, Software Projects Consulting, SWJ Technology Summit Speakers…

Maroon Memories: Steve Swanson ’89

From Lancie Affonso Maroon Memories and Mentoring: A special thanks to CofC Board Of Trustee, Steve Swanson ’89 who spoke to our honors entrepreneurship theory and practice students last semester and returned again in January for a student led “Fireside Chat” followed by a First-Gen Maroon Mentoring Lunch with students in Liberty Café. Bio: Steve…

Join The Conversation

From Ron Menchaca, Vice President of Communications I’m writing to ask for your participation in a new strategic initiative intended to highlight the academic expertise of our faculty and to increase national visibility for the College and its programs. In January 2023, the College began a one-year pilot membership with the non-profit news organization The…

Study Abroad in Egypt

From Timothy Johnson, Dean, School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs It is a pleasure to alert you to this exciting opportunity to study at the American University of Cairo. This program is supported by a generous scholarship from the School of Languages, Cultures and World Affairs, and I strongly encourage you to consider it…

TLTCon 2023

From Victor Ruiz, SB Instructional Technologist School of Business, You’ve probably seen our new yard signs (above) around campus. We’re very excited to announce that registration for the 7th Annual Teaching, Learning, and Technology Conference (TLTCon) is now open! Like past conferences, TLTCon 2023 (May 16-17) is FREE and fully online (via Zoom). Please register…

Lia Colabello featured on the Entrepreneur Minute in LowcountrybizSC

In addition to our full-time faculty, our students in the School of Business are fortunate to also learn from industry professionals who serve as adjuncts. Kudos to Lia Colabello who teaches ENTR 406 Social Entrepreneurship and was featured on the Entrepreneur Minute in LowcountrybizSC. Also see Lia’s TEDXCharleston Talk from Nov 15, 2016:

Are you interested in teaching in the DBA?

The DBA Committee is ready to take a step towards curriculum development. To do so, they are hoping to get the names of faculty willing to teach content and/or methods courses in the DBA committee. The goal is to work with those faculty to crystalize the curriculum map and draft the syllabi to be used…

MBA Program hosts BeTheMatch Registry Drive

A big thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s BeTheMatch registry drive! Nearly 50 participants joined the registry with a cheek swab. BeTheMatch is a national registry that helps facilitate identifying matches of possible donors and patients of blood cancers. Those cancers include various types of lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, sickle cell disease, and…

Epicenter of Societal Impact

This week I am at the AACSB Deans Conference and attended the Societal Impact Seminar. I enjoy these events because I learn that our challenges are not unique, but we also have one incredible business school. This week is no exception. At the CofC, we do so much that positively impacts society. I think it…

NCFDD’s Faculty Success Program

Thanks to a recent gift to the College in support of faculty development, the College is sponsoring one faculty member from each school and the libraries to participate in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity’s Faculty Success Program that runs from May 14-August 5, 2023. If interested, check the School of Business Teams…

Invitation to SCBIO 2023 Life Sciences conference session

From Dr. Sebastian van Delden, Dean of the School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering The big SCBIO 2023 Life Sciences Conference is being held right here in Charleston (at the Gaillard Center just down the Street) from Feb 21-23. Student tickets are $30; Faculty $150. You can register for the whole event by going to…

Call for Nominations: 2023 Distinguished SB Faculty Awards

Howard F. Rudd, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Award for Service Leadership This is the official call for nominations for the Howard F. Rudd, Jr. Distinguished Faculty Award for Service Leadership. Please note that this largest award given and is open only to Business school professors that received “exceeds expectations” in all categories of their most recent annual…

Invitation to Participate in AOL Workshops

YOU ARE INVITED! The Dean’s office has worked with our colleagues Marcia Snyder and Gia Quesada to host to workshops to help us hone (and streamline) our skills for Assurance of Learning. Whether a new instructor or a seasoned full professor, we think these workshops will help us all calibrate our expectations regarding assurance of…

New Publication on VR and Consumer Wellbeing in Tourism Management Perspectives

From Jennifer Barhorst, Assistant Professor of Marketing My co-authors and I are delighted to share our newly published article “Examining the influence of virtual reality tourism on consumers’ wellbeing” in Tourism Management Perspectives (A in ABDC, SJR Q1). Inspired to understand more about consumers and their wellbeing during the pandemic, our study sought to understand…

Bank of America Teaching Professorship

From Bob Pitts Colleagues – the BA Teaching Professorship announcement is in the School of Business Team. Key dates February 16 – Nominations must be received. Send nominations to repitts@cofc.edu. March 16 – All material for review must be received by , 2023. May 4 – Honoree will be announced at the final School faculty meeting July 1 – Appointment Begins If nominated the materials…

CofC Sophomore Heads Up Successful Local Honey Business

Check out Holy City Sinner’s feature on William Helfgott (Honors Finance/Spanish)’s local business, River Bluff Honey!

School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards

Be on the look out for an upcoming email calling for nominations for the School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards. In addition to our traditional School of Business Distinguished Faculty Awards , we will also be making the call for nominations for the Bank Of America Teaching Professorship.