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State Ports Authority CEO to Speak at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony
18 April 2014 | 2:31 pm
Jim Newsome will be the commencement speaker during the ceremony on May 7, 2014. Over 150 students will be receiving their degrees during the event....
18 April 2014 | 2:31 pm
Jim Newsome will be the commencement speaker during the ceremony on May 7, 2014. Over 150 students will be receiving their degrees during the event....
Alumna Who Rendered Aid After Boston Marathon Bombings Plans Return
17 April 2014 | 9:00 am
College of Charleston alumna Alicia Moreau Shambo ’89 helped save lives at the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Read why she plans to return to the site of the tragedy this week for the 118th Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014....
17 April 2014 | 9:00 am
College of Charleston alumna Alicia Moreau Shambo ’89 helped save lives at the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Read why she plans to return to the site of the tragedy this week for the 118th Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014....
10 Dos and Don’ts from Student Entrepreneurs on Pitching Ideas ‘Shark Tank’ Style
17 April 2014 | 8:30 am
Four student entrepreneurs offer tips based on their Shark Tank-style presentations at DIG SOUTH, an interactive festival in Charleston...
17 April 2014 | 8:30 am
Four student entrepreneurs offer tips based on their Shark Tank-style presentations at DIG SOUTH, an interactive festival in Charleston...
Apr 18, 2014 - 6:30 pm
Evening Lecture: The Souls of Black Comix, John Jennings, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium, 6:30 pm. In the last decade, a...
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Apr 19, 2014 - 10:00 am
10-2pm Cheerleading tryouts
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Apr 19, 2014 - 11:00 am
Join us for our final event in the 2014 Spring Into Action series as we volunteer with Lowcountry Local First farm tours! LCLF advocates the benefits of a local living economy by strengthening...
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Apr 21, 2014 - 11:00 am
President Benson will join members of the Executive Team to provide brief updates on the College and to answer questions from faculty and staff.
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Why Do People See Faces in the Moon?
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:16 pm
“When you first look at the moon, you pretty much see light areas and dark areas, and some are more gray than others,” said planetary geologist Cassandra Runyon of the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. “The lighter areas are the mountains, often referred to as the highlands. The dark areas are volcanic—the mare, which […]...
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:16 pm
“When you first look at the moon, you pretty much see light areas and dark areas, and some are more gray than others,” said planetary geologist Cassandra Runyon of the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. “The lighter areas are the mountains, often referred to as the highlands. The dark areas are volcanic—the mare, which […]...
Seeing Charleston, S.C., in a new light
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:15 pm
“It has the largest concentrated Confederate burial ground in the area, but I don’t consider it a Confederate cemetery because 33,000 people are buried here over 160-plus years,” Beverly Donald, Magnolia Cemetery’s superintendent, said in an interview with Patrick Harwood, a communication professor at the College of Charleston. (Harwood posted the interview on his CofCMultimediareporting […]...
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:15 pm
“It has the largest concentrated Confederate burial ground in the area, but I don’t consider it a Confederate cemetery because 33,000 people are buried here over 160-plus years,” Beverly Donald, Magnolia Cemetery’s superintendent, said in an interview with Patrick Harwood, a communication professor at the College of Charleston. (Harwood posted the interview on his CofCMultimediareporting […]...
‘Blood moon’ launches odd sequence of eclipses, dire warning
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:14 pm
“Eclipses are just like clockwork,” College of Charleston Astronomer Terry Richardson noted. Even the planetary alignment “is just a matter of cycles. The planetary cycle just happens to be occurring in line with the eclipse cycle, he said....
Posted on 14 April 2014 | 12:14 pm
“Eclipses are just like clockwork,” College of Charleston Astronomer Terry Richardson noted. Even the planetary alignment “is just a matter of cycles. The planetary cycle just happens to be occurring in line with the eclipse cycle, he said....
