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Moving Month for the Department of Communication
The College of Charleston’s Department of Communication has two new buildings to call home. The department’s administrative offices and almost all departmental faculty are moving during May to two historic buildings—7 College Way and 9 College Way—near the center of the College’s campus. The Department of Communication will be closed from May 12-16, 2008, during the move. The main departmental office will reopen on May 19 on the ground floor at 9 College Way. All Maymester and May Evening courses will be taught as scheduled. “These buildings have been beautifully renovated in a way that respects their historic significance,” said Brian McGee, chair of the Department of Communication. “The buildings are an ideal combination of nineteenth-century charm and twenty-first-century function,” McGee said. “Communication students will have the cutting-edge technology resources they need while working with faculty and staff in a distinctive Charleston setting.” Until now, the Department of Communication faculty and staff had been located in seven different buildings on campus. After the move, the great majority of departmental personnel will be found in one area of campus. In addition to Department of Communication offices, the buildings include a new digital media laboratory and conference rooms for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program will be housed on the ground floor of 7 College Way. 7 College Way and 9 College Way were built between 1828 and 1835. 7 College Way was designed originally for use by the Bolles Female Academy, a finishing school for young women. The larger building at 9 College Way was used as a home and, later, was the site of a well-known bookstore. Both buildings were acquired by the College of Charleston in the 1970s. For many years these buildings were the home of the School of Education, which recently was moved to a new facility on Wentworth Street. With one of the largest undergraduate majors at the College of Charleston, the Department of Communication enrolls over 800 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs. Students in the department study such topics as political communication, interpersonal communication, journalism, and public relations. The Department of Communication is housed in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. |
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9 College Way during renovation |
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| Department of Communication (contact information) Voice (843) 953-7017 / Fax (843) 953-7037. The Department of Communication is housed in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Copyright 2007© College of Charleston. All Rights Reserved. |
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