College of Charleston News Stories
November 2006
November
30, 2006
Four local executives added to C of C board
The College of Charleston's School of Business and Economics said
it has added four local executives to its board of governors.
Marc Chardon is president and chief executive officer of software
maker Blackbaud Inc.; Scott Cracraft is a vice president of wealth management
at Smith Barney; Leonard "Len" L. Hutchison III is area president of
Wachovia's general bank; and David "Buddy" Morgan is president and
CEO of television syndicator Litton Entertainment.
November
30, 2006
Drinking in the art
Dr. Trevor Weston, a professor of music at the College of
Charleston, had some interesting things to say regarding the subject.
"I do think less people will attend if there is no
alcohol," says Weston. "I think people look forward to ALL of the
aspects of the art walks."
Weston feels there are positive things about having wine
available.
"For example, a glass of wine can put people in a more
relaxed mood," he says, "creating an environment where it's easier to
meet other professionals with similar interests. Not to get drunk.
November
30, 2006
Final exam headaches? No, it's just that awful pile driver
Final exam week is tough enough without the constant metallic
clang of a pile driver radiating for blocks from one of the busiest corners on
campus, say members of the Student Government Association of the College of
Charleston.
The group voted unanimously Tuesday to circulate a petition to
halt construction on a new arts center at the corner of St. Philip and Calhoun
streets during final exam week Dec. 6-13
November
29, 2006
Stars
The winter sky also contains favorites such as the Pleiades,
Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Taurus, Gemini, the Big Dog and the Little Dog, the Big
Bear and the Little Bear and the Big Dipper. Plus Jupiter and Saturn.
See for yourself Friday, 8:30-9:30 p.m. on top of the Rita Liddy
Hollings Science Center (corner of Coming and George streets) at the College of
Charleston.
The C of C Observatory and its telescopes will be open to the
public.
http://www.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/GMLc.aspx
November
28, 2006
Back on the Court, Cremins Has a New Bounce
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A walk on the beach, a dip in the ocean,
a swim in the pool, a round of golf. Bobby Cremins had surely found the
Lowcountry easy life in Hilton Head, S.C., after walking away from the
high-pressure coaching grind at Georgia Tech in 2000.
But maybe it was a little too easy.
ÒMy body kind of changed on me,Ó Cremins said recently, Òand my
body told me that what I was doing I couldnÕt do for the next 20 years if I was
going to live another 20, 25 years.Ó
So Cremins has made it hard on himself again. Six and a half years
after leaving the Yellow Jackets, a program he coached to national prominence
with players like Mark Price, Kenny Anderson and Stephon Marbury, Cremins finds
himself back on the basketball court.
In a twist, Cremins, 59, emerged last July as the new coach of the
Division I College of Charleston program. [The team is 3-2 with a matchup
against powerful Kentucky on Tuesday.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/sports/ncaabasketball/28cremins.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
November
27, 2006
C of C president found new game plan in golf
When George Benson hopped aboard the private airplane bound for a
round of golf on Kiawah Island one morning last June, he had no idea he was
taking the first step toward becoming the next president of the College of
Charleston.
November
27, 2006
Sticky Fingers partners with private equity firm
John E. Clarkin, director of the College of CharlestonÕs Tate
Center for Entrepreneurship, said such a diversity of strategies is typical for
a large equity firm.
ÒRemember, companies that are being invested in are dynamic
assets, and once it gets involved, the goal of the investment firm is to
position that asset to realize the best return on investment,Ó Clarkin said.
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/12_25/news/8155-1.html
November
27, 2006
The Lowcountry Graduate Center turns five
The next stop on my tour was the celebration of the fifth
anniversary of the Lowcountry Graduate Center, an innovative South Carolina
success story in higher education. The LGC was created to ensure that high-tech
knowledge workers in our region could further their education without leaving
the area. This great collaborative effort draws on the academic resources of
the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, The Citadel,
USC and Clemson.
There were many hands at work building the LGC, starting with the
efforts of two of the regionÕs most venerable political warhorses: Harry
Hallman and Arthur Ravenel Jr. They were able to garner the support needed to
get things started, and many other players came on the field after they fired
the starting gun. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is LGC executive director Rew
ÒSkipÓ Godow, who took the helm and stayed there through the early and sometime
difficult startup period. Skip probably earned a few purple hearts along the
way, but itÕs great to see how far the program has come in five years.
http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/current/12_25/editorial/8158-1.html
November
26, 2006
Site keeps state up to date
College of Charleston junior Sam Spence uses South Carolina
Legislature Online to look up state law for his job writing mock legislation.
The Web site was easier to navigate than Spence expected, and he
said it's a great way for South Carolinians to stay involved in the political
process. Residents can use the site to find contact information for their
legislators, get live audio and video while lawmakers are in session and search
bills and laws by topic with actions updated in real time.
November
26, 2006
Pressure on to tip
"It is a natural way we show our appreciation," said
John Crotts, a hospitality professor at the College of Charleston. "But
you can get kind of inundated. You don't know who you should tip and how much
you should tip."
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/16100876.htm
November
26, 2006
Earthquake... Could catastrophe strike again in the
Lowcountry?
In January, 75 Lowcountry emergency responders will take part in a
real-time, site-specific drill of a mock earthquake in Charleston at the
federal Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Md. The College of
Charleston is working with county, state and federal emergency officials on a
block-by-block computer model of the disaster to determine where the worst damage
would be, how it can be mitigated and how to provide relief.
November
26, 2006
More South Carolina students are studying abroad, study
says
The number of South Carolina students studying abroad soared in
the 2004-05 academic year, according to a new report.
The Institute for International Education reported 2,493 S.C.
students studied abroad that year, an increase of 34 percent from a year
earlier.
Nationally, the institute said the number of Americans studying
abroad rose 7.7 percent from a year earlier, and had doubled over the past
decade.
Among institutions awarding masterÕs degrees, the College of
Charleston ranked No. 10 nationally for students studying abroad, with 502.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/education/16097771.htm
November
23, 2006
Must-haves fuel competitive spirit
Robin Bowers, an associate professor of psychology at College of
Charleston, said the answer is we live in a highly competitive
society. People simply must have the latest model of everything, particularly
if it is perceived to be in scarce supply, he said.
November
22, 2006
DON'T YOU WANT ME, BABY? | The Golden Ratio
As anyone who has ever known me will agree, I have spent much of
my life gawking at, wondering about, and drooling over women. Don't
misunderstand me, as a College of Charleston graduate, occasional CofC teacher,
vague CofC supporter, and a man who has spent countless hours at the corner of
St. Philip and Calhoun streets counting coeds, I am sure there is a slight
majority of women at the college.
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A20338
November
21, 2006
Colleagues and Couples
There are too many examples of married principals, teachers,
guidance counselors, district officials and professors working in the
Lowcountry to list in this section.
Von Bakanic, an associate sociology professor at the College of
Charleston, said that's no surprise. Work environments are one of the most
likely places for people to meet their mates, she said. It's common for married
couples to have careers in the same field because they often first meet each
other as co-workers.
November
21, 2006
College students dismiss draft idea
Kyle Massenburg, a senior at the College of Charleston, agrees
that a disproportionate number of low-income and minority students enter the
military. He saw many of his high school peers do so because they wanted to pay
for school or needed a job.
ÒItÕs a tough dilemma,Ó says Massenburg, whoÕs 21 and a corporate
communications major.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Draft-Youth.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
November
20, 2006
A Look Back At The Greatest Recovery From A Natural
Disaster Ever--Charleston, 1886
If you can recover from something, how bad could it have really
been,Ó rhetorically asked Dr. Norm Lavine, professor of Geology at College of
Charleston.
It was bad enough to damage or destroy every single building in
the city; bad enough to render two-thirds of the population homeless in less
than one minute; but not bad enough destroy the will of that population to
recover.
http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/1106/375632.html
November
19, 2006
San Diego, CA
Paris,
France
New
Orleans. LA
Japanese artists create transitory works on nature
The artists were in the Carolinas for just six weeks, visitors
from Japan called to America to create. What they left behind will be just as
fleeting, works of art that by design will soon disappear.
Labyrinths made from salt. Scorch marks in the earth. Homes made
from compost.
"We were very much interested in looking at, instead of the
ripples that come from something like that ... where the stone was thrown into
the pond," said Mark Sloan, director of the Halsey Institute of
Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
http://www.canadaeast.com/cp/entertainment/article2.php?articleID=69387
November
19, 2006
A Day Of Giving
Charleston, SC - It was a day of giving at the College of
Charleston. The ladies of
Tri-Delta Sorority held their annual "Saddle Up for the Kids"
fundraiser...an event benefiting St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
From all the music you'd think it was just another college
party. But you couldn't be more
wrong.
"The national philanthropy for Tri-Delt is St. Jude
Children's Hospital. It's just an amazing
cause. St. Jude has done a lot for
cancer research and we all really believe in supporting them," says Kelly
Gribbin, a sorority member.
http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/1106/375444.html
November
18, 2006
Developer pledges $1.5M for C of C real estate center
Atlanta real estate developer Ben Carter said he's often
disappointed by the lack of basic business skills summer interns at his firm
possess. So he decided to help establish a center where students can develop
the skills they need for entry-level jobs in the field.
Carter, his wife, Tricia, and his mother, Jane Middleton Carter,
have pledged $1.5 million to establish a real estate education center at the
College of Charleston.
November
18, 2006
Developer pledges $1 million to college
CHARLESTON — The College of CharlestonÕs School of Business
and Economics has received a $1 million pledge from Atlanta real estate
developer Ben Carter, his wife, Tricia, and his mother, Jane Middleton Carter,
to establish the Carter Center in Real Estate.
Along with the $1 million gift, the Carters also pledged to give
the school an additional $500,000 if the school can match that amount with
other gifts.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/16040584.htm
November
16, 2006
C of C stages fine production
The College of Charleston Department of Theatre opened a
delightful production of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" on
Wednesday night. I approached the performance with some trepidation, as I
consider Shaw's plays difficult to perform, particularly by a student company.
I needn't have worried - the cast played up nobly.
November
16, 2006
Something old, something new at jazz series this week
Music fans will have an opportunity to experience very traditional
as well as totally non-traditional forms of jazz tonight and Monday night.
The College of Charleston's School of the Arts Jazz Series will
present a concert by the Tommy Gill Jazz Ensemble, featuring Tommy Gill on
piano, Steven Sandifer on drums and Jeremy Wolf on bass, at 8 p.m. tonight in
the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St.
November
15, 2006
YWCA honors 20 women
The 20 women honored Tuesday by the YWCA of Greater Charleston are
accomplished in their professions and excel in equally important roles as
mothers, wives, mentors and advocates.
In their daily jobs they work in education, social services,
retail, medicine and publishing. They "make things happen," Charlotte
Beers said.
YWCA Board of Directors member Dorothy Harrison presented plaques
to the honorees:
--Valerie Morris, dean of the School of Arts at the College of
Charleston.
November
15, 2006
Artists and Works of 'Force of Nature'
Descriptions of the work by 10 Japanese artists who participated
in ''Force of Nature.'' The installations are on display at five galleries in
North Carolina and South Carolina.
^Halsey Institute, Charleston, S.C., closes Dec. 8:
November
15, 2006
Sanford victory far short of mandate
"His message of less government resonates in states like
South Carolina," said College of Charleston political scientist Bill
Moore.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/16015568.htm
November
15, 2006
Project Oceania students take plunge into research
Evidence of an ancient shore–line. A
cozy nook for a deep- sea creature. An ancient river swal–lowed up by a
suddenly rising sea.
During the three- day Tran–sects Program cruise, College of
Charleston students discov–ered all these and more as they mapped part of
the mid- conti–nental shelf off the Charleston shoreline.
From Thursday to Saturday, students turned into deckhands aboard the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationÕs ship, the Nancy Foster.
Transects is part of Project Oceania, a program run by the geology
department at the Col–lege of Charleston. The course allows
undergraduates to con–duct research during a scien–tific cruise,
collecting data on water characteristics, sediment samples and sonar images of
the sea floor.
Students worked with state- of–the- art multi- beam sonar, which
was released in March.
Ò Seafloor mapping is now be–coming a regular item on many
cruises, but thereÕs not enough people trained in the technol–ogy,Ó said
Leslie Sautter, who heads the program. Ò ItÕs just so new.Ó
November
15, 2006
The Baxter Factor
"Quentin is my guru," boasts young college student and
drummer Ian Springer, from local electric jazz/funk quartet Metropolis. It's a
phrase oft-repeated among student drummers and budding amateurs.
"I don't know anybody better around here," Springer
says. "He's the drummer to be taking lessons from. College of Charleston's
music program is really awesome. It's a pretty contained core of people who all
know each other and are able to call each other up. Everyone wants to become as
good as they can and everyone is friends."
Springer is one of many up-and-coming musicians in Charleston who
not only cites drummer and music teacher Quentin Baxter as a mentor, but
praises him as a vital character in the local jazz community.
During a recent Metropolis set at the Mt. Pleasant Kickin'
Chicken, the young drummer worked in some tricky rhythmic patterns and pulled
off a few wildly dynamic snare drum rolls and cymbal accents, sounding, well,
very "Baxter-esque."
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A20121
November
14, 2006