January 13
Tuesday

MES Orientation 
Institute Conference Room, 284 King St.

1:00 p.m.

This orientation gives incoming MES Students a chance to meet their fellow first-year students. Additional information is provided about the MES Program, and students will have a chance to ask any questions they may have.

  January 29
  Thursday

  USES Town Meeting 
  Physicians Auditorium

  6:30 p.m.

Smarth Growth and Water Quality: Informational Town Meetings in the Lowcountry.

The USES (Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems) project, in conjunction with the League of Women Voters, is sponsoring this town meeting in Charleston to facilitate a dialogue between Federal, State, and Locally elected officials, USES researchers and the public.

In order to convey the importance of estuaries to coastal community members, this meeting will focus on: what estuaries are; how estuaries are affected by urban development; what citizens can do to minimize damage to estuaries. Invited to each town meeting are the appropriate district and state legislators, citizens living within close proximity to watersheds and/or coastal waters, and USES scientists to answer questions.

January 30
Friday

MES Retreat Day
Charleston County Library - Calhoun Street
Auditorium Room

   Starting at 9:30 a.m

The MES Program will hold several events on Friday, January 30th, at the Charleston County Library ...

Chemical Spills and Releases:
Are Communities Prepared?

  
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Attend this workshop presented by Isabelle Tapley, Esq. and learn about Emergency Preparedness and Community Right-to-Know.

You will understand how the emergency preparedness process for responses to chemical spills and releases works, and you will have a historical perspective of numerous regulatory requirements for spill reporting as well as newer requirements for spill prevention.

  Lunch Provided

   11:45 p.m.

MES Faculty Meeting

  12:00  - 1:30 p.m.

This will be a full (adjunct and College of Charleston) Master of Environmental Studies (MES) faculty and administration meeting. The meeting will include a current student panel on recruitment and program satisfaction; all attending MES faculty will have the opportunity to pose questions for the panel's discussion.

For those not currently part of the MES faculty who would like to be (or are considering this), you are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting. If there are any questions about this meeting, please feel free to contact Dr. Angela Halfacre.

 February 13
 Friday

Federal Register Workshop
Institute Conference Room, 284 King St.

  
  10:00 a.m.

February 21
Saturday

MESSA 8K for H2O 
Folly Beach

                 
  9:00 a.m.

This is the Second Annual Master of Environmental Studies Student Association (MESSA) 8K Run/Walk to preserve and improve water quality in the Charleston area. All proceeds from this race will be donated to the Lowcountry Earth Force and their Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) program. This program provides elementary through high school-aged youth with the skills, knowledge, and resources to preserve and improve the quality of rivers, creeks, and streams that flow into the Charleston Harbor and ocean.

Visit the 8K for H2O Website for more information and registration details.

February 27
Friday

Career Panel
Education Center, Room 118

  1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

What can you do with a degree in Environmental Studies? People currently working in a variety of environmental careers will speak about what they do and answer questions about what you can do, too. This year's scheduled panelists include:

• Robert Boyles, Jr.: SC Department of Natural Resources
  Rick DeVoe: SC Sea Grant Consortium
  Melissa Ladd: SC Coastal Conservation League
  Nina Marshtein: General Engineering Labs
  Christopher Morgan: City of Charleston - Department of Planning and Neighborhoods
  Marian Mitchell Page: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control

Sponsored by the Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Graduate Program and the Environmental Studies Undergraduate Minor

May 15
Saturday

Graduation

2:30 p.m.