College News

More than 80% of the College of Charleston’s second graduating class of McNair Scholars will be enrolling in master’s and post-doctorate programs across the country. This meets the goal of the program, which is to increase the number of students from underrepresented segments of society who will ultimately earn a Ph.D. degree, and adding to the diversity of high education faculty. Read More »

The following is the meeting agenda for the College of Charleston BOT Budget and Finance Meeting.  The meeting will be held on May 23, 2012 starting at 10:00 a.m. in the Randolph Hall Board Room. Read More »

College of Charleston senior Marty Gantt was named Southern Conference Player of the Year and junior Christian Powell earned Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year as voted on by the league’s coaches. Read More »

More than 30 teams of College of Charleston students and faculty mentors are conducting research this summer as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty (SURF) grant program. Teams are investigating everything from insect flight muscles to farming as a religious experience to contamination effects on water and soil. Read More »

Nearly 50 AP chemistry and biology students from Academic Magnet High School will come to the College of Charleston for the day on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 to perform experiments that will build on the material they have learned throughout the year. Read More »

College of Charleston Associate Professor Scott Poole’s 2011 book Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting was just named “The Best of the Best from University Presses: Books You Should Know About.” It is one of 14 books identified by the Association of American University Presses and will be featured at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference. Additionally, it will be included in the upcoming University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 22nd Edition. Read More »

More than 100 Haut Gap Middle School eighth graders will spend three days and two nights at the College of Charleston from May 22 through 24, 2012. For many, this will be their first time on a college campus, and the goal is to make sure it is not their last. Read More »

The College of Charleston offers nearly 100 courses during the three-week Maymester session. Maymester began May 14 and ends with final exams on May 30, 2012. This year, the College is offering 30 online courses in dozens of different disciplines from French to communication and hospitality and tourism management. Maymester courses offer students an opportunity to experience topics and field schools that are not offered during the fall and spring semesters and include non-traditional topics. Read More »

More than 100 College of Charleston students have been accepted to medical, dental, veterinary, pharmacy and nursing schools for fall 2012. A total of 41 students have been offered positions at the following medical schools: Medical University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Drexel University, Harvard University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Boston University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, University of California Davis, University of Connecticut, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Marshall University, Mercer University, New York Medical College, State University of New York, Georgia Health Sciences University, Tulane,University of Pittsburgh, University of Kentucky, University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Stanford University and Mayo Clinic. Read More »

Attorney Arlinda Locklear encourged the 2012 graduating class at the College of Charleston to consider a life dedicated to public service. View photos. Read More »