College News

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 »

A record number of graduates walked across the stage of the TD Arena today as the Graduate School of the College of Charleston held the spring commencement ceremony. View photos. Read More »

The Graduate School of the College of Charleston will celebrate the graduation of its largest class ever. A total of 160 students will graduate on May 11, 2012, an increase of 30-percent from 2011 when 113 students walked across the stage. Read More »

The College of Charleston undergraduate commencement ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in this historic Cistern Yard. A record breaking 160 students will graduate from The Graduate School of the College of Charleston on May 11, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the TD Arena.

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A rare book returns to the College of Charleston today, after being uncovered in the vaults of the Charleston Library Society. A Dissertation upon Parties by Henry St. John Bolingbroke is one of the missing volumes from the original Mackenzie collection that was donated to the College in 1771. The College of Charleston Friends of the Library are in the process of rebuilding the entire 800-book collection in an effort known as the Mackenzie Library Project. Read More »

The College of Charleston Friends of the School of the Arts and Friends of the Library will present a sneak preview of the Spoleto Festival USA and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This hour-long event will be presented by music professors Edward Hart and Robert Taylor, theatre professor Todd McNerney, and director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Mark Sloan. The lecture will highlight various, must-see arts events, as well as give a brief history of both Festivals. The presentation will take place on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 6 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip Street. Admission is free. Read More »

The College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture will present an exhibit “Remembering ‘Her’ Time- The Art of Bernice Mitchell Tate”.  The exhibit opens on May 17, 2012 and will run until August 17, 2012. Read More »