News & Events

The College of Charleston’s Natural History Museum is now open to the public without an appointment. Visitors can enjoy the exhibits six days a week from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (museum is closed on Wednesdays). The Museum is located on the second floor of the new School of Sciences and Mathematics Building (202 Calhoun Street). Read More »

Nationally prominent communication professionals will host an interactive crisis communication forum on Thursday, October 7, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in the Theodore S. Stern Student Center Ballroom on the College of Charleston campus. The event is free and open to the public. Read More »

The College of Charleston Libraries are now in the palm of your hand with CougarCat, the library’s new mobile catalog. Offering access to more than half a million books, journals, video recordings, maps, musical scores, manuscript collections, and more, this mobile version of the website and catalog can be used on any browser-enabled phone or mobile device. College of Charleston is one of the first institutions to make this technology available. Read More »

The following op/ed is from College of Charleston President P.George Benson: Read More »

The College of Charleston is hosting South Atlantic Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers fall 2010 meeting on October 22 and 23, 2010. Faculty from universities, K-12 science teachers and students will give poster presentations, plenary presentations and attend workshops. Those events are all free and open to the public. The event is presented by the College of Charleston’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Read More »

The College of Charleston welcomes hundreds for Family Weekend from October 1st through 3rd. Families will attend a variety of events showcasing everything from campus life and academics to our historic and modern buildings, as well as life in the City of Charleston. Read More »

The College of Charleston School of the Arts will present an exclusive 20th anniversary gala “To Broadway and Back – A Party for the Arts.” Read More »

The School of Business is teaming up with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program to bring the nationally admired economist and writer, Virginia Postrel, to speak at the College of Charleston on October 6, 2010. Read More »

Summer is hardly a vacation for College of Charleston students and faculty. Many take advantage of the time to do research and experience opportunities only available at the College or in historic Charleston, S.C. This summer hundreds of students completed internships for credit – they worked in New York City at Forbes Magazine, Showtime Network and Merill Lynch, for Hilton in Beijing, Army Wives and Blackbaud in Charleston and Grumman Northrop in Washington D.C. Just to name a few. More than 30 students received SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty) grants to conduct research from Iran to Charleston. Read More »