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College of Charleston English Professor Julia Eichelberger got more than she bargained for – way more – in publishing Tell About Night Flowers, Eudora Welty’s letters on gardening. For starters, Eichelberger vastly underestimated how prolific a letter writer Welty was. Then, Eichelberger discovered how much Welty’s letters about gardening revealed about her friendships and her art. And, ultimately, Eichelberger was represented by the same literary agents that represented Welty – Russell & Volkening. Read More »

When College of Charleston student and soon-to-be alumna Ciera Jones strides across the Cistern on May 11, 2013 and accepts her diploma, it won’t be for chemistry – her original intended major. Instead Jones will receive a degree in psychology, following a passion she found while at the College. She is on a mission to end sex slavery and trafficking in Cambodia. Read More »

The College of Charleston Class of 2013 will include the first graduates of three programs: both the B.A. and B.S. in public health and the B.S. in exercise science. All three programs have been incredibly popular and have grown more quickly than anticipated. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10-year job projections anticipate a 23.8% growth in health-related job openings. Read More »

College of Charleston English professor Michael T. Owens will bring his writing to life when he accompanies veterans on a trip to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. Owens is writing a book focused on a local WWII veteran, who is one of the more than 30 veterans who will fly to Washington on May 4, 2013, courtesy of Honor Flight Lowcountry, an organization that provides veterans an all-expense paid trip to the nation’s capital to visit memorials built in their honor. Read More »

Fuller Theological Seminary/Thrive Center in concert with the Templeton Foundation has awarded $245,000 to a College of Charleston led, interdisciplinary team who will research “Humility, Conviction, and Disagreement in Morality.” The Templeton Foundation is interested in projects that relate to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality – in this case, the study of humility. Read More »

College of Charleston Political Science Professor Kevin Keenan, an expert on urban terrorism in the United States, has spent the past several years researching Boston’s vulnerability to a terrorist attack. Now, days after bombs went off at the Boston Marathon (April 15, 2013), Keenan’s research will be available to the public in the journal Urban Geography. Read More »

On April 11, 2013 College of Charleston psychology graduate Laura Conn returns to campus – with a canine student. She won’t be taking notes, but will share how a course at the College inspired her to work with prisoners through the non-profit Canines For Service. Accompanying her will be a prisoner-trained service dog, which performs essential daily assistance tasks for veterans wounded in service.

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Jennifer Baker, an associate professor of philosophy at the College of Charleston, is one of fourteen presenters recently announced for TEDxCharleston. Though Baker’s specific presentation title hasn’t been announced, her core area of interest and study is applying ancient ethical standard to modern day life. TEDxCharleston will be held at PURE Theater in downtown Charleston on May 15, 2013 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.  Read More »

The College of Charleston political science department will host a panel discussion on the current U.S. Supreme Court session entitled “ Justice for the Justices?: The Supreme Court Rules” on April 3, 2013. The panel discussion will be held in the Wells Fargo Auditorium starting at 7 p.m. Read More »

More than 25 College of Charleston students will present their research as part of the third annual William V. Moore Student Research Conference on March 29, 2013. The student researchers are divided into six panels focusing on the following topics: American Politics and Processes, Global Politics and Spaces, and the Politics of Ideas; with papers on topics from the Tea Party to Chinese politics in Tibet; from the port of Charleston to children’s environmental literature; from campaign finance to human trafficking. All panels will be moderated by political science faculty. Watch a video from the 2011 conference.

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