Charleston, SC March 21, 2013- During the month of April, the Friends of the Library will be holding a Membership Drive at all 16 branches. The branches will be competing to see who can acquire the most memberships, April 1-30. The winning group will receive a special reward for each of their employees and bragging rights of winning the competition in 2013. Membership forms will be available in each branch. ...

Sociology Graduate Lives on Charleston's Eastside and Works to Improve Community Charleston, SC March 18, 2013 - “Not in my backyard” is not in College of Charleston alumna Samantha Sammis’ vocabulary. The 2011 graduate’s backyard is Charleston’s urban Eastside neighborhood where she lives and works, applying the principles of asset-based community development to identify and engage her neighbors and streng ...

Tickets are Available Online, In-person and Over the Phone March; Order Your Tickets Early This Year and Receive FREE Tickets as a Thank You CHARLESTON, S.C. – It’s that time of year again as single game tickets for the 2013 Charleston RiverDogs regular season will go on sale to the public. This year as a thank you to fans for purchasing tickets early, folks will be rewarded with FREE RiverDogs tickets. For ...

Playing March 8 - March 24 Charleston, SC Feb. 19, 2013 - No, this isn't a play about Charleston's Boeing plant. Instead, South Carolina's Largest Professional Theatre Company in Residence continues its 35-anniversary season with a trip back in time to Paris during the swinging 60s. There we meet bachelor Bernard, a man living the dream juggling three gorgeous stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing ...

Charleston, SC Feb. 14, 2013 - Beginning in fall 2013, students at the College of Charleston will be able to major in archaeology. For the past eight years, students could choose an archaeology minor—the only program in the state. Now, the archaeology program is marking another first, as it becomes the only university in South Carolina to offer an archaeology major. “Charleston is a natural classroom,” says ...

Charleston, SC Feb. 14, 2013 - The College of Charleston announces a new undergraduate major in the School of Business. Beginning in fall 2013, students will be able to major in marketing. The full major is an expansion of the current concentration in marketing and is designed to give graduates a stronger degree designation.   “The marketing major is a positive addition to our portfolio of business off ...

Playing: A Christmas Story, November 30 - December 16 and Madeline's Christmas, December 8, 9, 15, & 16 at the Historic Dock Street Theatre Charleston, SC - Things are getting awfully festive on Church Street thanks to Charleston Stage's double dose of holiday cheer with movie-turned-play A Christmas Story and classic children's story, Madeline's Christmas. This year the theatre company that delivers th ...

BRANNAN LAHODA CofC Athletics Communications Charleston, SC - "I probably wouldn't look very good in the shorts," said College of Charleston junior forward Willis Hall pondering life on a 1980s basketball court. "I have an old-school feel to my game. It's not pretty or flashy, but I just go in there and do what I gotta do." It's that hard-nosed attitude that fits in perfectly with the philosophy of first-ye ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Two-time Olympian Juan Maegli (Guatemala City, Guatemala) seeks his second individual national title as one of the top 18 men's collegiate sailors to participate in this weekend's LaserPerformance/ICSA Singlehanded Nationals held off of the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier in Long Beach, Calif. The event is hosted and organized by the U.S. Sailing Center-Long Beach and the University of Sou ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men’s tennis team will conclude the fall season by hosting the second annual Charleston Challenge on Nov. 2-4 at the College of Charleston Tennis Center at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. After hosting a successful four-team tournament last year, the Cougars welcome UNC Charlotte as well as Southern Conference foes Appalachian State and Wofford this weekend. ...