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Donor Support Takes Student Success to the Next Level at School of Business

December 14, 2021ByKendra Conwaynews0

The Beatty Center atrium at the School of Business has a vibe very much influenced by those involved with the Student Success Center (SSC). The SSC is literally just inside the doors from Liberty Street and lives up to its name by ensuring students have the tools to succeed at the business school and in life beyond graduation. Serving students has been the SSC’s mission since its inception in 2014....

Supporting Dreams at the College

December 13, 2021ByKendra Conwaynews0

Joy Kurts Hallinan ’82 wants College of Charleston students to have opportunities that weren’t available when she was a student. “Paid internships weren’t really an option on campus,” says the art history major. “Although I volunteered at Halsey before it was Halsey, I had to go off campus for paid internships.” While she couldn’t find a paid internship at a gallery, Hallinan secured paid internships with Spoleto Festival USA and...

Young Alumna Shares Her Inspiration for Estate Gift

December 13, 2021ByKendra Conwaynews0

Over the course of its 250+ year history, the College of Charleston has meant so many things to so many people. It has provided what seemed like long-shot opportunities to pursue a college education for first generation students who hail from single-parent households. It has drawn curtains on the first of many opening nights of performance careers. It has given way to internships, graduate school references, formative classroom experiences and...

Preserving the Legacy of Charleston’s Black Community

September 2, 2021ByKendra Conwaynews0

The College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture was awarded $20,000 by Coastal Community Foundation (CCF) as a part of the Facebook Grant for Sustaining Black Communities. The Avery Research Center was one of 37 local Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits that CCF identified as supporting innovation, creativity and resiliency. The Avery Research Center will be using the funds to digitize some of its vulnerable photograph collections, including...

Mapping the story of Jewish life in the Lowcountry

September 2, 2021ByKendra Conwaynews0

With the release of the latest chapter of Mapping Jewish Charleston, the project brings the story of Jewish life in the Lowcountry up to the present. Produced by the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture and the Jewish Heritage Collection (JHC), Mapping Jewish Charleston weaves together original documents, photographs, topical essays and interactive maps to explore how religion and local culture have accommodated one another and occasionally clashed over the...

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We enjoy sharing stories about the impact of your generous support, and Momentum is just one of the ways we aim to keep you engaged and informed about what you make possible for our students, faculty, staff and campus. We also publish the annual Donor Digest, post stories on our College of Charleston Giving Facebook page and highlight donors and beneficiaries on our website, giving.cofc.edu. If you have feedback or story ideas, please contact Carin Jorgensen at 843.953.5859 or jorgensencl@cofc.edu. We’d love to hear from you!