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College of Charleston's 250th Anniversary Tour

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the College, we present this tour of the College of Charleston’s historic campus in downtown Charleston. Founded in 1770, this premiere liberal arts institution was the country's first municipal college and is now part of the state system. Our tour gives special attention to people formerly excluded from the campus, and buildings and sites that no longer exist, while also highlighting the College's present diversity.

For in-person visitors seeking a self-guided tour of our campus, each site on this tour has been marked with a Discovering Our Past medallion. An audio version of each story, voiced by Professor Joy Vandervort-Cobb, can be found with the images accompanying many of the stories.

After 2020, new stories were added to the tour under the direction of the College's Committee on Commemoration and Landscapes.

A History of the College’s Land

Locating the Land

The story of the land that encompasses the College or Charleston campus reflects the history of the city. The peninsula of Charleston was home to Native Americans long before the first permanent European settlers arrived in 1670. As soon as they entered the harbor, the first settlers saw a large… View Story | Show on Map

9 College Way

Site of the Book Basement, 1946-71

This building, originally a private residence, and now the home of the College’s Department of Communication, was the site of the Book Basement, a store run by two of Charleston’s most significant gay men of the middle of the 20th century. Originally constructed circa 1835 and owned by Abiel… View Story | Show on Map

4 Green Way

Former Residence Hall “The Shack”

Since purchasing the house in 1901, the College has used it as a residence hall, faculty apartments, barracks, fencing court, lab and offices. Ill-treated by student residents in the early 20th century, the house was known as “The Shack.” View Story | Show on Map

Randolph Hall

The College’s first classroom building

Built 1828-30, Randolph Hall is the signature building of the College of Charleston campus. A National Historic Landmark, the building is one of three historic structures in Cistern Yard, and it appears in the university’s main logo. View Story | Show on Map

Towell Library

The College’s first library building

Towell Library, dedicated in 1856, served as the College of Charleston’s library until 1972. The building is a National Historic Landmark and is one of three historic structures in the College’s iconic Cistern Yard. View Story | Show on Map

Cistern Yard

Campus green, graduation venue and performance space

Cistern Yard is the heart of the College of Charleston campus, serving as a green space for generations of students and as a venue for convocation, spring commencement, concerts and other events. View Story | Show on Map

Porter's Lodge

Entryway to the College and the Cistern Yard

Completing the design of Cistern Yard, this symbolic entrance to the College has also housed janitors, student clubs, and faculty offices. Its arches welcome incoming students and community members to campus and usher new graduates out at the end of commencement. View Story | Show on Map

The President's House

Bishop Robert Smith House

Today this handsome Georgian mansion with the garden around it serves as the President’s House; it was also the home of the College’s first president over 200 years ago. The land on which it stands was granted in 1672 to one of the colony’s original settlers, John Coming, whose name is remembered… View Story | Show on Map

A History of St. Philip Street

40- 70 St. Philip Street

Although a single plot of College property today, for generations this block consisted of a number of privately owned parcels, each with stories of their own. Schools, a synagogue, and residences for black and white Charlestonians are no longer part of the landscape, but property records, city directories, and images record the diversity of the old neighborhood. View Story | Show on Map

Simons Center/Cato Center

School of the Arts

Forming the nucleus of the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, the Simons Center for the Arts and The Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Center for the Arts, house art studios, galleries and performance spaces that serve as an integral part of Charleston’s thriving arts community. View Story | Show on Map

14 Green Way

Built for an African American during Reconstruction, later served as a women’s residence hall

Decorated with elaborate ironwork and a distinctive cupola, this house was built in 1872 for A.O. Jones, African American and clerk of the South Carolina House of Representatives during Reconstruction. View Story | Show on Map

Addlestone Library & Rivers Green

Former site of African American cemeteries and Bishop England High School

The land occupied by the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library and Rivers Green has had a complex social, gay, religious and African American history. View Story | Show on Map

Discovering African American History at the College of Charleston

A Reflection by Professor Emeritus Bernard Powers

A state historical marker stands on George Street just outside of Cistern Yard. It was unveiled on Jan. 30, 2020, exactly 250 years after the Lieutenant Governor of colonial South Carolina proposed a college for Charleston. View Story | Show on Map

63 ½ Coming Street/Solar Pavilion

The complex evolution of a landscape occupied by enslaved and free African Americans

The simple address used to identify this historical site on campus reflects a complex and nuanced history that threads its way through the fabric of American society today. View Story | Show on Map

The Omitted Legacy of George D. Grice

A Complicated legacy

As the 14th president (1945-65) of the College of Charleston (CofC), George D. Grice left a complicated legacy.  On the one hand, he created several enduring opportunities for faculty and students.  For instance, in 1955 Grice founded the College’s Fort Johnson Marine Biological Laboratory, seeing… View Story | Show on Map

Fort Johnson Monument

One of many monuments glorifying the Confederacy

The Charleston Confederate War Centennial Commission, chaired by Mrs. J. C. Long, gave this monument to the College of Charleston in 1961, one hundred years after the Civil War began. In Charleston, the centennial celebrated the Confederacy and promoted the racial caste system known as Jim Crow. View Story | Show on Map

250th Anniversary Historical Documentation Committee: Julia Eichelberger, Harlan Greene, Ron Menchaca, co-chairs Researchers: Sarah Fick, Grayson Harris, Erik Cronell, Keyasia Pride Website Curator: Grayson Harris Special thanks for assistance with information, images, and permissions: Aaisha Haykal and Daron Calhoun, Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture; Melissa Mabry, Catholic Diocese of Charleston; Reference Librarians at College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library; John Morris and Michael Turner, College of Charleston Facilities Management; Meredith Perrone, College of Charleston Marketing and Communications; College of Charleston Office of Information Technology; Melantha Ardrey, College of Charleston Office of Residence Life; Mary Jo Fairchild, Sam Stewart, and Staff at College of Charleston’s Special Collections and South Carolina Historical Society;; Karen Emmons, Historic Charleston Foundation; Sarah Tignor, The Johnson Collection; Leah Worthington, Lowcountry Digital History Initiative; Preservation Society of Charleston. We also benefited from research done by students in C of C classes in English, Historic Preservation and Community Planning, History, Women’s and Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Southern Studies. Website reviewers during Spring 2020: Jen Baker, Kris DeWelde, Adam Domby, Rachel Donaldson, Mary Jo Fairchild, Valerie Frazier, Renard Harris, Aaisha Haykal, Joe Kelly, Simon Lewis, Charissa Owens, Katherine Pemberton, Bernard Powers, Dale Rosengarten, Barry Stiefel, Michael Turner, Liz Whitworth. This site will be updated as new information becomes available. If you have additional images or information to contribute to this tour, please contact us at [email protected].

Kamala Harris speaks at College of Charleston in ‘Fight for Our Freedoms’ tour

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Charleston Wednesday afternoon for her appearance at the College of Charleston.

The visit is one stop on her “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour,” which focuses on critical issues that affect young Americans.

She paused after disembarking from the plane to make a few brief comments about the war in Israel.

“Needless to say I’m completely outraged by what has taken place. we are looking at extreme acts of terrorism that must be condemned in no uncertain terms. There is absolutely no justification for terrorism,” she said.

She reiterated the Biden Administration’s commitment to Israel and its people to “support them and in particular to give Israel what it needs to defend itself.”

“One of our highest priorities, of course, is the safety and well-being of American citizens and that will continue to be among our highest priority,” she said. “And it’s also critically important that as we have been, we will stay in constant communication and contact with our allies, with our Israeli partners with members of Congress, as we have been doing in these last few days.”

Harris’s flight was delayed from its original arrival time of 11 a.m. Her plane touched down shortly after 1:30 p.m.

She is now expected to speak at the College of Charleston at approximately 3:10 p.m. The event is being live-streamed by the White House .

During the event at the College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre, HarriS addressed several topics, including reproductive freedom, gun safety and voting rights as well as pressing matters like climate action, LGBTQ+ equality, and concerns surrounding book bans.

On the topic of Gun Violence, Harris said this college-aged generation is unique in that gun violence in classrooms is something they’ve grown up with. Nearly everyone in the crowd raised their hands when she asked who had participated in active shooter drills in school.

“It is a false choice that the obstructionists try to push to say you’re either in favor of the Second Amendment or you want to take everyone’s guns away, I am in favor of the Second Amendment, and I believe we need an assault weapons ban,” Harris said.

Harris also touched on reproductive rights when a College of Charleston student asked a question on behalf of his friend, who he said is worried about her right to seek reproductive care in South Carolina. The student asked Harris what she’s doing to secure South Carolinians’ reproductive care in the future.

Harris said it’s important to realize the right to reproductive care affects everyone regardless of their gender. She said this generation needs to act quickly to elect people into Congress who agree that the government “shouldn’t tell women what they can and cannot do with their bodies.”

“A woman knows what’s in her best interest rather than having a bunch of these folks up in these State Capitals trying to tell her what to do, when in fact you look closely at some of these laws and it becomes clear that of these state legislators don’t even know how a woman’s body works,” Harris said.

The VP visit comes at the same time as the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in South Carolina’s redistricting case. The district lines for the state’s First Congressional District, SC-01, are under fire as the high court is taking up a case from the Palmetto state where some groups are arguing the state district lines need to be redrawn.

In January, three federal judges decided SC-01, which includes parts of Charleston, Colleton, Berkeley, Beaufort and Jasper Counties, is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The panel concluded that Republican state lawmakers drew SC-01 in a way that discriminates against and excludes more than 30,000 Black voters. This was one of the hot-button topics the VP took up today.

“I can’t talk about the case, just as a point of reference, but let me just say this: let’s understand that it is wrong that any elected official would try to choose who can vote for them when it should be the voter who chooses who represents them,” Harris said.

Hearings for the case started Wednesday, the same day as the VP’s visit.

Republican Party responds to Harris’ visit

Ahead of Harris’s visit, Live 5 News reached out to Republican politicians throughout the Lowcountry about their thoughts on her stop in Charleston.

Presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and a spokesperson for the South Carolina Republican Party provided statements.

Spokesman for Nikki Haley, Ken Farnaso, provided the following statement:

As beautiful as Charleston is, it’s nowhere near the southern border where Kamala Harris should be. She had one job as border czar—fix the border crisis Joe Biden created, and she has failed miserably.

The topics addressed during Harris’ visit included some controversial topics in America right now, such as book bans and gun safety laws.

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick said the following:

The big problem with Kamala Harris is that she’s not taken seriously by the American people because she’s not a serious person. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be coming here to talk about climate change and gun control while Americans are suffering with inflation and higher interest rates and are desperate to get our borders secured – especially given the chance that terrorists could use our open borders to commit atrocities here in America like they have done in Israel.

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will be at the College of Charleston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, as part of her Fight for Our Freedoms college tour. The event will be held in the Sottile Theatre and begins at 1 p.m.

“The tour focuses on key issues that disproportionately impact young people across America,” according to a release from the Office of the Vice President of the United States. The release states that the tour touches on issues from reproductive freedom and gun safety to climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, mental health and book bans.

“This generation is critical to the urgent issues that are at stake right now for our future,” says Vice President Harris. “It is young leaders throughout America who know what the solutions look like and are organizing in their communities to make them a reality. My message to students is clear: We are counting on you, we need you, you are everything.”

College of Charleston students will have the opportunity to ask questions of the vice president.

“The College of Charleston is honored to host Vice President Harris on campus,” says College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu . “Vice President Harris’ visit to our university is a wonderful opportunity for our students to hear and see a world leader up close, and provides them a chance to share their thoughts on policies important to them. We thank the White House for selecting the College of Charleston as part of its engagement initiative.”

College of Charleston students need to use this students-only link to register:   RSVP | White House Events .  Students must use their cofc.edu email address for registration. The White House link will close when capacity for the event has been reached. Do not forward this link to non-students.

Students must bring their student IDs to the Wednesday event. Seats will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Classes and Schedule The Summer Dance Experience 2024 will be held July 29-August 2, 2024*. *please note the date change! This year's Summer Dance Experience will be held July 29-August 2, not August 5-9 as previously listed.

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We are pleased to offer campus tours Monday through Friday at 9 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. with an additional 10 a.m. tour available on Mondays and Fridays.  Starting May 13, campus tour times will be limited to 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. and subject to current student guide availability.   Some quick information to note before you plan your visit:

Alternative Tour Option If you are interested in a general campus tour and they are not available, or if you would prefer to explore our campus at your own pace, please request information about our self-guided tour .

What are my virtual visit options?  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Visitor Center are offering a number of virtual events and activities to bring USC to you. Please visit our  virtual series website  to find ways to connect with USC.

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If so, congratulations ! We are excited to offer special events and visit opportunities for our admitted students, including our signature Admitted Student Day program scheduled for February 3, March 23 and April 6.  To access these opportunities designed for admitted students, please  log-in to your admitted student portal . 

HOW CAN I PERSONALIZE MY CAMPUS VISIT?

The following on-campus options may be available to help you tailor your visit to fit your interests. • General Campus Tour Learn all about Gamecock life during a two-hour campus tour. Each tour begins with a 20-minute presentation covering the admissions process, financial aid and scholarships. Then, guests spend 90-100 minutes exploring campus guided by a University Ambassador.  • Express Campus Tour Guests spend 90-100 minutes exploring campus guided by a University Ambassador, but these events   do not include a 20-minute presentation from Admissions. Express campus tours are recommended for second-time visitors or admitted students, but are open to all. •   Academic Information Sessions   Many of our academic departments offer information sessions, which provide a more in-depth look at specific programs. Please note, the sessions  do not include a tour of campus. Sessions vary in content and typically last 45-60 minutes.  You can see the general schedule by clicking the button below. Any available sessions will appear as options when you register for your visit. •   One-on-One Appointment Requests Appointment requests are limited to rising seniors and transfer students. If your academic unit or student interest group is offering appointments, we will notify you via your personalized visit portal after you complete the registration form for your visit.

• Beginning February 23rd, students admitted to the South Carolina Honors College , can register for an Honors Admit Panel on Mondays or Fridays at 10:15am . 
• Beginning March 22nd, students invited to join the Capstone Scholars Program can register for a Capstone Information Sessions on select Mondays or Fridays at 1:00pm .

To register for these events, admitted students will need to access the campus visit page through their admitted student portal .

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Vice President Harris Launches Nationwide “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” to Mobilize Students and Young People in the Fight for Their   Rights

At around a dozen schools across at least seven states, the Vice President will bring thousands of students together around the fight for reproductive freedom, common sense gun safety laws, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and teaching America’s full history.   

As students across the nation return to school, Vice President Kamala Harris will embark on a month-long college tour throughout America to mobilize young people in the ongoing fight for fundamental freedoms and rights. She is set to visit around a dozen campuses in at least seven states as she brings together thousands of students for high-energy, large-scale events. The Vice President’s flurry of “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” stops will focus on key issues that disproportionately impact young people across the country – from reproductive freedom and gun safety to climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, and book bans.   “This generation is critical to the urgent issues that are at stake right now for our future,” said Vice President Harris. “It is young leaders throughout America who know what the solutions look like and are organizing in their communities to make them a reality. My message to students is clear: We are counting on you, we need you, you are everything.”   Vice President Harris’s “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” will include visits to historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, community colleges, apprenticeship programs, and state schools. The Vice President will highlight how the Biden-Harris Administration has delivered for young people, outline the work ahead to protect fundamental freedoms, and hear directly from students who are organizing on the frontlines of these fights. She will also urge attendees to register to vote, use their voice, and stay engaged.   This series of college tour events is a continuation of the Vice President’s recent travel, and comes on the heels of her Summer of Action that included visits to 17 states. Vice President Harris has already been to 11 college campuses this year after traveling to 14 schools in 2022.   The Vice President’s “Fight for Our Freedoms College Tour” includes the following stops:

• Hampton University in Hampton, VA on 9/14
• North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, NC on 9/15
• Reading Area Community College in Reading, PA on 9/19
• IBEW Local 743 in Reading, Pa on 9/19
• The Atlanta University Center Consortium (Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and Morris Brown College) in Atlanta, GA on 9/26
• Florida International University in Miami, FL on 9/28
• The College of Charleston in Charleston, SC on 10/11
• College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, NV on 10/12
• Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ on 10/17

  Additional campus visits and details for media to RSVP will be available in the coming days.

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Location, Hours, and Parking

Location: 125 Bull Street Charleston, SC 29424

Hours: The building and reading room is open Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The archives/reading room is available for appointment only. See below for additional information.

Due to programming we may have extended hours to accommodate. For the holiday schedule w e follow the College of Charleston’s schedule, please see schedule here . The Center may also close for special events and will be indicated on the home page of the website. 

Parking: Parking is available in the five (5) visitor spots outside of our building. Once you get in the building you will be provided with a permit to put on your dashboard.

There is also two-hour street parking, please be aware of any restrictions due to street sweeping or other issues.

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Are you visiting the city and looking for attractions and restaurants? Check out the  Avery Research Center’s tourism guide  for more information.

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• NOTE: DUE TO STAFFING, AS OF JUNE 1, 2023, WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING GUIDED TOUR REQUESTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.   We encourage you make a reservation for a self-guided tour
• The Avery Research Center is currently offering guided tours by appointment.
• This offering is required for groups over 5 people.  Request a guided tour here, please select Tour from the drop down and respond to the questions.
• All tours of Avery Research Center must be scheduled in advance with at least two (2) weeks notice. Large groups (15+) will usually be split. Scheduled tours over 30 minutes late may not be accommodated. If there are any members of your group who cannot stand for a 15-minute period, let the Center know ahead of time how many people will need chairs.
• For school field trips, teachers and group coordinators are required to provide chaperones for every student group, with one chaperone per ten students.
• Please provide advance notice to Avery Research Center if your school field trip has a specific area of interest.

Avery Research Center Floor Plan

The Avery Research Center is a three-storied facility located a few blocks from the main campus at the College of Charleston. In addition to housing its staff and storage facilities for collections, the facility houses a variety of meeting rooms, gallery spaces, and exhibits. Access to the Center is located on the parking lot entrance and is handicap accessible. An elevator is available and bathrooms are located on each floor.

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Phillis Wheatley Literary & Social Club Reading Room

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Changing Gallery

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Avery Classroom Permanent Exhibit- Avery: The Spirit that Would Not Die

Permanent Exhibits-Denmark Vesey, Philip Simmons, Gullah Geechee, Middle Passage and Early Charleston History

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Library (not publicly accessible)

Benjamin and Jeanette Cox Gallery

McKinley Washington Auditorium

Researching and Accessing Collections

The Phillis Wheatly Literary and Social Club Reading Room is now open by appointment only. The reading room is open from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. See more information here .

Archival and Instruction Visit/Workshops

The Avery Research Center offers specialized instruction and archival workshops. See available options here .

Museum and Exhibitions

The Avery Research Center maintains  several galleries and public program spaces . Each year, the Center develops exhibitions from its rich archival, art, and rare manuscript collections and hosts temporary art exhibitions featuring prominent and burgeoning artists from South Carolina and throughout the African diaspora whose work supports the Center’s mission. Topics covered on our tours include these areas as well as the history of the Avery Normal School, the establishment of the Avery Research Center, and the history and culture of African Americans in the Lowcountry. The Avery Research Center holds an institutional membership with the National Association for Interpretation and has a full time Certified Interpretive Guide on staff. See updates on exhibitions.

BUILDING CLOSURES: We will be closed to the public on Friday, May 10th and Monday, May 27th. Building and reading room hours may have closures outside of this period due to private events, contact us in advance for further assistance.

MUSEUM TOURS: The Avery Research Center offers self-guided tours Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1030AM-12PM and 2PM-330PM. For large groups we ask you limit 25 people or fewer per time slot for self-guided tours. Due to staffing shortages Avery will not be offering guided tours to the general public until further notice.

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CSU offers multiple ways for you to visit the campus and get to know us! 

• One way you can visit is by signing up for a Campus Tour which is a more personal experience with a campus ambassador and enrollment counselor. 
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What to know before the April 8 eclipse

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Stargazers will thrill Monday to a full solar eclipse that crosses the country from Texas to Maine. But locally, residents will only be able to see a partial eclipse. It won’t pack the same punch as the total eclipse that wowed Lowcountry crowds in August 2017. But it will still be cool.

Laura Penny, a long time instructor in the College of Charleston’s department of physics and astronomy, points out that you’ll still need eclipse glasses to look at the eclipse, even though it is outside the “path of totality” of a full eclipse’s coverage of the sun by the moon.

“About 75% of the sun is going to be covered in Charleston, which is still a huge percentage to be covered,” Penny said.

Penny said that eclipse glasses don’t expire. If you have a pair from seven years ago, it’s safe for use as long as they are not bent, scratched or have any holes in the filters. “When you’re wearing eclipse glasses, the only thing you should be able to see through them is the sun — everything else is going to be completely black,” Penny said.

How to use eclipse glasses

She proposed a practical way to test your glasses: Put them on and look at a bright light bulb. If you can approach the light closely and the view remains completely dark, then your glasses are still safe to use.

“As humans we’ve developed a physiological response when we normally try to look at the sun. We get this sense that we should immediately look away, it’s too bright,” Penny said. “The issue when the sun is partially covered by the moon is that when you look at it, you don’t get that same physiological response, but it is still burning a hole in your retina.”

An alternative and effective method for viewing the eclipse is through a homemade pinhole camera.

What to expect

“At 1:53 p.m. locally [on Monday], you’ll start to see it [the moon] eat into the sun. The moon circle will start to come on top of the solar circle, and then at 3:10 p.m., the sun will be the most covered — that’s the 75% covered,” Penny said. “Then after, 3:10 p.m. to 4:24 p.m. is essentially when the moon will be coming off the disk of the sun.”

The solar eclipse isn’t predicted to disrupt daily routines because “you would still have a significant amount of daylight that you’d be able to do something,” Penny said. Because it’s only a partial eclipse, it won’t be exceptionally noticeable.

“If it’s a bright sunny day, you might think that there were more clouds — for the amount of sunlight that you’re actually seeing. And if it’s cloudy, it’ll just seem more cloudy, it’ll just be sort of less light,” Penny said.

With a teacher work-day scheduled for April 8, schools in the Charleston County School District will be closed, giving kids an enjoyable chance to view the eclipse from home. “This is in that category of things that you can’t learn in the classroom — you can get a lot of science enrichment out of this — understanding of shadows, the reason why it’s a partial here in Charleston and a total someplace else,” Penny said.

Whether you plan to watch the eclipse from your driveway, the beach or the downtown battery, witnessing an eclipse is a rare opportunity.

“Despite the fact that just seven years ago [an eclipse] went through Charleston,” Penny said, “having these two total solar eclipses occur over the continental United States in this short amount of time is very unusual, and it is something that people will remember forever.”

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Emma Navarro's Charleston homecoming shines light on family legacy

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Possibly no tennis tournament has risen more dramatically in recent years than the Credit One Charleston Open.

It’s been voted by the Hologic WTA Tour players as the best 500-level event on the calendar for the past two seasons. No fewer than 10 of the Top 20 players signed up to play this year. The sparkling Daniel Island facility has been renovated and nearly 100,000 spectators will pass through the gates this week.

Emma Navarro, too, has ascended in dizzying fashion. A year ago, the product of this charming southern town was ranked No.118 and accepted a wild card into the draw. The result was a straight-sets loss to Madison Keys.

This year, it’s been a spectacular homecoming. Navarro sits at a career-high ranking of No.20 and already has won 21 matches -- a total surpassed only by Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina.

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The remarkable thing? The burgeoning success of the Charleston Open and Emma Navarro are inexorably intertwined.

The 22-year-old Navarro defeated qualifier Katie Volynets 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday night, making her deepest progression here in her fifth appearance. She’ll face Jaqueline Cristian, a three-set winner over Madison Keys, on Thursday.

“I get to play around the world, and it’s an honor to say my hometown is Charleston,” Navarro told the appreciative crowd afterward, “so thank you guys for making it that way.”

The direct connection between tournament and player is successful businessman Ben Navarro, Emma’s father -- and the man most responsible for the financial infusion that has elevated the event. Ben and Emma’s mother, Kelly, were on hand Wednesday, cheering along with everyone else.

In 1998, Navarro founded the Charleston-based Sherman Financial Group, a global diversified investment services company. In 2005 -- three years after Emma was born -- Sherman Group bought a small bank and renamed it Credit One Bank. Today it has 12 million Visa cardholders.

Fast forward to 2018, when Navarro acquired the WTA Tour sanction for what was then called the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Tennis Center.

“I look forward to building on the current tournament tradition that is already 47 years in the making,” Navarro said at the time, while congratulating tournament director Bob Moran and his team for creating a tennis legacy in Charleston.

Three years ago, Credit One Bank became the title sponsor -- the same year Emma won the 2021 NCAA singles title as a freshman at the University of Virginia.

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By that time, her junior tennis career was well established. Navarro was a doubles finalist at the 2019 Australian Open, a doubles champion at Roland Garros and a singles finalist as well as a singles semifinalist at Wimbledon. That same year, at the age of 17, she played in her first WTA Tour main draw -- as a wild card in Charleston.

Navarro has worked for everything she has in tennis today. You could see her coming at the end of 2023, when she won International Tennis Federation events in Tyler, Texas and -- there’s that city again -- Charleston. She began the year by reaching the semifinals in Auckland, New Zealand, then winning her first career WTA title in Hobart. A run to the quarterfinals (she lost to Maria Sakkari) thrust her into the Top 20.

Navarro was virtually flawless against Volynets, dropping two games in a 69-minute match. She won 20 of 23 first-serve points and broke Volynets five times -- without facing a break point.

In another fortuitous connection, Navarro has become good friends with fellow professional Danielle Collins -- who also won the NCAA title for Virginia. They met at a 2020 team event in Charleston during the global pandemic.

“Just watching her go from being a really high-level junior and … seeing how she’s evolved as a player and person during that time has been incredible,” Collins said after winning her first-round match over Paula Badosa. “And now seeing her do so well on tour and dominate, I mean, it just brings so much joy to my life watching Emma kick ass. I love this girl.”

Collins and Navarro played doubles at Roland Garros last year -- but that was when she was only ranked No.75.

“Both of us have been doing pretty well in singles, so we’ve been kind of focusing on that, but I think we will probably [play doubles] at some point,” Collins said. “I have to ask her if she’ll play with me again because I really stunk it up at the French Open.”

What isn’t open to question is the support Navarro continues to receive from her family. After she played a late match at Indian Wells, Navarro gave her grandmother an on-court shoutout, saying she was up past 2:30 a.m., watching at home in Connecticut. On Wednesday, she was there in person.

“I don’t know what time it is, but it’s not 3 a.m.,” Navarro said after beating Volynets. “Thanks for being here, Gram, your support means the world to me.”

One of Navarro’s mantras -- whether she’s winning or losing -- is to think “I’m where I want to be.” That power of positive thinking comes from her father.

“He’s probably the smartest guy I know,” Navarro said in a Tennis Channel interview. “And he’s dropped a lot of knowledge and wisdom on my siblings and I over the years. He taught a class last semester at College of Charleston on mindset -- the name of the class was `Intentionality.’

“He’s taught me a bunch about the perspective I want to take into things, especially on-court stuff.”

And now Navarro, a rising star, is returning the favor and all of Charleston is cheering.

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10th Annual Strategic Investment Symposium

The Preeminent Event of its Kind in the Southeast

October 25, 2024 The Charleston Place Hotel Charleston, SC

Each year, the School of Business Investment Program at the College of Charleston hosts top speakers and industry professionals for a one-day event on strategic investment management.

The symposium returns for its tenth year on  Friday, October 25, 2024 , at The Charleston Place Hotel.

Featured 2024 Speakers

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Chief Investment Officer, NewEdge Wealth

David Kelly

Chief Global Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

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Since 2015, we've hosted the finance community for this dynamic exchange of investment management strategies and concepts.

Representing more than 15 states

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John F.W. Rogers' Opening Remarks at the ICAA's Enduring Places Conference in Charleston

April 2, 2024

In November 2023, the ICAA hosted the national conference Enduring Places . For three days, 225 participants from around the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina and engaged in a robust program of talks, panel discussions, working sessions, and tours focused on three themes: craftsmanship, preservation, and sustainability.

John F.W. Rogers, executive vice president of Goldman Sachs and chairman of the White House Historical Association, as well as the generous benefactor of Enduring Places , welcomed attendees with an inspiring set of opening remarks that emphasized the ICAA's mission to promote the practice and appreciation of classical design in architecture and its allied arts.

From April to June 2024, the ICAA will be releasing all of the recordings from Enduring Places. Part I and Part II are available now . Sign up for the ICAA's biweekly newsletter, World of Classicism, to be notified when other installments are released in the coming weeks.

John Rogers serves as Executive Vice President and Secretary to the Board of Directors at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Rogers is a member of the Management Committee, the Firmwide Reputational Risk Committee and Co-Chair of the Regulatory Reform Steering Group. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and Goldman Sachs Gives . Mr. Rogers joined Goldman Sachs in 1994. He was named Managing Director in 1997 and Partner in 2000.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Rogers was a Senior Fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University. He spent a number of years in government service, most recently as an Under Secretary of the United States Department of State. He was also Executive Vice president of the Oliver Carr Company. Earlier, Mr. Rogers served as an Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department and as an Assistant to the President of the United States at the White House. In 1985, he received the Presidential Citizen Medal.

Mr. Rogers is Chairman of the Board of the Atlantic Council and the White House Historical Association. He is also a life trustee of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and a trustee of the board of the American Academy in Rome. In addition, he is a member and served twice as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. He is Chairman Emeritus of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.

The ICAA is very grateful to John F.W. Rogers for generously making this program possible along with our supporters:

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Richard Economakis

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Thomas Lloyd

Michael Mesko

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Louisville to hire Pat Kelsey: Charleston coach led Cougars to last two NCAA Tournaments

Kelsey will replace kenny payne, who was fired earlier this month.

After a hunt that lasted more than two weeks, Louisville has its next head coach. Charleston's Pat Kelsey has accepted Louisville's offer to become its next basketball coach, sources tell CBS Sports' Matt Norlander. The two sides have verbally agreed on a deal to have Kelsey succeed Kenny Payne. Louisville has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday, when it is expected Kelsey will be introduced as the next Cardinals coach. 

The deal is for five years, per a source, and the terms of the contract need to be approved by the UofL Athletic Association's Board of Directors Thursday afternoon.

Louisville was in discussions Tuesday and well into Wednesday with Kelsey and Indiana State coach Josh Schertz, according to Norlander. Louisville athletic director Josh Heird put a lot of time and effort into both candidates. A potential deal with Schertz, whose Sycamores team is still playing in the NIT, fell through early Wednesday afternoon. That opened the door for Kelsey to take the job. 

The Kelsey hire comes a day removed from reports that New Mexico's Richard Pitino was a top Louisville target. Pitino's candidacy faded as quickly as it bubbled up, sources said, in no small part because of concern about the potential pitfalls that could come with having another Pitino coach the Cardinals. Rick Pitino, of course, was there from 2001-2017 and left amid scandal, only to have his name cleared in the FBI probe years later. 

Kelsey turns up as the pick after the school attempted to court Baylor coach Scott Drew and former FAU coach Dusty May to the Derby City. Drew opted to remain at Baylor; May picked Michigan over U of L. Kelsey spent the last three seasons at Charleston in the CAA, compiling a 74-27 record and guiding the Cougars to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances the past two seasons. Kelsey took Winthrop to the NCAAs twice and Charleston twice, going 0-4 in the Big Dance as a 12- or 13-seed each time.

The 48-year-old known for his relentless positive energy started his college coaching career as an assistant at Wake Forest in 2004 and spent five seasons with the program before becoming the associate head coach at Xavier — his alma mater. He coached under Chris Mack, who ran Louisville's program from 2018 until January of 2022. Kelsey coached nine seasons at Winthrop and compiled a 186-95 record at the school before taking the job at Charleston.

Charleston finished the 2023-24 season with a 27-8 record and fell to Alabama 109-96 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last week. Kelsey's career winning percentage is .681, which ranks top-20 among active D-I men's coaches with at least 10 years of coaching experience.

Louisville fired Payne earlier this month after two massively disappointing seasons with the program. The Cardinals finished 8-24 this season — doubling their number of victories after going 4-28 in Payne's first season. Payne finished with a 12-52 record at the school after he was hired in 2022 to replace former coach Chris Mack. Kelsey takes the Louisville job, considered to be among the 10-or-so most prestigious in the sport, at a time when the program has never been so bad. Louisville has fallen fast in college basketball's transfer portal/NIL landscape, but sources said the school has a war chest of resources to support Kelsey's roster building in the months to come. 

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