August 14
Wednesday

MES Current Student Meeting
Education Center, Room 120

6:00 p.m.

This meeting with Dr. Halfacre will allow students to provide feedback on their needs for the coming semester. Discussions will include: Mentoring, the Program theme for this academic year, Core courses, and other topics.

  August 19 
  Monday

  MES Orientation 
  Tate Center, Room 315

  9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

This orientation gives incoming MES Students a chance to meet their fellow first-year students, some faculty members, and representatives from MESSA (the MES Student Association). Additional information is provided about the MES Program, and students will have a chance to ask any questions they may have.

A meeting with Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the College of Charleston Convocation Speaker, is scheduled for 11:15 a.m., and is open to all MES and MPA students.

August 24
Saturday

MES Welcome Back Party
437 Planters Trace, Charleston

  8:00 p.m.

MESSA invites ALL new and returning students to celebrate the start of the school year event. This is an opportunity not only to catch-up with old friends, but also to meet new people! Returning students are asked to contribute $3-$5. If you have any questions, please contact Johnathan Thigpen at (843) 478-2788.

August 28
Wednesday

MESSA Meeting
Education Center, Room 111

                 
  8:05 p.m.

The first MESSA meeting of the semester will take place following Case Studies and the Graduate Core Seminar.

September 6

MES Steering Committee Meeting

September 12 
Thursday

Workshop:  Voices from the Amazon
Tate Center, Room 315                                            7:00 p.m.

What are the root causes of natural-resource degradation in the Third World?

Presented by Marcela Rabi, recently of PADCO (Planning and Development Collaborative International), this seminar will present a documentary film, “Banking on Disaster”, about the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest as a consequence of paving a road through the heart of the world’s largest rainforest in Brazil, a project partly financed by the World Bank. 

September 13-
September 15
Weekend

MES Retreat
French Broad River Campground

The MES Retreat will provide a great opportunity for students and faculty to rejuvenate.  This will be a camping retreat – Available activities include: Hiking, canoeing, kayaking, tubing, rock sliding, horseback riding, Grandfather mountain, the Blue ridge parkway, etc. For more information, or to reserve a spot, email Johnathan Thigpen

September 19
Thursday

Resume Workshop
Institute Conference Room, 284 King St.

  8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Lydia Keadle, from Career Services, will present MES Students with what to (and not to) do when putting together a cover letter and resume.

September 21
Saturday

Folly Beach Sweep

 9:00 a.m.

Join MESSA for the Folly Beach Sweep!  For more information, contact Susannah Sheldon

September 27
Friday

Energy – It's No Free Lunch!
Lightsey Center, Room 217

  9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Dr. Sy Baron, former Associate Director at Brookhaven National Laboratory, will present a workshop on Energy Policy. In addition to discussing conventional energy resources, he will talk about fuel cells, wind, tidal, geothermal and solar.  Come learn more about issues such as nuclear waste storage, and the battle in South Carolina over plutonium shipments to the Savannah River Site!

This workshop will take place at the Lightsey Conference Center, located on the College of Charleston campus on Calhoun Street, between St. Philip and Meeting Street, and marked as Building #3 on this map.

September 28
Saturday

Adopt-A-Highway

9:00 a.m.

Help MESSA pick up along the MES stretch of Highway 61 - adjacent to marshes of the Ashley River - through participation in Adopt-A-Highway. For more information, contact Stacy Brooks   

  September 30
  October 2
  Mon / Wed

  Case Studies I: Clean Air Act Rule
  Making, Public Hearing 
  Presentations
  Education Center, Room 111

  6:15 p.m.

October 19
Saturday

Oyster Roast
Dixie Plantation

1:00 p.m.

Bring out those oyster knives and gloves, because it’s time for the Annual MES Oyster Roast! The Roast is sponsored by MESSA and will be held at the Dixie Plantation, where there are forested trails to explore and a small boat dock where you can watch the sunset. There will be plenty of oysters, burgers, salads, and desserts, so bring your friends, family, and co-workers to join us for local oysters and lots of fun.

October 25 
Friday

Trade and Environment
Tate Center, Room 202

  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Presented by Marcela Rabi, this workshop will address the critical struggle of trade and the environment, an issue pervading all policy areas of domestic and international environmental protection.  What is the WTO? What challenges does it face?  Three trade and environmental case studies will be presented as examples of how the growing movement to promote free trade can clash with environmental protection. 

You are encouraged to visit the Trade and Environmental Database (TED), a unique inventory of the impacts of trade and environment, culture, and a variety of other issues.

November 1

MES Steering Committee Meeting