MES Thesis and Internship Defense announcements for Fall 2008 are listed here.

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.

All MES Program Students are invited to the first ever MES Program Convocation. Start off the new year by meeting new students and old friends, followed by a pizza lunch!

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS SERIES

Preserve. Conserve. Plan Forward. Part 3

Join the Friends of the Library for a presentation by Fred Holland, immediate past Director of the Hollings Marine Laboratory, as he discusses the impacts of urban and suburban development on coastal ecosystems, including the scientific basis for reducing these impacts.

Location: Admissions Information Center (College of Charleston)

Robert Scott Small Building
175 Calhoun Street, across from Starbucks

Parking: The closest parking garage in on St. Philip Street between Calhoun and Vanderhorst Streets.

Admission: Free

Preserve. Conserve. Plan Forward is co-sponsored by the College of Charleston’s Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program and the Urban Studies Program.

The Career Services Office of the College of Charleston invites you to attend the Career and Graduate School Expo. This event is open to all students and all majors. Participating organizations include those recruiting upcoming December 2007 and May 2008 graduates for full-time career opportunities; organizations recruiting undergraduates for internship and/or part-time opportunities; and graduate/professional schools seeking to provide students with information about admission requirements and application procedures.

* Students should dress professionally (as they would if going for an interview: business professional preferred, business casual acceptable)

* Transportation provided. A shuttle will take students to/from the Gaillard Auditorium, leaving from the Stern Student Center every 15 minutes on the day of the event, beginning at 11:45 am.

* Interested faculty and staff are invited to attend as well.

List of participating organizations (will be updated until the Expo)

Additional information and instructions for students

Many of the companies in attendance at the Expo will be represented by College of Charleston alumni. We want to support their efforts to recruit additional student/graduates for employment and/or internship opportunities.

The Ecology of Rice
Dr. Richard Porcher

Dr. Richard D. Porcher graduated from the College of Charleston with a B.S. in biology in 1962. He received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1974, where he studied field botany under Dr. Wade T. Batson. He was a professor of biology at The Citadel from 1970-1993. Porcher is presently Professor Emeritus at The Citadel, having retired in 2003. In 1995 he published Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry and Lower Pee Dee. He is also senior author of Wildflowers of South Carolina published in October 2001. He currently is an Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University where he established the Wade T. Batson Endowment in Field Botany to assist students in the study of the state's flora and ecology. Having a long love for the state's history, he is currently working on a master's degree in history in the joint College of Charleston-The Citadel history degree.

Porcher and Sarah Fick published The Story of Sea Island Cotton in 2005. Porcher serves on the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation Board of Directors, and is writing a book on the market preparation of Carolina rice. Porcher is the 2007 recipient of the South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award, and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

This lecture is brought to you in association with Avery Research Center and African American Studies Program at the College of Charleston. This program is free and open to the general public, faculty, staff, and students.

Bring out those oyster knives and gloves, because it’s time for the Annual Oyster Roast! Sponsored by MESSA, the Oyster Roast will be held at Fort Johnson.

This is a great opportunity for faculty, students, family, and friends to join together for a fun afternoon.

We are looking forward to some tasty oysters, good times, and mingling outside the confines of a classroom. We look forward to seeing you all. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Tyler Lawson, the MESSA President