College of Charleston President Andrew T. Hsu shared the following message regarding new COVID-19 testing protocols with the campus community on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020: Dear Campus Community, I’m writing today to announce a significant change in our plans regarding COVID-19 testing of students living on campus. When we first announced our Back on the Bricks plan on… Read More: CofC Update on COVID-19 Testing Protocols »
The College of Charleston will suspend all non-essential operations beginning at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, due to severe weather conditions expected from Tropical Storm Isaias. Employees, including student workers, who are working from home as part of the modified Phase 2 of the Return to Work on Campus plan, should continue to work remotely today to the extent possible. Essential employees should… Read More: College to Suspend Non-Essential Operations at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3 »
The College of Charleston Emergency Management Team continues to monitor the track of Tropical Storm Isaias. A tropical storm warning is in effect for Charleston and surrounding counties, with tropical storm force winds (39 – 73 mph), significant rainfall, storm surge and coastal flooding possible for the Charleston area beginning Monday afternoon and into Monday night. The storm is expected to produce up 3 to 6 inches of rain, which if combined with a high tide at 9 p.m.… Read More: Update on Tropical Storm Isaias (Sunday, August 2) »
The College of Charleston Emergency Management Team is closely monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Isaias. As of 5 p.m. Saturday, August 1, the National Hurricane Center had downgraded Isaias from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm. But the storm is expected to re-strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the east coast of Florida on Saturday night. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Charleston area. While landfall in South Carolina is… Read More: CofC Officials Monitoring Tropical Storm Isaias (August 1, 2020) »
President Andrew Hsu sent the following message to the College of Charleston community on July 28, 2020: Dear Campus Community, I am writing to you today with an important update regarding our plans to have students return to campus this fall. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on South Carolina and the Lowcountry, the College… Read More: College to Delay Start of In-Person Classes Until Sept. 14 »
President Andrew Hsu sent the following message to the College of Charleston community on July 1, 2020: Dear Campus Community: I am writing to share with you Back on the Bricks, the College’s comprehensive plan to resume in-person instruction for the fall semester. As you look through the plan, you will see that every decision… Read More: College Announces Plans for Fall 2020 »
President Hsu sent the following message to the campus community on June 26, 2020: Dear Campus Community: I hope everyone is staying safe. As you may be aware, there has been a lot of activity at the College (albeit, most of it done remotely, of course!) in preparing our return to campus workplans, and there… Read More: Update on COVID-19 and Fall Planning – June 26 »
Dear Campus Community, In response to ongoing concerns about protests in downtown Charleston, the City of Charleston has issued a curfew from 6 p.m. Monday through 6 a.m. Tuesday. To ensure that members of the campus community have adequate time to depart work, the College will close at 4 p.m. today, June 1, 2020. Academic… Read More: Campus to Close at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 1 »
President Andrew Hsu sent the following message to the campus community on June 1, 2020: Dear Campus Community, I wanted to provide you a brief update regarding an important step in our return-to-campus planning. As you can imagine, there are a thousand moving parts in bringing an enterprise like a university back to “normal” operations.… Read More: College Publishes Academic Calendar for Fall 2020 »
President Andrew Hsu sent the following message to the campus community on May 31, 2020: Dear Campus Community, As you know, numerous protests continued to take place around the country on Saturday and into the early morning hours today in response to the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Unfortunately, a number of peaceful… Read More: Campus Update Following Charleston Protests – May 31, 2020 »