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The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina , the 13th-oldest institution of higher learning in the US , and the oldest municipal college in the nation.
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is a division of the College of Charleston library system. The center is located on the site of the former Avery Normal Institute in the Harleston village district at 125 Bull Street in Charleston, South Carolina .
The College of Charleston becomes a public college marking the beginning of the transition of the school from being the multi-hundred, private, school it had traditionally been to being the around ten thousand student school it leveled out at in the early 2000s. [56] 1969 – March 20: Charleston Hospital Strike begins. [57] 1970
The team also won the Charleston Classic for the first time in program history. Kelsey signed an amended 5-year contract with the College of Charleston that would pay him a $1.1 million base salary, [20] making him highest paid head coach in the Coastal Athletic Association. [21]
Charleston has produced 28 college All-Americans and 62 professional players, including Brett Gardner of the New York Yankees. From 2004 to 2015, the College of Charleston has the 13th best winning percentage in all of Division I baseball. [3] Oliver Marmol, the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, is a former Cougar baseball player.
The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is a public natural history museum situated on the campus of The College of Charleston, a public liberal arts college in Charleston, South Carolina. With a collection of over 30,000 vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, the museum focuses on the paleontology of the South Carolina Lowcountry.
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, College of Charleston (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies. Income sources are adjusted for inflation.
Anthony Johnson, class of 1997 - professional basketball player; first player in College of Charleston history selected in the NBA draft; spent 14 seasons (1997–2010) in the NBA and played for seven teams [2] Wes Knight - professional soccer player for the FC Edmonton; Michael Kohn - professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels