College of Charleston Giving

Thank you to all of our community for making CofC day a big success!

Thanks to your AMAZING support, our fourth annual CofC Day was a tremendous success! Nearly 1,100 alumni, 581 students, 391 faculty/staff, 162 parents, and 97 foundations/corporations/friends made a gift. If you missed CofC Day, it's not too late to give back to the College AND qualify for early access and a discount on tickets to A Charleston Affair. Just visit: http://bit.ly/AlumniFundatCofC

Join us in celebrating the 253rd Founding Day of CofC!

Show your Cougar Pride by giving back to a department, school, or any area on campus.

Every gift counts - no matter the size! The power of participation creates a big impact!

Visit cofcday.cofc.edu to show your support today!

Our third annual was a huge success! With over $6 million and 2554 donors and counting, we owe a big shout-out to our Outreach Center volunteers!

Our volunteers reached out to over 900 members of the CofC community! Thank you, volunteers, for giving back your time and talents to advance our schools and programs to the national stage.

We couldn’t have been this successful without you! Please be sure to tag yourself in the post.

THANK YOU!

That's a wrap! Thank you for participating in our third annual . We are so grateful for your support and the incredible impact you made in just 24 hours! Your generosity plays a significant role in propelling the College to an even brighter future.

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Only a few hours remain for ! With so many reasons to give back, here's why Professor Robert Lukey gives to the College of Charleston. cofcday.cofc.edu

is a great time to show your support for areas like the 1967 Legacy Program at the College of Charleston! Named for the year of integration at the College of Charleston, the 1967 Legacy Program is designed to improve the retention, graduation, and workplace success of African descendants through a comprehensive College of Charleston experience for students of African descent and Black alumni engagement. cofcday.cofc.edu

Have you checked out our Challenges? We have 13 of them, this year!

You can check out the status of each Challenge or Match on the CofC Website: https://cofcday.cofc.edu/matches

Help your school or program cross the finish line and unlock their donor’s gift today! CofCDay.cofc.edu

Look at you go College of Charleston family!! It's noon and we are already closing in on $2million! Let's keep the momentum going and reach that donor challenge of 1,000 alumni donors! cofcday.cofc.edu

Nicholas Glover ’05 is challenging you, our College of Charleston Alumni , to give to your passion! 1,000 alumni donors for , will unlock his commitment of $50,000 to the area he is most passionate about!

Every gift makes a difference, no matter the size. Help us reach our participation goal for CofC 2022! Cofcday.cofc.edu

starts now! Join the celebration and give back now at cofcday.cofc.edu!

Happy New Year, Cougars! May your 2022 be bright and filled with amazing possibilities. ✨

Happy holidays from the College of Charleston! Wishing you a season filled with hope, peace, and joy. 🍍🎄 ☃️

Currently: celebrating advancement! 🎉 It's a very exciting time for the College with a series of philanthropic gifts that have helped set up our new engineering program for growth and success.

Engineering Program Propelled by Philanthropy An engineering truism is that it takes a sturdy foundation to develop a sound design. The same may be said about the College of Charleston’s new engineering program, the first in CofC’s 250-year history. The program aims to build upon the College’s liberal arts and sciences tradition to produc...

Meet scholarship recipient Chloe Mattila ‘22 from Mount Pleasant, SC. Chloe is a double major in Mathematics and International Studies. Chloe says, “Support from donors has allowed me to focus on my studies more, and now I am a part of the mathematics department’s 4+1 program where I am able to take graduate-level courses.” Learn more about Chloes’ story at bit.ly/chloe22.

Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for people all across the world to give back to the causes they care deeply about. Make a gift to the College today to support a better future for our students, campus, and community. Donate now at give.cofc.edu/donate.

Happy Thanksgiving! We're so grateful for our many generous donors who support the future of the College. Wishing you a wonderful day of celebration and rest 🦃 🥧 🍁

Happy ! Today we recognize and celebrate the generosity of our donors who make a significant difference at the College of Charleston. Thank you!

Stono Preserve Gives Students a Chance to Commune with Nature Above: A student inspects a tree shelter covering a sapling at Stono Preserve. The College of Charleston is known for its prime location in the heart of downtown Charleston. But the bustling environment of the Holy City isn't the only landscape the university has for students to explore. That's why....

Alumni Pep Supper Supports Fraternity, Sorority Life Above: A Pep Supper event circa 1927. The Alumni Pep Supper at the College of Charleston is a cherished tradition, dating back nearly 100 years. The event began as a dinner dance in the "Roaring Twenties" and has continued to grow over the decades as a staple of Greek Life at CofC that celebrates st...

Former CofC President Ted Stern Leaves Lasting Legacy With Scholarship When Theodore “Ted” S. Stern became the College of Charleston’s 16th president in 1968, the College was integrating the campus and facing a financial crisis. Stern proved to be just the right person to get the College through the hardships and move it forward. A visionary who knew how to make ...

Interested in supporting the new and improved Patriots Point? Learn all about it at www.CofCSports.com/PatriotsPoint21!

Scholarship Opens Opportunities Through Music Above: Alumna Taylor Holloway is among the violin students at CofC who have received the Mary Stewart Allan Award for Violin. Mary Stewart Allan ’28 was among the first women admitted to the College of Charleston. A Classics major, Allan studied the violin for years, as music was her true love. Up...

Grant Helps Avery Research Center Sustain Local Black Community Above: Black and white photograph of Gresham-Meggett School Homecoming Queen, from the Walter N. Boags Collection. (Images courtesy of Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture) The Coastal Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Cente...

Great news - the College of Charleston is one of the top colleges and universities in the South, according to the 2022 edition of Best Colleges by US News & World Report.

U.S. News & World Report Gives CofC High Marks in Annual Rankings The College of Charleston is one of the top colleges and universities in the South, according to the 2022 edition of Best Colleges by US News & World Report. The College ranked No. 9 among southern institutions and No. 5 in the category of best public colleges in the region. In addition, the College...

Thanks to the Mullen family's generous donation, approximately 140 student participants have received the opportunity to learn how to manage funds totaling close to $400,000.

Gift is an Investment in Financial Experiential Learning The School of Business Investment Program at the College of Charleston began in 2013 with a cohort of 20 students managing a public asset portfolio of $50,000. Today, around 140 students have participated in the program and a structure of three managed funds totaling nearly $400,000. Managed within....

Princeton Review Names CofC a Top College The Princeton Review has once again named the College of Charleston as one of the best institutions for undergraduate education in America. The college admission services company profiles and recommends the College of Charleston in the 2022 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 387 Colleges....

A very special thanks to our generous donors for making fiscal year 2021 a record year for fundraising with more than $20 million raised. We are so grateful for your support to help advance the College to new heights!

CofC Celebrates a Record Year in Fundraising Buoyed by loyal donors and alumni, the College of Charleston Foundation reached a new fundraising record in fiscal year 2021, garnering more than $20 million in philanthropic gifts. The wave of giving, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, makes this achievement even more meaningful, says Colle...

The Libraries' Latest Chapter Long before the College taught its first class in 1790, it boasted an impressive collection of books upon which to build its library. But this inaugural donation of 800 volumes – at the time rare and expensive objects – was nearly lost before the College began to function in earnest. In the earl...

It's National Dog Day! Show a furry friend some extra love today. 🐶🐩🐾🐕

Happy first day of classes, Cougars! We're thrilled to have you back on campus. 📚💻✏️

We're so excited to welcome the newest class of Cougars this weekend for move-in!

CofC Launches Four New Academic Programs for Fall 2021 The College of Charleston is always adapting, always growing – taking its direction from the ever-changing needs of the world and its students. That’s why it is launching four new programs of study this fall, ensuring its students are on course for whatever direction they want to go – whether ...

Thanks to generous donors, Driq Graves '21 was able to focus on his studies because of an annual scholarship through the Charleston Men's Chorus.

Choral Scholarship Creates Community Through Music Above: Charleston Mens Chorus scholarship recipient Driq Graves sings the national anthem during spring 2021 commencement. (Photo by Mike Ledford) Music is a shared experience – one that brings life to our greatest joys and comfort to our deepest sorrows. It gives us a space to be our truest selve...

College of Charleston Athletic Fund has Record Breaking Year For the third time since 2018, the College of Charleston Athletic Fund (CAF) had a record-breaking fundraising year, raising more than $2.6 million for the Athletics Department. CAF’s annual fund, the Cougar Club, raised a record $1.1 million during the 2020-21