Out-of-State Parents' Fund

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Strengthen our ability to attract world-class faculty to mentor your student.

Support the leadership, networking and volunteer opportunities that provide your student with the best possible preparation for life and a career.

Ensure our programs continue to climb in national rankings and increase the value of your student’s degree.

Among the many reasons to be proud of your student’s choice to attend the College of Charleston is that the College is a living laboratory for undergraduate research and professional development that cannot be found anywhere else. The success of a College of Charleston

The Parents’ Fund is the primary channel for

student is defined by their intellectual

you to support the College of Charleston

curiosity, nurtured by you and

and make a direct impact on your student’s educational experience.

encouraged by their professors.

Sara Sprehn Fort Myers, F.L. Major: Hispanic Studies Minors: Anthropology and Chemistry As a 2011 Fulbright scholarship winner, Sara Sprehn will pursue her graduate study at the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas in southern Mexico. Sara will take coursework in public health and nutrition while completing research on the intersection of traditional Mexican foods

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with the availability of packaged and convenience foods.

“My proposal took an interdisciplinary approach to nutrition and public health,” says Sara. “That approach is appropriate for the Mexican state of Chiapas, which is mostly rural. Many of the region’s residents suffer from malnutrition, and the area’s infant mortality rate is high.” Sara’s graduate project is the result of her junior year study abroad experience in the

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central Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Josh Lieberman

Chee-Hang See

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Major: Geology Minor: Business Administration

Singapore Major: Music

Before a study abroad class to India, Josh Lieberman had never ventured

Undergraduate research. Usually a microscope and test tube come to

beyond the North American continent. After an 18-hour flight, train and

mind. Not a concert hall with one or two grand pianos. Yet, Chee-Hang

bus ride into the mountains to the source of the Ghanges River, Josh

See won a SURF (Student Undergraduate Research with Faculty) grant

and his classmates hiked the Himalayas and traveled by boat through

which gave him the opportunity to perform in Music Fest in Perugia, Italy.

New Delhi and Calcutta. They learned where the water was coming from,

The trip included recitals, master classes and workshops every day. Chee-

where it was going and how it played a role in so many lives.

Hang with fellow student, Amy Tan, also performed a duet with one of

“We studied the entire river. We took samples and conducted chemical

Italy’s permier chamber orchestras.

analyses, and then we’d sit in our groups and discuss the data. We put

“We performed in Ferrara, Spoleto and Perugia in these amazing

our conceptual knowledge from so many courses to work in the world

Renaissance spaces like the famed Basilica di San Pietro,” says Chee-

beyond the classroom. It makes you realize that there’s so much to be

Hang. “It’s amazing to watch the way a great pianist plays. I try to apply

seen in this world,” says Josh.

those techniques I learned in Italy to everything I do.“

By check: Mail your check made payable to: Parents’ Fund Institutional Advancement 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 By phone: Call Amanda Weingarten, assistant director of parent giving, at 843.953.3667 By gifts of securities: Call the College of Charleston Foundation at 843.953.1835