USCB Faculty Honored with Breakthrough Star Awards
Written by Editor
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 11:32
Two USCB faculty have been selected to receive the Breakthrough Star Award from the University of South Carolina for their considerable research contributions.
The Beaufort International Film Festival Celebrates a Milestone – A Look Back and the Road Ahead With Executive Director Ron Tucker
Interview by Mark Shaffer
“How the hell did you pull off something like this in Beaufort, South Carolina?” – Bestselling author and Beaufort resident Pat Conroy to BIFF director Ron Tucker during the 2010 festival.
A legacy of hope and opportunity for almost 150 years
Many of my friends and neighbors do not know about The Mather School and its early leadership in teaching the daughters of freed slaves beginning in 1867. This uniquely Beaufort story needs to be told and celebrated.
I’ve been thinking more lately about balance. Like when I dropped into a popular Beaufort store whose courtly grandfather clock seems to stand guard against the back wall.
As it turns out, Popovers and Yorkshire Puddings are pretty much the same thing. Popovers are usually made with butter and Yorkshire Puddings are traditionally made with beef or lamb drippings. No real skill is required to make popovers. The success depends on proper baking.
Is the long lost capital of Europe’s first colony located on Parris Island?
Two forces came together between 1974 and 1980 that put a spotlight on Santa Elena and Parris Island. First, Dr. Eugene Lyon published his book The Enterprise of Florida. For the first time, the role that Spain and Santa Elena played in the permanent settlement of North America is revealed.
I have considered my duty solemnly, weighed all the pros and cons, evaluated the terrible ramifications. I must insist with all my strength that you do NOT start growing orchids.
I don’t like cold, colds, cabin fever or ashy fireplaces, either.
And wearing a bundle-some coat, scarf and gloves is not my idea of fashion-forward fun. I look and feel like a bratwurst stuffed in a wooly pretzel bun with a stripe of ochre-colored knitted mustard streaming around my neck.