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Motto | Sapientia Ipsa Libertas (Latin) Ædes Mores Juraque Curat (Latin) |
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Motto in English | "Wisdom Itself Is Liberty" "She Cares for Her Temples, Customs and Rights" |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1770 |
Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $135.9 million (2021)[1] |
President | Andrew Hsu |
Administrative staff | 836 |
Undergraduates | 9,972 |
Postgraduates | 913 |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Midsize city[2], 80 acres (0.32 km2) |
Newspaper | The College Today |
Colors | Maroon and white [3] |
Nickname | Cougars |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Cougar |
Website | cofc |
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College of Charleston | |
Location | Glebe, George, St. Philip and Green streets, Charleston, South Carolina |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha)[4] |
Built | 1827 |
Architect | Edward B. White; George E. Walker |
Architectural style | Early Republic |
NRHP reference No. | 71000748 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 11, 1971[5] |
Designated NHL | November 11, 1971[6] |
The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the oldest municipal college in the nation.
The founders of the College of Charleston included three Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence during the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Heyward Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge, and three who signed the Constitution of the United States in 1788, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge.
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