College of Charleston Photos of the Week
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![Students study abroad over spring break in Denmark](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/study.abroad.denmark.web2_-853x1280.jpg)
![College of Charleston students pose together on the street in Europe](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/study.abroad.denmark.web_-854x1280.jpg)
![the Happiness Museum; third is inside the museum where tour guide and senior analyst with the Happiness Research Institute Catarina Lachmund shows the connection between GDP and happiness](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/study.abroad.demark.web_.4.jpg)
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The 15 students in the First Year Experience course, Happiness and Sustainability in Denmark, traveled with psychology professors Jen Wright and Lisa Ross to Denmark this spring break. Here they are (top left) in front of 800-year-old Christiansborg Castle, seat of parliament and offices of King Frederik X and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen; (top right) in front of the Happiness Museum; (middle) inside the Happiness Museum, where the tour guide and Happiness Research Institute senior analyst shows them the connection between GDP and happiness; and (bottom) atop Amager Bakke, the world’s most modern waste-to-energy plant, which turns trash into electricity and heat, resulting in just 2% of Copenhagen’s garbage going to landfill. (Photos by Tom Cunneff)
![Musician 9th Wonder visits campus](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0045.jpg)
![Grammy award winning producer and DJ 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston. 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston.](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0122.jpg)
![Grammy award winning producer and DJ 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston. 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston.](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0075.jpg)
![Grammy award winning producer and DJ 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston. 9th Wonder speaks to students as part of an artist in residence series at the College of Charleston.](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0085.jpg)
![student asks questions of 9th Wonder during his visit to CofC](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0195.jpg)
![College of Charleston student looks at to 9th Wonder as he speaks](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0188.jpg)
![shaking hands with the 9th Wonder after he speaks to the College](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.28.9th.Wonder.CML_.0171.jpg)
Grammy Award–winning music producer Patrick Douthit, aka 9th Wonder, speaks to students as part of a conversation, “50 Years of Hip-Hop, 38 Years of Friendship,” sponsored by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, the African American Studies Program, the School of the Arts, the Arts Management Program and the Office of Institutional Diversity. (Photos by Mike Ledford)
![Outside the Gillard Center where the CofC Career Expo is held](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0001.jpg)
![signing in for the Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0002.jpg)
![looking into the ballroom at the Gillard Center for Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0016.jpg)
![walking into the CofC Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0003.jpg)
![speaking to possible employeer at Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0010.jpg)
![busy room at the Career Expo in the Gilliard Center Ballroom](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0004.jpg)
![looking for job opportunities at the CofC Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0012.jpg)
![looking at table at Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0005.jpg)
![speaking at Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0007.jpg)
![students on the job hunt](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0013.jpg)
![having a laugh at the Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0008.jpg)
![student listening intently at Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0011.jpg)
![shaking hands with possible employer at the Career Expo](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/2024.02.29.Career.Expo_.CC_.0015.jpg)
Curated for all students – including those just starting to take a peek into what career might fit their passions and interests, and those who are graduating and ready to start their careers – the 2024 Career Exploration Fair was held at the Charleston Gaillard Center on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Photos by Catie Cleveland)
![newly updated Veterans Lounge](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240307.Veterans.Lounge.web_.CC_.0006.jpg)
![comfy places to hang out in the newly renovated Veteran's lounge](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240307.Veterans.Lounge.web_.CC_.0001.jpg)
![newly designed veteran's lounge on campus](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240307.Veterans.Lounge.web_.CC_.0003.jpg)
![private desk space at the veteran's lounge](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240307.Veterans.Lounge.web_.CC_.0004.jpg)
![computer lab at Veteran's lounge at the College of Charleston](https://today.charleston.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/20240307.Veterans.Lounge.web_.CC_.0002.jpg)
The Veteran and Military Student Center in the Lightsey Center has recently gotten a facelift. The lounge is a committed space for veteran and active-duty students to relax with fellow veterans and service members, study and meet with the College of Charleston Student Veterans Association (SVA) chapter. It also offers access to computers, a printer, a refrigerator, a microwave and a coffeemaker! (Photos by Catie Cleveland)