Academic calendar
Fall Primary 2026 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Primary 2026Relevant now
- Fall 2026
- Spring 2027
- Summer 2027
Campus language
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Showing 9 of 9 terms
M
- M.A.L.E.
- Men Achieving Leadership and Excellence, a minority male mentoring and success initiative.
- Mather
- Refers to the Mather Interpretive Center, honoring the school's history as the Mather School for formerly enslaved people.
P
- PTK
- Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges (Alpha Lambda Beta chapter).
S
- SGA
- Student Government Association, the primary student representative body.
- SNA
- Student Nurses Association, a professional organization for students in the nursing program.
- SOTA
- Student Occupational Therapy Assistant Association for students in the OTA program.
T
- The Bistro
- The public dining room and cafe located at the Culinary Institute of the South campus.
- The Lowcountry
- Common regional shorthand for the Beaufort/Bluffton/Hilton Head area served by the college.
- The Teaching Kitchen
- The hands-on instructional area where culinary students prepare meals for the public.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Blackboard
- The learning management system (LMS) where students access online course materials and assignments.
- Building 12
- The Health Sciences Building, housing the nursing and radiology programs.
- Building 2
- McLean Hall, primarily housing administrative offices such as the President's Office and Finance.
- Building 3
- MacLean Hall, the main student services hub containing admissions, financial aid, and the bookstore.
- Building 4
- Bridges Hall, a primary classroom building on the Beaufort campus.
- clist_caf
- Clist Café
- Culinary Institute
- The Culinary Institute of the South at Buckwalter Place, a specialized TCL campus location.
- Navigator
- The platform used for scheduling appointments with academic advisors and tracking degree progress.
- New River
- The common name for the TCL campus located in Bluffton, SC.
- OneCard
- The official TCL student identification card used for library access and campus identification.
- Palmetto Breeze
- The regional public transit system that provides bus service to the Beaufort and New River campuses.
- Self-Service
- The primary web portal used by students for course registration, checking grades, and financial aid status.
- The Hub
- The centralized 'one-stop shop' for student services located in Building 3 (MacLean Hall).
- the_bistro
- The Bistro
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Primary 2026 runs Aug 17, 2026 – Dec 11, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 9 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.