Converse Ranks Highest Among S.C. Master’s Universities for Research, Service and Social Mobility
This week, Converse College received national recognition for fulfilling its mission to develop engaged citizens who affect positive change in the world. On Monday, Washington Monthly released its annual ranking of colleges based on “their...
Converse Soy Research Project Makes Headlines
***This article appeared in the July 6th edition of the Spartanburg Herald Journal and was written and photographed by Gary Glancy***Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Had he consumed a diet high in soy, however, Jeremiah might have become Geraldine.That's what...
Converse Students Shine at College Symposium
***This article appeared in the March 27th edition of the Spartanburg Herald Journal and was written by Gary Glancy*** Some of the brightest and most innovative local minds in higher education converged on the Milliken & Co. headquarters Friday...
History Professor Among Only 80 Chosen for Terrorism Conference
Dr. Joe P. Dunn in the northern Italian ski village of Andalo.One doesn’t think of a ski lodge in the Italian Alps as a center of international terrorism. But for a week in January, it was.Dr. Joe P. Dunn, Charles A. Dana Professor of History and...
Research Grant Funds Converse Study of Heritage Effects on E-mail and Cell Phone Use
Dr. Bill Baker and Mara Traynham '07According to a Radicati Group study from the first quarter of 2006, there are about 1.1 billion e-mail users worldwide. That translates into about one in every six persons on the earth using email. ABC News says...
College Town Hosts Talk by Leading Bio-Ethics Expert
Dr. Paul Lombardo, one of the leading authorities on the use of genetics to shape social policy, will be on the campus of Converse College on Tuesday, May 3rd to discuss how the eugenics movement of the early 20th century parallels the possibilities...
Institute for Marine Biology Names Converse Professor as Visiting Scholar
The Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research has named Dr. Edna Steele, assistant professor of biology at Converse College, as a Belle W. Baruch Visiting Scholar for 2002.In early August, Dr. Steele will travel to the...