Fryin’ Eggs and Boilin’ Hammy: Okra to Opera 2014 Conference
Okra to Opera: The Conference on Southern Culture returns for its second year, this time exploring the diverse ways that food touches on every aspect of life – from religion, …
Faculty
An Impressive Lineup: Student Internships, Research Projects, Fellowships, Grad Schools, Jobs
Converse students are on the move with a flurry of accomplishments this spring. With summer just around the corner, an impressive lineup of research projects, internships, fellowships, jobs, and graduate …
Converse Mourns Passing of Beloved Professor Mayo Mac Boggs
“Infectious passion.” “Lasting influence.” “Generous.” Those are a few of the ways that colleagues, former students, and friends of Mac Boggs, Converse Professor Emeritus of Art, describe his work as …
Professor’s Memoir Details Journey from Intelligence Officer to College Professor
Converse College Adjunct Professor of English Arthur McMaster has a new book, published by Outskirts Press. A memoir, his volume is titled Need to Know, Journey of an American Intelligence …
Dunn Named SC Professor of the Year
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education have named Converse College professor Dr. Joe Dunn as the 2013 S.C. Professor …
Moseley Chamber Music Series Opens Oct. 7 with Jerusalem Quartet
The Friends of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College announce the 31st season of the Carlos Moseley Chamber Music Series, featuring four concerts by world-renowned musicians. All of …
Dr. Keefer Rallies Students to Join the Great Conversation
“One of the questions that peppers social gatherings of adults, is the get-to-know-you icebreaker, ‘So, what do you do?’ One could have a lot of fun with this question. ‘What …
Melissa Owens: Theatre, Kindness, and the Chekhov Method
For all her experience in theater – nearly three decades’ acting and teaching all over the country and beyond – Melissa Owens is one low-drama mama. Owens, who begins her …
High School Students Team with Converse Faculty for Research
A $5,000 grant from the Spartanburg County Foundation will support a unique science-based mentoring initiative for five local high school students to work collaboratively with Converse College faculty members this …