Dr. Cheser Brings Hawaii to the Classroom
Associate Professor of Education, Dr. David Wayne Cheser, spent his summer on eco-tour expeditions to the Big Island of Hawaii to study lava flows and volcanoes, climate change, and visit …
Research
Dr. Keen Talks to NY Times About Cruella De Vil
Dr. Rich Keen was interviewed by the New York Times about the 2021 movie Cruella. He was quoted in the Times article, “The Surprising Evolution of Cruella de Vil” which …
Converse Awards Five C3 Grants for the 2021-2022 Year
Converse’s Creativity, Community, and Cultural Enrichment Grants (C3 Grants) celebrate the creative solutions that result from thinking in new ways and across disciplines, backgrounds and cultures. Students, faculty and staff …
Biology Major Gets Field Experience at Hobcaw Barony
As part of her South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) grant, Samantha Jaccard ’22, spent her summer getting firsthand experience in the field with faculty mentor Dr. Doug Jensen …
Biology Majors Complete Pesticide Research Under Dr. Steele
Heena Patel ’23 (Nisbet Honors) and Kaitlin Brown ’22 completed a 10-week summer research program sponsored by SC IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), funded through the National Institutes …
Biology Major and Faculty Present at 2021 INBRE Symposium
Ny’Kera Hall ’22 presented research at the 12th annual INBRE Symposium. Her work developed a multiplex primer for the detection of M. incognita, H. glycines, and R. reniformis. Her project …
Computer Science and Math Faculty Present at Virtual Conference
Dr. Joe Barrera, Dr. Mandy Mangum, and Dr. Jessica Sorrells attended the virtual Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section conference in March 2021. Drs. Barrera and Mangum organized a special …
See Where our 2021 Nisbet Honors Seniors Are Headed After Graduation
Our 2021 Nisbet Honors seniors have achieved so much at Converse – but they’re just getting started. As participants of the Nisbet Honors Program, our students are guided by a …
Congratulations to our Summer 2021 SCICU Research Grant Recipients
Converse is thrilled to announce that all of our applications for Summer 2021 SCICU faculty-mentored student research grants were not only approved, but all were fully funded at the requested …