Converse Valkyries Hire Impressive Basketball and Volleyball Coaches
The Converse College Valkyries athletic program has new coaches to lead its basketball and volleyball teams to new heights. Joanna Tincher is the new Valkyries …
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Converse Embraces Green Initiative
A comprehensive recycling program that emphasizes education and the reuse of plastic, aluminum, cardboard and paper has been implemented by the Converse College campus community. …
Erturk Earns State Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative and Interdisciplinary Approach
Converse College biology professor Dr. Hatice Neval Erturk was presented with the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award sponsored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities …
Music Therapy Professor Leads Learning and Living Non-Violence Effort in Palestine
By Martha Miller, Converse II What images come to mind when you hear the word Palestine? War ravaged landscapes? Angry rioters? Young people hurling stones …
Pro Organo Releases Solo Recording by Converse Professor of Music Theory and Organ
A solo recording by Converse music professor Dr. Leon Couch III has been released by the Pro Organo label. Entitled “Hamburger Rhetorik,” the CD is …
President Fleming Featured Nationally in A New Generation of College Presidents Podcast
Converse President Betsy Fleming and Kevin Ross, President of Lynn University in Florida, are the featured guests in a 15-minute podcast interview entitled “A New …
International Study-Travel, Harry Potter and the Mathematics of Gambling Highlight January Term
Travel abroad programs and non-traditional course offerings are just two of the perks the four week January Term provides for Converse College students. During this …
National Radio Program Hosted by Garrison Keillor to Feature Poem By Converse English Professor
This Saturday’s (Dec. 1) edition of Garrison Keillor’s nationally broadcast program “The Writer’s Almanac” will feature a poem authored by Converse College English professor Rick …
Dr. Melissa Walker Named SC Professor Of The Year
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Dr. Melissa Walker of Converse …