Professor Elliott Turns to Dr. Seuss to Teach Environmental Awareness
Art Education Instructor and Converse grad Andrea Elliott ’03 presented “The Secret Life of Pets: How to Teach Art History within the Elementary Art Curriculum,” …
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Dr. Brown Presents at 16th Century Studies Conference
Dr. Laura Feitzinger Brown presented a paper, “Latin vs. Lace: Mary Ward’s ‘Jesuitesses’ and Teaching Girls Latin,” at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference in Milwaukee. …
Converse Professor Wins Award for Best Dissertation in Southern History
Converse College professor Dr. Angela Esco Elder is the winner of The Southern Historical Association’s 2017 C. Vann Woodward Award for the best doctoral dissertation …
Converse “Rocks the Tower” Worldwide for Second Annual Day of Giving
At the stroke of midnight on November 9, ‘Rock the Tower’ took over the Converse website and social media channels for the College’s second annual …
MFA Student Publishes Third Novel in 3 Years
MFA Young Adult Fiction student, Gwen Holt ’18, recently published her newest novel, Daughter 4254. Gwen, who publishes YA novels under the pseudonym of Leigh …
Our 2017 Interior Design Grads are Making Their Mark in the Industry
Here’s what our recent Interior Design grads are up to: Eleanor Abbott ’17 is an interior designer with Lazy Boy, Pineville, North Carolina Hannah Anderson …
Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing to Hold Open House Jan. 6
The Converse Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing program will hold an Open House Information Session on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in …
Faculty and Grads Present at 39th Annual Tri-State Sculpture Conference
Converse’s Department of Art and Design hosted the 39th annual Tri-State Sculptor Association Conference in October. Professor Mary Carlisle served as conference chair and presented …
Guest Artist Series Presents Violinist Courtney Elise LeBauer on Dec. 1
Imagine a young woman from North Carolina, a violinist, enjoying a year in Germany on a Fulbright scholarship. Now imagine this talented musician with a …