Grad Receives James F. Byrnes Award for Outstanding Politics Student
Politics major Julie Edwards ’15 is the recipient of the James F. Byrnes Award for the most outstanding politics student.
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Politics Grad Finds Career at East Tennessee State University
Lindsay Daniel ’08, a politics graduate who earned her law degree at Mercer University School of Law, is now a HIPAA compliance officer in the office of the university counsel …
MFA Grad’s Poem Wins the 2015 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Gabrielle Freeman’s poem, Failure to Obliterate, was the prize winner in the 2015 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition. She won $200 and publication in a special supplement of storySouth, a journal …
English Students Published in Major Writing Journals and Newspapers
Converse English students have been published in: Colorado Review (winner of the AWP Intro Award), Quarterly West, The New Orleans Review, Southern Poetry Review, Shenandoah, local and regional newspapers, and …
Want to Visit the Louvre or the Sahara? Study-Travel With Us!
On a study-travel trip to Paris and Tunisia, students visited historical sites like the Louvre, the Orangerie (home of Monet’s Water Lilies), the castle of Versailles, Ottoman Turk palaces, the …
Grad’s Research Project Leads to Fulbright Scholarship Nomination
Alexandria Roman’s ’11 research project, Deaf & Hearing Authors: A Literary Comparison, served as a springboard to being named a Fulbright Scholarship finalist, to pursuing additional research involving deaf students …
Grad Accepted into Masters Program at Westminster Choir College
Kiya Heartwood ’10 was accepted into the masters program in composition at Westminster Choir College. Her musical, Lying to the Sea Gypsy, premiered in Philadelphia.
Science Students Intern at Zoos Throughout U.S.
Students have found unique internships around the country, including: Birmingham Zoo, Charles Towne Landing State Park, SC Good Zoo, Henry Doorly Zoo, and Riverbanks Zoo.
Check out the Latest Issue of South85, Edited by MFA Students & Grads
Check out the latest issue of South85 Journal, edited by Converse MFA alumni and current students.