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 …
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Third Annual “High Heel Hundred” Spotlights Gender Pay Gap
The Converse College Student Government Association (SGA) presents the third annual “Hub-City High Heel Hundred,” a 100-meter dash in your favorite pumps, on Friday, Sept. 13 at 5:00 p.m. Check …
Dr. Monica McCoy: A Critical Lens for a Critical Issue
The headlines are heartbreaking, but we see them flash across our television screens nightly: another child hurt, abandoned or abused. No matter how many times we hear these tragic stories, …
Attention Span & Music Perception
Susan Ledford ’13, Linsday Eller ’13, Brittany Silver ’12, Spenser Robinson ’12, Kandace Griffin ‘13Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Richard Keen, Dr. Donald Scott, Dr. David Berry Summer 2012 Susan Ledford ’13 …
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 …
Cross-Cultural Career: Heather Barclay Findlay ’03
Heather Barclay Findlay ’03 laughed when asked about her career path. She said, “I would not say I have had a career ‘path.’ It’s been more like choose-your-own-adventure.” A double …
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 …
From Cairo to Converse to Carnegie Hall
A few years ago, Wael Farouk was playing piano in Upstate homes while his hosts passed a shoe box to help support the then-Converse College student. On Saturday, the 31-year-old …
Converse Grad Sails into ‘Intensely Competitive’ Fellowship
For a 21-year-old student from a tiny Alabama town, Ashley Blount has already logged more miles than most folks do in a lifetime; she has sailed around the world. And …