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 …
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Alumna's Business Concept Wins Spartanburg Main Street Challenge
When Sara McClean Riddle ’05 heard her name called out as a winner, she jumped up and hugged her loved ones, including her 9-month-old son. She was one of three …
2013 Commencement Award Recipients
Converse College presented the following honors and awards during the 2013 Commencement Exercises: ELFORD C. MORGAN AWARDThe highest academic honor given to a student in the disciplines of art and …
Erskine Bowles Tells Class of 2013: "I am Converse, through-and-through"
With southern charm and casual candor, former White House chief of staff and fiscal responsibility guru Erskine Bowles told graduating seniors to use their power to push Washington for change. …
Personal connection leads Erskine Bowles to deliver Converse College address
Erskine Bowles is in high demand. The noted political and economic figure was in Palo Alto, California this week to speak at Stanford University and to serve in his role …
Converse’s LEED-Certified Apartment Housing Project Wins Top Design Award
The South Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-SC) presented its highest design award for Converse College’s The Heath apartment housing, a LEED-certified project by architectural firm LS3P, …
Dr. Fohr Teaches Respect with World Religions
In a world where religion plays a key role in geopolitical conflict, studying world religions is a weighty undertaking. Dr. Sherry Fohr, Associate Professor of Religion, says that teaching World …
Erskine Bowles to Receive Honorary Degree, ‘Push’ Grads at Converse Commencement
As White House chief of staff and a co-chairman of The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, the news-churning deficit-reduction panel popularly dubbed “Simpson-Bowles,” Erskine Bowles knows a thing …
Mom Brings Coveted Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship to Converse
Graduation days are all about success stories, and when Blue Ridge Community College graduates walked across the stage Friday night, one among them received, in addition to her degree, an …